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/ 18 February 2004
South Africa’s banks are using their formidable joint product development capacity to create a national savings account designed to service millions of people who have no banking services. The scheme is scheduled to be launched late this year. It is aimed at up to seven million South Africans who don’t have bank accounts.
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/ 18 February 2004
Mrs Akinyi’s husband died of Aids in 1990. She believes her husband infected her with HIV — he had a history of extra-marital affairs. When he died, her in-laws denied her of her property inheritance: in her words, "Immediately after the burial I was chased away from home with my children."
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/ 18 February 2004
David Mabunda, the new head of South African National Parks (SANParks), brings a personal style to the job. He promises to get the public more involved in the management of their natural heritage. Mabunda talks to Fiona Macleod about his mission.
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/ 18 February 2004
In a few months South Africa will celebrate the first decade of constitutional democracy. To grasp this achievement South Africans only need to cast their minds back about 15 years before the commencement of the first possibility of political negotiation.
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/ 18 February 2004
Rumours of a rift between Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki have been much exaggerated. These reports were particularly widespread after the Commonwealth summit in Abuja last December and were picked up in the Mail & Guardian earlier this year. Adekeye Adebajo and Chris Landsberg comment.
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/ 18 February 2004
I’ve never bought the argument, mysteriously embedded in the ”breast is best” slogan, that ”better mothers breastfeed”, but I’m convinced that this social sub-text has turned discussion on the proposed new regulations relating to foodstuffs for infants into a one-sided rant, blindly supported by the media.
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/ 18 February 2004
Gabula ”Tiger” Vabaza has been banned for six months from participating in a professional ring. The left-handed former undefeated South African flyweight and WBU junior bantamweight holder from East London failed a drug test after defeating Vuyani Phulo in five rounds on January 9.
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/ 18 February 2004
South Africa’s World Cup bid for 2010 is still on course. This was the message of assurance from Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the South African World Cup Bid Committee. He dismissed suggestions that the turmoil in the local soccer circles could have an adverse effect on South Africa’s bid to host the soccer extravaganza in 2010.
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/ 18 February 2004
The New Zealand cricket team has turned to modern technology to get their message across against the touring South Africans and the hi-tech wizardry appears to be paying dividends. Coach John Bracewell is using a walkie-talkie to pass on to boundary fielders information taken from video analysis of opposition batsmen.
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/ 18 February 2004
George Foreman has reached a -million deal to return to boxing for a fight celebrating the 30th anniversary of his epic bout with Muhammad Ali, promoter Don King said on Tuesday. Foreman said last week that he is interested in fighting again to show young people that there’s no reason to fear getting older.