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/ 4 November 2003
The opposition call for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to hand over power has been echoed worldwide, but less anxiously than the unpublished demand from within the ruling Zanu-PF. A former army colonel, who refused to be named, said he foresaw a dramatic change after the forthcoming annual congress of the party.
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/ 4 November 2003
The United Kingdom recognised that trade was much more important than aid to Africa and the disappointment of the recent Cancun trade talks should not discourage the pursuit of a fairer global trading system, Minister for Africa at the Foreign And Commonwealth Office Chris Mullin said on Monday.
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/ 4 November 2003
The Oppenheimer family’s Brenthurst Initiative got a thumbs-down from some delegates at a debate on the plan on Monday as the proposal is seen unlikely to allow more of South Africa’s population to become economically active.
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/ 4 November 2003
The South African Aids Vaccine Initiative (Saavi) announced on Monday that the first vaccinations will take place this week for the first human clinical trial of an HIV vaccine. Saavi director Dr Tim Tucker said two separate clinical trials would start in Johannesburg and Durban this week and next.
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/ 4 November 2003
Listed South African food retailer Shoprite Holdings (SHP) has opened its first retail outlets in Ghana, the group announced on Monday. Shoprite is the largest retailer on the African continent with operations in 14 different countries and an annual turnover of over R22-billion. It also plans to open outlets in India in the near future.
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/ 4 November 2003
The first of South Africa’s four new patrol corvettes — the SAS Amatola — docks in Simon’s Town on Tuesday — the first sign of the country’s multi-billion rand investment in the arms procurement deal to re-equip the South African Navy and the South African Air Force.
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/ 4 November 2003
Seventy years ago France’s five fledgling private aviation companies joined forces to give birth to what has become a grande dame of airlines — Air France. The airline certainly does not look its age. Far from retiring into obscurity, the French carrier has remained stylishly youthful (as perhaps is fitting for a Parisienne).
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/ 4 November 2003
Taking extra-special care of your executives while they’re away from home is not just the priority of South Africa’s corporations and companies — it’s becoming a focal point of many smaller establishments, which pride themselves on being able to offer first-class service to businessmen and women on the move. A Houghton guest house is making a name for itself in the corporate jungle.
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/ 4 November 2003
Domestic airline Nationwide Air has officially launched its first international route on the most popular route in Africa — Johannesburg to London. At a packed auditorium at the Melrose Arch Hotel, Nationwide MD Chris Hoare unveiled the carrier’s latest addition — a Boeing 767-300ER wide-bodied jet — bought from Air Canada.
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/ 4 November 2003
Sun International’s new tour operator, Sun International Dreams, is enjoying great success since its launch in April this year. It was created to provide a slick marketing arm and a one-stop reservation call centre, where the consumer can purchase the full package inclusive of air tickets and tours — primarily to the two resorts at the Victoria Falls in Zambia: the Zambezi Sun and the Royal Livingstone.