It’s a sad but incontestable fact that women have a rough time in the world
of rock and pop, but in R&B women currently reign unchallenged, writes Alexis Petridis in London.
Lawyers for Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday continued their application for treason charges against him to be dropped, claiming the state had tampered with key evidence.
New regulations and legislation governing black economic empowerment (BEE) will help address ”challenges” such as those highlighted in reports of a flawed empowerment deal involving entrepreneur Mzi Khumalo.
The government should consider importing skilled labour to help run the Sectoral Education and Training Authorit (Seta) efficiently, Standard Bank group economist Iraj Abedian said on Tuesday.
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday called for free anti-tuberculosis drugs and quality care to be made widely available to people living with HIV, along with renewed efforts to increase access to anti-retrovirals in developing countries.
South Africa’s politicians need to get back to the ”basics of politics” in the country, Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille said on Tuesday. Addressing the Cape Times Breakfast Club, she referred to the ”great race debate” between President Thabo Mbeki and Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
South Africa and Egypt are to look into ways of increasing the volume of trade between them, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Tuesday.
Banking group Absa has enhanced its internet home loan electronic application process that will give their customers a final home loan decision within minutes of submitting the application.
Companies in South Africa bemoan the shortage of affirmative action candidates for management level, yet only 44% of respondents to the recent employment equity survey, have a retention strategy in place for these employees, a survey published by Deloitte & Touche Human Capital Corporation has found.
The imminent release of the report into farm attacks in South Africa must surely be welcomed, even though it should have been released quite some time ago, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.