There are 50 tons of uranium ore concentrate on board the grounded Sealand Express in Table Bay, the Nuclear Fuels Corporation of South Africa confirmed on Thursday.
The South African Parliament spent R502,7-million in the financial year ending March 2003 or R22,5-million more than the target budget, according to documents presented to its rules committee. The target budget had been R480,2-million.
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reporters continue to reap awards for outstanding journalism. Nawaal Deane, the <i>M&G</i>’s health reporter, has won a US/SA Excellence in Health Reporting Award.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government gave notice on Thursday it was almost doubling state spending for this year, in a move that economists said would accelerate the collapse of the economy already reeling from galactic inflation.
It may be considered one of the worst airports in the Eastern Cape, but Umtata airport still attracts a fair share of passengers.
Scientists in the US have bad news for those seeking evidence of life on Mars: there may never have been any oceans on the red planet.
An estimated 43 000 minke whales are believed to live in Icelandic waters, eating two-million tons of fish and shrimps every year. So what does it matter if 38 whales are killed?
The Dixie Chicks backlash hits us almost as soon as we touch down on American soil. Standing in line at Cincinnati airport, an immigration officer asks the purpose of our visit. When we tell him we’re here to interview the Texan trio, he refrains from spitting on federal property.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa presented a mixed bag in noon trade on Friday, although the market’s main focus was on the slightly weaker rand.
This week’s cricket confrontation at Headingley will evoke more tumultuous emotions among our South African boys as it was here, in 1998, that a certain Pakistani umpire got his finger up our noses, causing South Africa to lose the deciding Test and the series in nefarious fashion.