For the Netherlands’ famous network of cannabis-peddling coffee shops the high times could be about to be stubbed out — for good.
Selvyn says he is 14 but he looks about eight. His feet are bare, his clothes torn and his eyes heavy with the effects of sniffing a powerful glue. His home is nearby, beneath the stars and beside a municipal rubbish dump.
Ambassadors, trade commissioners and key business leaders from 21 countries are all wending their way to Kyalami for the Metropolitan – South Africa for the Global Advantage trade summit and SMME Expo.
The importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) will come under the spotlight in a presentation by Reg Rumney (<i>Foreign Direct Investment: Why it Matters</i>), executive director of The BusinessMap Foundation, on Thursday May 29.
The SMME Expo, running in tandem with the two-day trade and investment summit, will focus on small, medium and micro- businesses, and the important contribution they make to the local economy.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has agreed to play five one-day games in Pakistan in November as compensation for last year’s tour, which was cut short by a bomb blast, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday.
Cats’s wing Ashwin Willemse will replace the injured Pieter Rossouw in the Springbok squad.
The scene seems familiar. The United States tables a draft resolution on Iraq at the United Nations Security Council. Delegates huddle behind closed doors.
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Black economic empowerment should refer to the overall empowerment of the majority who suffer under the legacy of apartheid capitalism.