Official opposition finance spokesperson Raenette Taljaard says South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel cannot merely state that an error has been made over inflation figures by Statistics SA (Stats SA). In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, following the minister’s meeting with the Statistics Council and the decision to delay last week’s release of the CPIX […]
It was 50 years ago this week that Sir Edmund Hillary, on his way down from Mount Everest, uttered the immortal words: ”Well George, we knocked the bastard off.”
Israel has laid down a demand for a ”complete cessation of terror” before it begins implementing the US-led ”road map” to a peace settlement.
Bob Geldof astonished the aid community yesterday by using a return visit to Ethiopia to praise the Bush administration as one of Africa’s best friends in its fight against hunger and Aids.
In the months before the Iraq war the Pentagon ignored repeated warnings that it would need a substantial military police force ready to deploy after the invasion to provide law and order in the postwar chaos, US government advisers and analysts said yesterday.
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Agriculture and agro-processing have been identified as sectors that can spur growth and job creation. But despite its work-creating potential, agriculture has haemorrhaged jobs in the past decade.
Perhaps I do occasionally exceed the speed limit, and I have been known to outstay my welcome at a parking meter. But I believe that most laws governing civil society are there to prevent anarchy and should be obeyed — I’m even learning to take my shopping basket with me to the supermarket.
Iran warned Washington on Tuesday to stay out of its internal affairs, amid US newspaper reports that the White House was contemplating stirring up a popular revolt against the Islamic republic.
The sluggish first quarter tempo of economic growth reported on Tuesday is likely to spur an interest rate cut next month, say economists.