Government leaders have embarked on a nationwide charm offensive, apparently spurred by mounting criticism of their handling of the HIV/Aids crisis, Zimbabwe and unemployment.
The Boeremag became notorious after a spate of bombings at the end of last year, but, according to the police, the tale of its alleged plot to take over South Africa and establish a Boer Republic begins much earlier.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has dramatically raised the stakes in the competition for South Africa’s burgeoning ”smart-card” industry by directing a raft of allegations against one of the key local players, businessman Robert Gumede.
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota has interests in fuel and wine businesses that he did not declare to Parliament as required by law. In both fields the companies with which Lekota is involved have either done business with the government or have attempted to secure state or parastatal contracts.
Ethics committee to meet on Lekota
DA calls for Lekota’s head
Global resistance to the genetically engineered (GE) food industry has thrown the financial viability of this techno-logy into question.
New Clicks Holdings (NCL), the health, beauty and soon-to-be pharmacy retailer, says it hopes to begin adding modern new dispensaries to its stores across South Africa during its 2004 financial year, which begins in August.
South African gold heavyweight AngloGold’s merger talks, announced Friday, with Ghana-based miner Ashanti Goldfields puts it in striking distance of recapturing its status as the world’s number one gold miner by output.
Resigning United Kingdom minister Clare Short this week escalated her dispute with Tony Blair’s style of leadership far beyond the Iraq war controversy when she urged the prime minister to start preparing ‘an elegant succession’ for Gordon Brown — or risk spoiling his own historic achievements.
Together with Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Bakili Muluzi of Nigeria and Malawi, I travelled to Zimbabwe recently to discuss with that government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) what we might do to contribute to the resolution of the problems facing this country.
The drought crisis in Limpopo took a new twist this week when the government announced that it would reject a request from the provincial administration to declare several disaster areas in the region.