It was unacceptable that, despite South Africa’s skills shortage, training bodies had failed to spend the R6-billion allocated to them over the past two years, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) said on Friday.
They staggered out of jail as scarred stick figures. A few slumped on the pavement in exhaustion — too ill to show any emotion about their newfound freedom. One prisoner was so traumatised he no longer recognised his sister.
Nineteen people died in South African mine accidents in June, two people were disabled and 334 people were injured, Department of Minerals and Energy data for the month shows.
The one-year-old African Union has rolled up its sleeves, determined to show the world it has the muscle to settle Africa’s crippling disputes.
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday that rich countries must pay up if the international agenda for tackling world poverty is to be successful.
Top executive recruiters say the most common interview mistake is verbosity — candidates who talk too much, according to the results from a survey released this week.
Renewed fighting between rebels and government forces in Burundi erupted in the capital Bujumbura yesterday, leaving streets littered with bodies and doubts about a peace process intended to end almost 10 years of civil war.
Tony Blair is facing mounting pressure to urge President Bush to give the UN a greater role inside Iraq as a way of calming the security situation and indirectly helping ease the mounting political pressure over the government’s handling of the Iraq crisis.
The South African rand was steady against major currencies in late morning trade on Monday, ignoring a slightly softer euro to trade range bound in a quiet market characterised by small two-way interest.