No image available
/ 14 February 2003
The phasing out of military commandos — announced by President Thabo Mbeki on Friday — would only undermine rural safety, Agri SA said.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
Anglo Platinum and Cluff Mining plc announced on Friday that they had finalised an agreement to establish a joint venture for developing the Sheba’s Ridge platinum project in Mpumalanga.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
A recent US donation of seven patrol lifeboats to Madagascar was expected to improve the security of the island’s coastline, officials said this week.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
Valentine’s Day movies of the week, by Shaun de Waal.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
Reviewers never neglect to mention that Tree63, who are originally from Durban in 1996 and have survived a name change and a break-up, are a Christian rock band — a moniker that doesn’t always bring to mind an internationally successful, mainstream pop-rock act with chart-topping hit singles. But does their religion really matter? On their […]
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
Public service investigators this week grilled the official in charge of the government body that regulates the electricity supply industry in South Africa over allegations of corruption, mismanagement and nepotism.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
A man has been killed by a mine in the 25 kilometre buffer zone which separates Ethiopia and Eritrea, the UN said on Friday.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
HIV/AIDS prevention programmes have had a dramatic effect on changing risky sexual behaviour, authors of a five-year study in Ethiopia said on Friday.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
The man at the centre of an influence-for-shares scandal rocking parastatal Transnet and the Department of Public Enterprises has — despite attempts to obscure his role — been acting as an official fundraiser for the African National Congress.
No image available
/ 14 February 2003
Gold stocks were off to a strong start on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) on Friday, buoyed by a better bullion price and a strong performance by the ADRs in the US overnight. However, overall the market was flat, with the firmer currency doing little to help heavyweight dual-listed stocks.