Gaborone | Thursday THE executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Prega Ramsamy, on Wednesday urged the Commonwealth to give Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a chance and not to suspend his country. “President Robert Mugabe has made pledges and has to be given a chance to fulfil them,” Ramsamy told a press conference […]

Pretoria | Thursday THE University of South Africa on Wednesday took its court action against a merger with two other institutions a step further, although the Unisa council is still considering whether or not to finally go ahead with the hearing, set for next Tuesday. Legal counsel for Unisa brought an application in the Pretoria […]

Atlanta | Tuesday THE inquiry into the weakening rand should have included an investigation on the government’s inaction, Tradek economist Mike Shussler said on Tuesday. He was reacting to the terms of reference for the probe, announced by the Presidency on Tuesday afternoon. Shussler also expressed concern about the time period which the commission of […]

Cape Town | Thursday SLAIN former first lady Marike de Klerk’s dance partner John Thebus has sold the exclusive rights to the story of their friendship to a South African magazine. Thebus (52) refused to be interviewed by the Cape Times. However, he said that de Klerk, widely believed to have thwarted an engagement between […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE proposed amendment to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) that will allow legal strikes to impede retrenchments will further ”bedevil” government’s privatisation plans, industrial relations and human resources company NMG-Levy said on Wednesday. ”Privatisation is currently on hold because the timing is inopportune on the cusp of a downturn,” the company said […]

Rustenburg | Thursday A 42-YEAR-old man from Tarlton near Krugersdorp will appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court today after allegedly firing several shots at nine passing motorists and injuring 14 people on Tuesday. Seven people sustained gunshot wounds and seven others suffered minor injuries when the man armed with a .303 rifle, and apparently drunk, […]

Washington | Thursday PRESIDENT George W Bush backs a full investigation into the widening Enron-Arthur Andersen scandal, including prison sentences for those found guilty of wrongdoing in the debacle, the White House said on Wednesday. ”The president thinks that it is vital for the Department of Justice to pursue this wherever it goes, to whoever […]