Khadija Magardie The conflict in the Middle East has produced a ripple effect in South Africa. The Jewish community has been brought closer together and Muslims are finding solidarity across racial and religious divides. The latest Palestinian uprising or intifada has produced a range of strong reactions from South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities. Community […]

Sean O’Toole The golden mielie fields of Bronkhorstspruit, 40km east of Pretoria, are a rather unexpected setting for a Buddhist Temple. This might explain why certain visitors have been attracted to the ornate Nan Hua Temple thinking it is a casino. Situated on 15-hectares of land donated to the Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan (Pure Land) […]

Clients who were conned by a broker are facing a lengthy wait for their money Nawaal Deane “I invested money with a legitimate company. Now it’s gone. When am I going to get my money back?” Duma Mpotulo, a lawyer, invested R50 000 on March 15 last year, with a broker who at the time […]

The South African government, represented by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad, summoned Israeli ambassador Tova Herzl, spoke sternly to her and demanded immediate action from Israel. Why was the same action not taken with Zimbabwe? Put differently, why did the government not use its “silent diplomacy” to try to bring the Israeli government […]

In the manner of Faustus, a Russian man has sold his soul to an Alabaman woman for $400 but Mephistopheles has already caught up with him. The resident of Barnal, in southern Siberia, set the reserve price at 5c and bidding was brisk, but shortly after the sale he received a letter from the online […]

Cape Town | Sunday THE Democratic Alliance (DA), which has been accused of receiving money from fugitive billionaire Jurgen Harksen, on Sunday accused the African National Congress (ANC) and Independent Newspapers of blowing the issue out of proportion while they themselves had accepted financial favours from the German in the past. This follows allegations, vehemently […]

Johannesburg | Thursday SOUTH Africa’s largest gold producer AngloGold said on Wednesday it was ”aggressively” running down its hedge book because of market conditions and a strong bullion price. ”We’ve continued to manage our hedge book aggressively and we are taking out the weaker positions in the hedgebook right now so that going forward we […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday SACOB’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) dropped from a level of 101,0 for February to 99,3 in March, continuing the downward trend evident since August 2001. ”Comparing the sub-indices in January to the previous month’s levels, six sub-indices improved, five had a negative trend and two moved sideways,” Sacob CEO Kevin Wakeford said […]

Washington | Thursday US President George Bush cannot wave a ”magic wand” to get Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories and will not use sanctions to get Israel to do so, the White House said on Wednesday. Asked whether Bush might use Israel’s annual three-billion-dollar US aid package as leverage to force it to heed […]

Citrusdal | Saturday THE Democratic Alliance had lost more members to the New National Party in the last two months than the total number of delegates expected to attend their founding congress in Johannesburg this weekend, NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Saturday. Addressing the party’s West Coast regional conference in Citrusdal in the […]