PAUL KIRK, Durban | Friday FROM June 1 last year to July 4 this year, 106 police were dismissed from the South African Police Service in KwaZulu-Natal. Seven of them were convicted of murder. These figures were released last week by the minister of safety and security in response to a question in Parliament about […]

A NEW oil pipeline fire is threatening to force Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch/Shell to cut exports by 200 000 barrels per day, a newspaper report said on Friday. The newspaper This Day quoted Shell representative Precious Omoku as saying production was threatened by the fire which Shell blamed on vandalism of its oil pipelines […]

KHADIJA MAGARDIE, Johannesburg | Friday THE frenetic pace of activity in Geneva around the finalisation of the draft declaration for the World Conference against Racism is being matched by those working around the clock to touch up the controversial “unofficial agenda”. As organisers limber up for the official conference, various NGOs, individuals and groups have […]

Johannesburg | Friday THE first steps towards creating a single currency and a single central bank for Africa were taken at a meeting of the association of the continent’s central bank governors, its newly elected chairman said on Thursday. South African Reserve Bank governor and new Association of Central African Bankers (AACB) chairman Tito Mboweni […]

MUNGO SOGGOT, Johannesburg | Friday IN what would be a first in modern times, South Africa is within reach of a budget surplus. Tax collections have far exceeded expectations during the first few months of the fiscal year. At the same time, government expenditure is not keeping up the pace amid ongoing concerns that several […]

BRITAIN blocked Nigeria Airways from launching a new Lagos-London service at the last minute because the airline had leased an aircraft from Djibouti, which does not meet international safety standards, officials said on Thursday. The Nigerian carrier was poised to starts flights on the lucrative route with an aircraft and crew leased from Air Djibouti, […]

STEFAANS BRMMER AND MUNGO SOGGOT, Johannesburg | Friday ONE of the men implicated in a bribe scandal that rocked the state oil industry was this week made chairperson of Armscor. Seth Phalatse has admitted he took a $20_ 000 (about R165_000) cash bribe in May last year. He subsequently returned the money and, months later, […]

Comment Na’eem Jeenah Apartheid South Africa and Israel caused the main discussions in the previous two world anti-racism conferences 1978 and 1983. South Africa has since been liberated and anti-racism activists around the world are demanding Israel be discussed at the Durban anti-racism conference. Why this clamour from activists, scholars and international civil society? Because […]

Hestrie Cloete and the men’s 4x100m relay team brought joy but there are still many problems in South African athletics Martin Gillingham Even if you’re one of the sports lovers who thought South Africa’s athletes did well at the world championships in Edmonton, there’s no disputing one fact: they did it in spite, rather than […]

Barry Streek All people in the welfare sector will in future be granted three days extra leave on full pay for every Sunday worked and be limited to an average of 15 hours overtime in a week. Welfare workers will be paid an ordinary wage for overtime but by agreement with their employer they will […]