BARRY STREEK, Cape Town | Friday IN the wake of the row over the governments accountability to Parliament on the controversial R66-billion arms deal, the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), Gavin Woods, is considering resigning his Scopa position. The African National Congress says the seven parliamentary committees that considered the joint […]

BELINDA BERESFORD, Johannesburg | Friday SOUTH African companies are missing out on lucrative returns by failing to see that money spent on HIV/Aids is an investment, rather than a cost, according to a new study into major Southern African companies. And while many managers may regard HIV as a personal issue, they are still failing […]

RORY MCCARTHY, Tora Bora | Friday SENIOR Afghan mujahedin commanders in the mountains of Tora Bora accused the United States military on Wednesday of scuppering a surrender agreement with cornered al-Qaida fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden. Mujahedin troops on the ground reported seeing dozens of armed American and British special forces, some dressed in […]

A SOUTH African gold company hopes to cash in on the magic of a screen adaption of JRR Tolkien’s epic fantasy “The Lord of the Rings” by selling copies of the gold ring at the centre of the tale. “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of three films inspired by Tolkien’s book, was released […]

Your coverage of Zimbabwean issues smacks of malice. A precedent is being set in Zimbabwe. Nowhere in the world has a white man been disposessed of his “property” like what is happening in Zimbabwe right now without compensation. After getting his stash on the back of initially slavery then colonialism and now neocolonialism, the white […]

This follows the decision by an ANC majority to force through its response to the joint investigating team report and ignore the opposition parties call for a continuation of Scopas inquiry Barry Streek In the wake of the row over the governments accountability to Parliament on the controversial R66-billion arms deal, the chairperson of the […]

Belinda Beresford South African companies are missing out on lucrative returns by failing to see that money spent on HIV/Aids is an investment, rather than a cost, according to a new study into major Southern African companies. And while many managers may regard HIV as a personal issue, they are still failing to appreciate the […]

Hestrie Cloetes gold medal in Edmonton made her South Africas top sportswoman Martin Gillingham In a discipline where most world-class competitors look like Kate Moss after a long day on the rack in a medieval torture chamber, Hestrie Cloete is noticeably different. Shes tall, but not that tall. Shes also got hips. And when she […]

United Kingdom DJ and producerRoy theRoach (above) plays at the Sprite Metro FMBirthdayDance Extravaganza at The Dome in Johannesburg on December 15. Call Tel:(011) 727 7039 onFridayDecember 14 between 1pm and 1.15pm. The first two callers win six CDs each by artists performing at the show Mandoza, Arthur, Bongo Maffin, TKZee, Zola and Mdu (prizes […]