RICHARD THOMPSON, Johannesburg | Monday The decline in the value of the rand — combined with free trade agreements and increased competitiveness of sectors of local industry — offered a great opportunity for South African exports, the government’s trade promotion agency said on Monday. Portia Molefe, chief operating officer of Trade and Industry South Africa […]

Centurion | Tuesday SHORTLY before his death from cancer on Monday, Johannes (Joe) Modise, the country’s first post-apartheid defence minister received the Order of the Star of South Africa for meritorious service. President Thabo Mbeki and most members of his Cabinet travelled to Modise’s home in Centurion to bestow their ailing comrade with the award. […]

EMPLOYMENT and tourism are set to receive a major boost in Lesotho in June next year when a new state-of-the-art ski resort opens in the country’s Highlands. With the rand devaluing to record lows against the US dollar and the lack of skiing opportunities during the northern hemisphere summer, the resort expects an influx of […]

Pretoria | Monday THE government’s endeavour to stimulate SME (small and micro enterprise) development is not achieving the desired results, according to a Unisa study. SMEs are still constrained by various factors ranging from a lack of access to information, capital, training and other types of enterprise development resources and facilities to poor regulation and […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday EIGHT in 10 South Africans (80%) are concerned about contracting HIV/AIDS or another sexually transmitted infection, but many are not protecting themselves, a major international sex survey revealed. The 2001 Durex Global sex Survey, carried out in 28 countries worldwide, found almost a fifth of South Africans (19%) are taking no measures […]

TWO men have been detained for questioning in connection with the death of a three-year-old boy who was shot dead during a housebreaking in Groenkloof on Friday morning, Pretoria police said. Inspector Percy Morokane said the two men were apprehended at the Walker railway station in Sunnyside by members of the murder and robbery unit. […]

Harare, London | Sunday IN Zimbabwe this weekend: police detained a manager of a mobile phone company after he refused to hand over data on opposition party subscribers and a government spokesman fingered British and South African reporters for ‘aiding terrorism’. The private Daily News said Jimmy Shindi, customer service manager with the Econet Wireless […]

Johannesburg | Monday AS the Treatment Action Campaign drags the government to court for refusing to supply anti-retrovirals to HIV-positive pregnant women, the state suggested on Friday it may introduce pilot projects to supply the drugs to public-sector patients infected with the virus. The drug helps prevents transmission of the virus from HIV-positive women to […]

FOREX dealer Master Currency has launched a new medical emergency product in conjunction with healthcare provider Netcare, offering tourists and travellers to Southern Africa 24-hour medical assistance. The product, NetTravel911, can be purchased over the counter at Master Currency’s branches at Johannesburg and Cape Town International Airports. Ari Jacobson managing director of Master Currency said: […]