replies … On behalf of the President we thank you for your letter of 19 March 2001. Your concern for the poorest of the poor is noted and appreciated. You are quite correct when you state that Foot and Mouth disease does not pose a human threat. However, I have done some research and was […]

Barry Streek The processing of the arms deal report in Parliament this week highlighted the ruling African National Congress’s determination to get the report out of the way in the shortest possible time and to give it the best possible spin. Six different parliamentary committees are examining the report, effectively diluting the role of the […]

The general staff has reviewed your request. Whilst we are familiar with the ordeal you must be experiencing and sympathise with you we cannot for the following reasons resort to the form of training you suggest. The solution you recommend is generated purely from a male perspective and as such will most surely be rejected […]

THE Namibian Employers’ Federation (NEF) and the Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) yesterday expressed concern about the potential impact on the country’s economy of a mass stayaway planned for tomorrow. And the Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) appealed to its members not to take part as they will not be paid for being absent […]

Pretoria | Thursday THE South African government is to buy back a 20% stake in the country’s national carrier, South African Airways, that it sold to Swissair two years ago, a government minister said on Wednesday. Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said the government’s transport subsidiary Transnet would rebuy the shares for a sum still […]

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will issue new coins and notes next year to ease the process of making payments and take account of years of inflation, officials said on Wednesday. After two decades of falls in the value of the national currency, the naira, the highest denominated note in circulation in 1999 was […]

PRICES at this week’s tea auction in Mombasa were boosted by soaring demand as a result of good leaf qualities, Africa Tea Brokers (ATB) said in a market report released on Tuesday. “There was good general demand with prices closely following quality in each category,” the ATB report said. Pekoe Dusts fetched high prices of […]

WEAKER copper prices and demand has lowered growth forecasts in Zambia, the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in its latest update on Wednesday. “We (the EIU) have lowered our forecast of real GDP (gross domestic product) growth in 2002 to 4,3% despite increased mining output, because of weak copper demand and output,” said the […]

BARRY STREEK, Cape Town | Friday TELKOM’S decision to implement an average 5,5% tariff hike for services without the approval of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has raised questions about the ability of “regulators” to effectively police parastatals as they are privatised. Apart from ensuring that state monopolies do not abuse their position, […]

Pretoria | Thursday ANGLOGOLD on Wednesday announced the sale of all its assets in South Africa’s central Free State province, which includes four gold mines, for R2,2-billion ($222-million.) The buyers are African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Harmony Gold Mining (Harmony). The announcement by AngloGold chief executive Bobby Godsell comes a day after a rival bidder […]