Thuli Nhlapo The apartheid system was inhumane, but some people have managed to dig very deep to find good in the dismantling of family structures. When men from a remote rural Mdlankomo village in Mpumalanga had no choice but to leave the tourist dorpie to work in gold and coal mines, scores of women and […]

David Shapshak This week’s launch of Microsoft’s flagship operating system, Windows XP, is either a blessing or curse, depending on your stance on what the world’s largest software manufacturer is up to. What is certain is that Microsoft’s launch is probably the most controversial release in an already controversial company’s history. But Microsoft is not […]

THURSDAY will see a revamped version of Finance Week hit the streets. Editor Rikus Delport said the publication would concentrate on investment and company strategy. ”Doing so is a recognition of the changing ways in which South Africans work and their own realisation that wealth creation is everyone’s own responsibility”. He said that ”this is […]

A NORTHERN Province chief magistrate appeared briefly in the Pietersburg Regional Court on Friday on charges of theft, SABC radio news reported. The case against 47-year-old Makhanya Ronald Shimange was postponed to January 18 and his bail of R20 000 was extended. In terms of his bail conditions, Shimange was prohibited from communicating with staff, […]

STUART GRAHAM, Durban | Thursday MEMBERS of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) at steel and metal company BHP Billiton’s mines in Hillside and Alusaf Bayside in Richards Bay will not be allowed to embark on a solidarity strike on Thursday. London-based BHP Billiton made an urgent application to the Durban Labour Court […]

GOLD FIELDS Limited has granted the ARM/Harmony joint venture an exclusive option to negotiate the possible disposal of the Saint Helena and Oryx mines. Gold Fields said in a statement on Tuesday that a discussion was held about providing the partial funding requirements to the joint venture. Harmony in return has granted Gold Fields an […]

WORLD Bank representatives are due to meet with Mozambican government officials for two-day consultative talks starting on Thursday, the bank said. The talks in Mozambique’s capital Maputo are to assess progress in the government’s poverty reduction and development programmes. The Bank said in a statement that the meeting would also examine Mozambique’s future financial requirements. […]

Makurdi, Nigeria | Thursday RAMPAGING soldiers continued reprisal attacks on Wednesday in some parts of Nigeria’s central Benue State, where they have already killed more than 100 people, a leading government official said. The attacks focused on the town of Zaki Biam, from where 19 soldiers were abducted and subsequently slain by militiamen two weeks […]

Washington | Wednesday THE probability of the US economy tumbling into recession sharply increased in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, but a rebound is likely in 2002, the White House chief economic adviser said this week. The US economy is likely to contract slightly, Glenn Hubbard told reporters, noting that “even a fairly […]