Zurich, Johannesburg | Tuesday SWISSAIR Group, crippled by at least 15-billion Swiss francs ($9,1-billion) in debts, said this week it was splitting up, and it seems almost certain that it will sell it’s stake in South African Airlines. Swissair owns 20% of SAA. The company also holds stakes in Sabena (49,5%), the German charter service […]
ANGELA QUINTAL, Cape Town | Tuesday CAPE Town’s overcrowded Pollsmoor Prison was a potential public health hazard for the Western Cape, the doctor in charge of medical care for prisoners told MPs on Wednesday. Dr Stephen Craven — an independent contractor who has been in charge of Pollsmoor’s health facility for 13 years — was […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday THE council of the University of South Africa (Unisa) has agreed to find a mutually satisfactory agreement regarding the position of its newly appointed vice-chancellor, Dr Barney Pityana, the Education Ministry said this week. ”They will go and discuss various options regarding his contract and report back to the Minister,” higher education […]
IT was clear that African National Congress Womens’ League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela did not care whether she operated within the law, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday. The DA was responding to newspaper reports that police raided Madikizela-Mandela’s Orlando West business premises in Soweto on Thursday and confiscated large amounts of alcohol. She was […]
GRIFFIN SHEA, Harare | Tuesday ZIMBABWE’S Supreme Court on Tuesday told President Robert Mugabe’s government to go ahead with plans to hand white-owned farms over to the black majority, in a turnaround that farmers called unprecedented. The interim ruling reversed an order issued in November, which had found Mugabe’s land reforms unconstitutional and told police […]
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At this year’s MTV awards, Macy Gray appeared in a dress bearing the message: "My album drops 18 September. Buy it." It may have been more than a stunt in keeping with Gray’s contrived image as soul’s kooky misfit. For <i>The Id</i> (Sony) to repeat the success of 1999’s <i>On How Life Is</i>, it will need all the promotional help it can get.
CHRISPIN INAMBAO, Windhoek | Monday THREE villagers had their limbs blown off in landmine explosions in the Kavango Region on Wednesday, human rights monitors said at the weekend. Two of the incidents took place at Ndonga Linena, 100km east of Rundu, and followed a night-time raid on the village by suspected bandits. The National Society […]
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Japan on Monday on a three-day state visit that includes talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Mbeki arrived at Tokyo’s Narita international airport on a government plane, accompanied by several ministers including those of foreign affairs and trade, a Japanese foreign ministry official said. The president is scheduled […]
Bloemfontein | Monday HIV-Aids was the biggest killer in the Free State, the provincial health department said in a statement released on Monday. Representative Elke Grobler was, however, unable to say if the incidence of the syndrome had increased in the province. According to statistics 32,2% of the 21 311 blood samples taken in five […]