Kwanobuhle | Tuesday GANGS of race-hate thugs went on a rampage in a black township bordering Port Elizabeth on Monday, targetting shops belonging to Somali migrants, a report said on Tuesday. At least 25 shops were looted and one set ablaze in Kwanobuhle township as police fired tear gas and fought running battles with the […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday SOUTH Africa’s Chamber of Business said on Monday its business confidence index (BCI) was unchanged in August at 109 points, with components equally split between positive and negative moves during the month. Sacob chief executive Kevin Wakeford said positive trends in bond yields and inflation countered negative trends in exchange rates, precious […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday AN initial public offering (IPO) of domestic carrier South African Airways (SAA) will be postponed for at least two years because of its shaky finances and poor market conditions, a leading newspaper said on Tuesday. Leslie Maasdorp, head of restructuring in the public enterprises department, told a business conference in Stellenbosch on […]

A MILESTONE is in the offing at the end of the week for East London’s multi-million rand vehicle terminal berth when the Mitsui OSK Lines car carrier, ”Cosmos Venture” docks on Friday to discharge the first 97 fully imported DaimlerChrysler Sprinter minibusses for the local market. The vehicles form part of a shipment of 248 […]

LESOTHO was on the right track in its developmental efforts until the devastation caused by political riots in 1998, United Nations General Assembly president Harri Holkeri, said in Maseru on Tuesday. Holkeri, formerly Prime Minister of Finland, paid a two day official visit to Lesotho after three days at the World Conference Against Racism in […]

BRYAN PEARSON, Johannesburg | Monday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki, who questions the link between HIV and Aids, is again under fire this time for using outdated statistics to bolster his claim that HIV/Aids is not South Africa’s leading cause of death. Mbeki said in a letter to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, a copy of which was […]

Washington | Monday PRESIDENT George W Bush’s top advisor on Sunday disdained the UN conference on racism for having “wasted” time on matters not related and defended the US decision to walk out. “A lot of time was wasted on issues that were extraneous to the question that should have been pre-eminent in the conference,” […]

Ouagadougou | Sunday ORGANISATION of African Unity (OAU) Secretary-General Amara Essy on Saturday said that the United Nations conference on racism under way in Durban, South Africa should declare slavery “a crime against humanity.” “What is clear is that the Durban conference should recognise slavery and the trade in blacks as a crime against humanity,” […]