As international investor confidence in emerging market economies such as our own declines sharply in the face of serious financial difficulties in Argentina and Brazil, we might expect prudence to be the watchword among South Africans. Clearly, however, it is not. The motor industry strike was continuing as we went to press, endangering significant export […]
Charlene Smith Half of all South African adults have a variety of worms huddling in their intestines, crawling under their skin, slithering into their brains and for the lack of a 60c treatment, these worms could render Aids vaccines useless. A failure to spend 60c to rid a person of worms can cost the state […]
Congress Mahlangu A team of consultants will undertake a number of conservation and socio-economic assessments for the Greater Addo Elephant National Park to expand the park for its growing elephant population and to realise its conservation and development objectives. The survey results are intended to attract World Bank development funding. The project, divided into four […]
Urban Renewal Award Finalist: Hout Bay River Development Michelle Nel Cape Town’s Hout Bay river is the last remaining river system linking Table Mountain to the sea that’s worth conserving as a resource of international significance. With this in mind, and against the backdrop of much abuse to both river and valley over the past […]
Barry Streek Nearly 4 000 movements of the Earth, scientifically labelled as “seismic events”, have happened in South Africa over the past six years, 630 of them last year. But the majority of them are small and insignificant. Although one of these events recently caused a house to collapse in Welkom, in the Free State, […]
Foreigners from non-African countries have been living harassment-free in South Africa for years, reports Khadija Magardie
Jim White talks to the universally respected commentator whose ability to dwell in the present has made him indispensable to TV companies At one point during his demolition of the England bowling attack recently, Adam Gilchrist leathered a ball delivered by Andrew Caddick with such venom you can only assume he had just caught it […]
Amanda Lane replies to Matthew Krouse’s accusation that the line-up of Another One Night Stand is too white It is with a heavy heart that I write this, for it is my belief that one’s actions speak one’s truth. However, in my capacity as creative director of Another One Night Stand, I have a duty […]
CRICKET Peter Robinson A poll conducted by the News24 website recently called for South Africa’s cricket tour to Zimbabwe next month to be cancelled and, what’s more, for a full range of sanctions to be slapped on Big, Bad Bob as quickly as possible. The first point, of course, is that Internet polls are famously […]
Sponsor’s Message The stage is set. It’s now up to the artists to showcase their talent. Since its inception, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz circuit has showcased some of the world’s greatest artists, while developing young talent. The Johannesburg Joy of Jazz International Festival 2001 is no exception. This leg of our successful circuit […]