Greg Mills ‘We have almost 35-million and one citizens of African descent. Last year the total US-African trade approached $30-billion, and America is Africa’s largest single market. The United States is the leading foreign investor in Africa. More than 30000 Africans are studying in the US today. Our pasts, our presents and our futures are […]
These pensioners will have to reapply for their grants, a process that could take months.
Roshila Pillay Estate agencies are up in arms about the new Municipal Services Act which makes property owners responsible for all service charges arrears instead of their tenants. Previously owners were liable only for rates payments and tenants for water and electricity. “I think it puts a huge burden on property owners. I can’t see […]
Alec Hogg boardroom talk The brave face South Africa’s micro-lenders put on to last year’s changes in legislation affecting them has started to crack. The naked reality was apparent in financial results released during the past fortnight by three listed micro-lenders Abil, Unifer and Thuthukani which showed that what was once a licence to print […]
Shirley Kossick The Oxford Companion to English Literature (6th edition) edited by Margaret Drabble Ever since Sir Paul Harvey’s first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature in 1932, its place as the standard literary reference work for both students and the general reader has been established. With its extensive revisions, updating and more […]
Ntuthuko Maphumulo soccer The 2000/2001 season has been one of the longest on record, with many controversial incidents, displays of great soccer and the tragedy of the Ellis Park stampede that left 43 people dead. The championship race is over but the Premier Soccer League (PSL) season is not. There are two games still outstanding […]
Police are using video footage of gory traffic accidents to persuade young South Africans to be more responsible Paul Kirk School pupils and business people in Durban are being shown shocking video footage of traffic accidents in a bid to make them more responsible drivers and it seems to be working. Top traffic policeman Principal […]
Contenders for the July are out in force this weekend as many of the more doubtful starters among the 61 entrants try to force their way into the final field of 18. The top pair in the July betting, three-year-olds Badger’s Drift and Hoeberg, are also in action in different races. The seemingly unstoppable Hoeberg […]
Andrew Burrow and Carla Raffinetti On Monday, May 28 2001, in a damning judgement, the Constitutional Court declared that the South African government’s handing over of suspected bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to the FBI was unlawful. The judgement came as a blow to the South African government, which was found to have violated both the […]
Marianne Merten Having a cellphone in jail can either lead to a ban from the tuck shop or another year behind bars as a Pollsmoor prison inmate has discovered. When Allan Boesak, the recently paroled politician convicted of fraud, was found with a stolen cellphone from which he had called his wife, he was banned […]