TWENTY one African countries have developed action plans to contain the scourge of malaria plaguing the continent, WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland said on Wednesday to mark the first-ever Africa Malaria Day. Malaria kills at least one million people a year and it is a major barrier to development in the continent, Brundtland told a […]
UGANDAN police said in a statement on Wednesday they had destroyed 400 tonnes of marijuana, the largest haul deriving from a single seizure operation. The 600 000 plants, which were burned, were valued at 2.3m shillings ($1.1m). Eleven people were also arrested in the three-day operation carried out between April 18-20 in Busia District in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday PRESIDENT Mbeki said on Thursday that he was unfazed by allegations of a plot within the African National Congress to oust him. Mbeki, who was addressing businessmen and cabinet ministers at a breakfast at the Sandton Convention Centre, said there was no crisis ”certainly not in the ANC and not […]
Two things emerge from seeing <b>Hannibal</b>, the sequel to <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>: one is that Hannibal Lecter – "Hannibal the Cannibal" – is not as interesting a character as he used to be, and the other is that Ridley Scott is a very uneven director
The Department of Finance believes the rand could sink as low as R26 to the United States dollar by 2018, after dropping to about R14,9 to the dollar by 2010. The department’s affordability study of the arms deal provides a rare insight into an official line on the future of the currency. The study, drafted […]
An imam from the Cape Flats has found a prison buddy in Allan Boesak Marianne Merten Prison has brought together two religious leaders a soft-spoken imam, who is accused of conspiring to murder a magistrate, and vocal liberation cleric Allan Boesak, serving time for fraud and theft. Imam Gasant Moos is detained in a cell […]
Anthony Holiday a second look The Hainan Island spy-plane incident may be over but in foreign ministries, embassies and policy think-tanks the whole world over its full implications are only beginning to unravel. When the Chinese fighter pilot Wang Wei lost his life and became a national hero by colliding with a United States EP-3 […]
James Hall In traditional Swazi culture, when death or illness strike, a supernatural cause is suspected. A physical condition may be the agent of destruction, but it is set in motion by malignant people, invariably using witchcraft. When a Swazi king falls ill, those who are in close proximity to him, from palace staff to […]
The United States has put South Africa on a list of the worst infringers of copyright and trademarks Paul Kirk South Africa may soon face the possibility of United States trade sanctions unless the country cleans up its act with regard to trademark and copyright violations. According to a major international body that polices trade […]
Did Rudolf Straeuli make a mistake by fielding his B team against the Reds last week? Andy Capostagno Two years ago, when Alan Solomons picked a Stormers B team to play against the Highlanders in Dunedin there was an outcry. The whole point of the Super 12, screamed Solly’s critics, was that it pitted strength […]