CONGOLESE politicians and civic leaders on Wednesday began four days of talks on making peace and eventually holding elections in a country ravaged by armed uprisings and ethnic warfare. The meeting was attended by many opposition politicians who had boycotted the first phase of the “national dialogue” process in March, but some complained that a […]
BRITISH charity Oxfam on Wednesday called for a UN investigation into legal action by global drugs giants seeking to prevent South Africa from producing cheap generic drugs. Oxfam said that by launching last month in Pretoria a legal challenge to a 1997 law allowing South Africa to import or produce cheap generic anti-AIDS drugs, drug […]
A GERMAN evangelist had to leave Sudan after police used tear gas and canes to break up an Easter prayer gathering he was to have led at a public square in Khartoum, church officials said on Wednesday. The police clashed on Tuesday with the worshippers, injuring some and detaining 40, after organisers of the service […]
BENIN is to offer Aids patients up to 99% off the cost of medical treatment with assistance from France and the World Foundation Against Aids, the national Aids agency said on Wednesday. Costing a total of 1.150bn CFA francs (17.5m euros), the Benin government will foot 457_000 euros of the bill. Between 95 and 99% […]
After a night on the town with Talvin Singh, Sheryl Garratt says the world’s trendiest tabla player is more inspired than arrogant It seems there are two Talvin Singhs, both of them Londoners who play the tablas and DJ at various clubs. One of them is the arrogant, pompous name-dropper you may have read about […]
Sherilee Bridge South Africa’s R11-billion wrap funds industry is on the brink of collapse. The introduction of capital gains tax later this year threatens a large portion of the industry, much as it wiped it out in the United Kingdom. That’s not to say that there are those who would not be pleased to see […]
David Beresford Another Country Recent genetic evidence supporting the view that mankind is descended from a single woman in Africa and disclosing that man only arrived tens of thousands of years later is obviously startling. It would suggest (at least to my unscientific mind) that if humankind was cast in the Almighty’s image then he […]
It could take fund managers considerable time to lure investors back to the domestic unit trust market after its poor performance over the past six months Neil Thomas The daggers are out for fund managers as another set of quarterly unit trust results show how poorly many local funds have performed. Investors should be annoyed, […]
Peter Robinson cricket Best bit of commentary out of the Caribbean so far has come from Sir Vivian Richards. “If he’s a number nine,” he opined, casting a magisterial eye over Shaun Pollock, “then I’m a Jewman.” As if to demonstrate that he has no beef with any particular religious persuasion, Sir Viv followed this […]
Tim Wood American notes Iwas bitterly disappointed to learn that M-Web intends delisting. It’s not that it was a surprise since Moneyweb first reported on the delisting rumours, but to see it announced was a shock. M-Web was the point stock for Internet plays and it has given up with hardly a shot being fired. […]