THE country’s 1999/00 has been estimated at 9,19-million tons, up from last month’s figure of 9,18-million tons, the national crops body said in its third estimate. The white maize crop — due to be harvested from May — was put at 5,51-million tons and yellow maize production was seen at 3,68-million tons, the National Crop […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 12.00pm SOUTH Africa’s premier fast bowler Allan Donald will be available for the Proteas until April 2002 after agreeing a new contract with the United Cricket Board. Donald’s decision comes as a ray of good news for the beleaguered UCB in the wake of the Hansie Cronje scandal. Donald, […]
BoE, which recently announced plans to unbundle its non-core assets, has that it had disposed of all its shares in New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) and AMB Holdings. BoE said in a statement that it has received R748-million in cash from the disposals, but added that the sales will not have a material effect on […]
A case of police brutality is being investigated after a youth died in custody in the Eastern Cape Peter Dickson Three Barkly East policemen were suspended without pay this week after the death of 16-year-old Siphiwe Zide, who was allegedly dragged alongside a police van and his head crushed under the wheels when he collapsed. […]
Microsoft is in the dock again, but Bill Gates isn’t bothered. No, it’s not a story you missed. It’s the year 2010 Jamie Doward ‘I have nothing to say about this. I hold only a tiny stake in Microsoft these days. We faced charges of being a monopoly and acting anti-competitively in the past and […]
It’s full steam ahead as Rustlers Valley prepares for its big moment this Easter Claire Bezuidenhout Travelling to Rustlers Valley from Durban by bus – along with Germans, Belgians and one future “big time” London DJ wannabe – we arrived at the Amphitheatre Backpackers at the perfect point of the evening, where evening dew meets […]
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Tim Adams THE MARRIED MAN by Edmund White (Chatto &Windus) Edmund White has always trawled his own intensely sexual life in his novels, and since that sexual life has charted the course of gay liberation, his books have been beautifully candid political acts. His last novel, The Farewell Symphony, was a vast valediction to his […]
Thebe Mabanga A package of four artists and three DJs are set to take to the road in a big way over the next two months. Touring as Jozi Vibes and Izwe Sound System No. 1, their eclectic, Pan-African sound is set to thrill audiences countrywide. Jozi Vibes is a development record label formed with […]
Strange but true, in South Africa some cattle are still being fed the remains of other cattle Carolize Jansen Four years after “mad cow disease” shook the cattle-farming world, the South African government still has no laws in place to prevent the syndrome. The Ministry of Agriculture promised this week it intends legislation banning the […]