MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Friday 5.15pm. THE battered rand could test fresh lows against the dollar as the turmoil in neighbouring Zimbabwe escalates, with the euro’s slide dealing another blow to waning confidence, analysts said on Friday. Few held out much hope of a recovery for the currency near-term, which sank to R6,86 to the […]
A NEW South African speed reading record of 32143 words per minute has been set by Cape Town restaurant manageress Ingrid Veit, 37. The previous record of 15000 words per minute, set in August 1997, was held by Christine Davis. Veit completed a 126-page novel on Albert Einstein in 56 seconds, a reading speed of […]
Children close to refineries south of Durban suffer high levels of asthma Paul Kirk Top civil society organisations and NGOs are petitioning the government to tackle the massive pollution problem caused by South Africa’s four petrol refineries. The petition, which is being sent to several government departments and ministries, demands written respon-ses to the memorandum […]
LA correspondent John Patterson delivers the verdict on Rules of Engagement, the legal thriller that replaced Erin Brockovich at the top of the US charts.
ZIMBABWE’S white farmers on Thursday met war veterans’ leader Chenjerai “Hitler” Hunzvi and reported progress on ending the violence that has claimed the lives of two landowners and two workers. “There was a businesslike atmosphere and they agreed to meet again,” said David Hasluck, executive director of the Commercial Farmers Union, who attended the hour-long […]
BRITAIN put the onus squarely on a visiting top-level Zimbabwean delegation on Thursday to agree to a peaceful solution to the rural anarchy gripping the country or accept the blame for the land reform crisis. As he prepared to host a day of talks with a team of Zimbabwean government officials in London, British Foreign […]
PENSIONERS in Northern Province will no longer have to leave home before dawn or spend the night at pension payout points to collect their money. The provincial government started increasing the number of pay points this month to reduce the number of elderly who have to stand unsheltered in long queues every month. The aim […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 9.45am. SOUTH Africa and Nigeria, two of Africa’s most powerful countries, must work together to uplift the continent and promote democracy, Nigeria’s visiting Vice President Atiku Abubakar said in Pretoria Wednesday. He arrived in South Africa earlier on Wednesday for a four-day visit centred around the meeting of a commission, […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Vosloorus | Thursday 7.00am WHEN unfashionable Jomo Cosmos are on song and playing at homely Vosloorus Stadium they are a match for any Premier Soccer League team as Sundowns discovered on Wednesday afternoon. The Ezenkosi triumphed 2-0 before an encouragingly large home crowd on a hot afternoon deep in the East Rand and […]
THE Northern Bulls have made seven changes for Friday’s Super 12 rugby game against the Crusaders and have sent three injured players home. Springboks prop Os du Randt, flanker Schutte Bekker and fullback Hannes Venter left for South Africa on Wednesday to recuperate. Midfielders Wynand Lourens and Eugene Meyer are also on the casaulty list […]