THE International Monetary Fund will not impose conditions and policies on African countries, the IMF chief has said. IMF managing director Horst Koehler told a news conference at the end of a one-day visit to Mozambique late Thursday that instead it will give priority to dialogue. “The IMF is not here … to lecture, to […]
A LIECHTENSTEIN court has frozen the bank accounts of Nigeria’s late military ruler Sani Abacha on the request of lawyers acting on behalf on the Nigerian government, a spokesman said on Thursday. Various accounts at three banks in the principality were blocked on Monday, according to the spokesman. He gave no indication of the sum […]
THE Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Thursday ordered that suspended Civil Aviation Authority chief Trevor Abrahams be given back his pilot licence, passport and other personal documents. CAA spokeswoman Merle O’Brien said the documents were returned to Abrahams after the prosecutor initially failed to provide a basis for the charges of fraud, corruption, defeating […]
Luvuyo Kakaza I was late, like an African. But there was no sound of a tinkling piano or a saxophone blowing away the chilly wind at Kippies Jazz International in downtown Johannesburg. The Youth Performance Development Project had not yet begun. Students from Fuba School of Music in Newtown were nervously preparing to perform with […]
Pule waga Mabe The Y2K National Year 2000 Decision Support Centre, the government agency given the task of with tackling the Y2K bug, will close this month after spending seven months compiling reports and audits on what turned out to be the first damp squib of the century. The centre was established in 1998 with […]
Graeme Bloch crossfire When a commentator and participant of John Saul’s authority expresses his critical views in the Mail & Guardian, June 23 to 29, it is important to sit up and take notice. When these hinge on a pessimistic appraisal of the outlook for the poor and working class in South Africa, the issues […]
Merryman Kunene The resignation of Clemens Westerhof as Zimbabwe coach has by design or accident disrupted the country’s preparation for the World Cup qualifier against South Africa. That’s not to say caretaker coach Meshack Marimo is not up to the task. Problems for the Warriors go deeper than just replacing a temperamental coach. That’s the […]
This year’s Vita fine art awards are in a state of post-Steven Cohen politeness, but they’re still the best we’ve got Kathryn Smith Urban Futures 2000 and the 13th international Aids conference in Durban aside, July is the month when aspiring artists seeking acknowledgement, a small taste of almost-celebrity and perhaps a bit of cash […]
Deon Potgieter BOXING Charles Mailula’s attempt at becoming South Africa’s fourth successive boxer in recent times to win a junior featherweight world title has been postponed due to an administrative problem. “There was a problem in getting his United States visa in time,” says publicist Terry Pettifer. Mailula was to have challenged Carlos Contreras for […]
Sierra Leone’s diamond trade may be banned in an attempt to cut off the cash flow financing the civil war David Le Page The United Nations Security Council this week took its most decisive step yet in stopping the trade in “conflict diamonds” when it announced plans to suspend all trade in gems from the […]