Claire Bezuidenhout review OFTHEWEEK ‘The XIII International Aids Conference theme, ‘Break the silence’, is an acknowledgement of the many silences which surround HIV/Aids – from the silence of communities which obstruct acceptance and disclosure, to silences which prevail across the nations estranged by colossal inequities and divided by towering debts,” reads the press release for […]
In an unprecedented move the Transvaal Law Society is considering applying for an exemption from provisions of the Access to Information Act Sechaba ka’Nkosi The Law Society of the Transvaal is divided over an unprecedented plan to ask the Minister of Justice for exemptions to key legislation on access to information and fair administrative procedure […]
Michael Berger CROSSFIRE Set aside the picture of Jeremy Cronin as talented poet, devoted to exploring the deeper truths of human relationships; when it comes to politics Cronin can wield moral outrage and half-truths with the same uni- hemispheric abandon as any other party apparatchik. In the Mail & Guardian of July 7 to 13, […]
In the latest of a string of attacks, the former first lady has accused the government of not addressing the interests of the people Jaspreet Kindra South Africa’s former first lady, Winnie Madikizela- Mandela, was clinging on to her political career in the African National Congress by a thread this week following strong, thinly veiled […]
DAVID MAGERIA | Nairobi | Thursday 10.30am. EGYPT insisted it would not lift a newly introduced duty on Kenyan tea until Kenya applied preferential regional tariffs to all Egyptian exports. Egypt imposed higher duties on Kenya’s tea last week in the latest eruption of a trade dispute between the two countries. The move followed Nairobi’s […]
MARIAM ISA, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. SOUTH Africa’s Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said she will challenge a high court order delaying her approval of the winning bidder of the country’s third mobile phone licence. In documents set to be presented to the court on Friday, Matsepe-Casaburri will argue that an interdict preventing her from acting […]
Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. Nedcor Bank acquired a 26.2 percent stake in IT firm Applied Technology Holdings Ltd, taking a further step in its information technology expansion strategy. Nedcor, one of South Africa’s four biggest commercial banks, said it was taking the stake to reap the benefits of spreading the use of smart-cards and would […]
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A new organisation has been launched to promote and encourage film-makers in Southern Africa, Andrew Worsdale reports.
Government is sticking to its growth forecast despite a low first quarter growth rate of 0.9 percent. Finance director general, Maria Ramos said the lower than expected first-quarter growth rate was largely due to the performance of agriculture although a bumper maize crop should raise the performance of this sector and allow for an overall […]