Belinda Beresford Punching way above its weight, the agricultural sector in South Africa manages to have a disproportionate effect on the country’s growth figures. If it hadn’t been for the near 18% fall in agriculture’s contribution, the gross domestic figures for the first quarter of this year would have been a reasonable 1,9%, instead of […]
Luvuyo Kakaza CD OFTHEWEEK Miriam Makeba’s latest release, Homeland (Putumayo), lives up to its epic name. It pays tribute to Makeba – affectionately known as Mama Afrika – a living legend of African music. It also showcases a collaboration of African sounds, cultures and beats. It cannot be compared to any of Makeba’s past albums. […]
Themba Khoza, who died on Sunday, was at the centre of some of the most brutal killings in living memory Ivor Powell When Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) firebrand Themba Khoza died of Aids- related illnesses on Sunday, so did many of the secrets of one of the darkest chapters in South Africa’s recent past. Khoza […]
Neal Collins RUGBY South Africans will probably be recoiling at the thought of Martin Johnson leading another group of tourists to the Rainbow Nation this month. Last time the huge Leicester lock captained a touring side against the Boks, he led the Lions to a shock victory over the then world champions in 1997. But […]
Philippa Garson The radical findings of the curriculum review committee, set up to investigate the workability of Curriculum 2005, signal the long-overdue arrival of some clarity and reason on the issue. The Department of Education has for years doggedly pushed ahead with the implementation of an essentially flawed and jargon-laden curriculum, despite cries of confusion […]
bitter past Andrew Feinstein On January 22 1943 my mother and her parents received, at their home in Nazi- occupied Vienna, a letter from her 84- year-old grandfather. It read in part: “My dearest children. I have received your letter and thank you for your best wishes on my journey, to which I am not […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki flew to Europe on Thursday for meetings in Germany and Denmark with world leaders where he is expected to push Africa’s development agenda. Mbeki will carry with him the message that he delivered to the United Kingdom and United States during visits there this month — that Africa needs international assistance to […]
ETHIOPIA and Eritrea mulled peace proposals before resuming indirect talks in Algiers on Friday, but Addis Ababa reported renewed fighting a day after it declared their two-year-old border war over. The Ethiopian government accused Eritrea of attacking its positions on the eastern front on Thursday, saying Eritrean shellfire has killed two civilians and wounded eight. […]
THE petrol price is to rise by 8c a litre on Wednesday. The Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs said on Friday that the wholesale price of diesel will decline by 6c a litre and that of illuminating paraffin will drop by 4c per litre. From Wednesday, 93 octane will cost R3,31 per litre in […]
He is at home on the international stage, but Thabo Mbeki battles to get his message through at home. Howard Barrell reports Thabo Mbeki ends his first year as president of South Africa bearing some resemblance to Jan Smuts, the Boer general turned prime minister who led the country 60 years ago. Like Smuts, Mbeki […]