Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION A good deal of last week’s SABC current affairs output was given over to Mr Thabo Mbeki. In two faintly embarrassing appearances he generously donated us the benefit of his wisdom. First up was the annual State of the Nation speech, which turned out to be more a state of the state […]
Jubie Matlou The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs intends to create a black commercial farming class as part of its overall strategy of land reform and redistribution. This strategy is contained in a policy proposal from the ministry that calls for the establishment of a commercial farmer programme seeking to empower the country’s estimated […]
Tour boss has the credentials to put some backbone into the weakest of teams – he’s a former secret police chief Neal Collins in London It’s probably safe to say that Zimbabwe has recently slipped rather low in the average Englishman’s top 10 holiday destinations. Ticket sales for the first Test against the Southern Africans […]
The economic turmoil in Zimbabwe appears to have begun when an IMF and World Bank- inspired adjustment programme was implemented Rehad Desai News coverage from Zimbabwe has typically centred on the abuse of human rights unleashed following President Robert Mugabe’s defeat in the recent referendum. Coverage has therefore tended to produce more heat than light. […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Friday 12.45pm. CONTRARY to widespread media reports and statements by senior government officials, Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana on Friday insisted his department is still in command of the country’s prisons. “At no point … did I lose control of the administration of my department,” Skosana told Parliament. His comments […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila said that a transitional parliament will be inaugurated on July 1. Speaking to members of civil society and politicians, Kabila said a 300-member constituent assembly will be set up under his long-stalled democratization program. He said in the speech, which was broadcast over state radio, that he will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday 6.00pm. GOVERNMENT, farmers and militant war veterans agreed at talks in Harare on Friday to set up a land commission to oversee the peaceful transfer of white-owned land in Zimbabwe to landless blacks. David Hasluck, director of the Commercial Farmers Union, said the proposal has been agreed at a three-hour […]
COMPANY liquidations slowed to 326 in March, down 1,8% on the same month a year ago, figures released by Statistics SA showed on Thursday. In the first three months of 2000 there were 748 liquidations, a drop of nearly 30 percent on the same period a year ago, Stats SA said. Insolvencies have also decreased […]
NEW Zealand’s High Commission in violence-torn Zimbabwe is fending off demands from some 400 people a day for free air tickets to New Zealand because of what Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel says is misinformation. “Some information being reported in Zimbabwe by media there is not correct…It has been reported that New Zealand is offering free […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 4.30pm. THE rand remained weak by late afternoon, after testing the key resistance level of R7,03 to the dollar in early trade on Friday. Dealers said the dollar and negative overseas sentiment continues to weigh on the market. By 4pm the local currency was trading at R7,04 to the dollar. […]