OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm UNITED States pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb on Thursday announced it is launching a $100-million programme to address the growing HIV/Aids crisis in southern Africa. Partners in the initiative are South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland the United Nations. SABC1 news reports, however, that the firm intends testing on […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: MARCELLO RIOS, who was ranked men’s tennis world number one last month, lost his opening match of the German Open 2-6 7-6 6-3 to a resurgent Wayne Ferreira of South Africa. The top-seeded Chilean didn’t go down without a fight, though, hurling himself and his racquet about the court in a most entertaining […]
niceAnelka Amy Lawrence Sunglasses weather in St Albans. The roof of the sleek, silver convertible is down, and a friendly face waits for him to jump in and burn some rubber on the run into town. He waves casually, flashes a smile, and zooms off to enjoy a sunny afternoon at his leisure. Later that […]
Shereen Usdin and Lebo Ramafoko A Second Look Try negotiating safer sex with someone who believes forced sex with your girlfriend is not rape “because she’s yours”. This attitude reflects the daily bread of many adolescents, according to research undertaken by Soul City – the Institute for Health and Development Communication. The research confirms a […]
THURSDAY, 7.15PM: HESITANT international markets battered an already weak Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Thursday, forcing most indices to close softer. The all gold index lost more than 2,5% of its value as bullion plunged through the $300 an ounce level, trading at $298,25 at 4.00pm. Accordingly the all gold index fell 25,6 points to a […]
HEAVY machinegun and light arms fire resumed in Bissau on Friday morning near the presidential palace and other areas.Weapons had fallen silent overnight after government and rebel forces in Guinea Bissau traded heavy artillery and light arms fire for three hours on Thursday evening breaking a truce of more than three months and endangering a […]
Salman Rushdie tells Sam Wollaston why his new novel is about the greatest band in the world – from India On a warm August evening, Salman Rushdie walked on to the stage and looked out over a sea of screaming fans. It was hard to see much beyond the first row, the photographers and security […]
Howard Barrell:OVER A BARREL I see I am not alone in considering democracy an inconvenience. The president of the African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki, and a few of his allies at the top of the organisation find it so, too. For there they are concluding that the good members of the ANC in the Free […]
Krisjan Lemmer Jnr:FRIDAY DISPATCHED The world was shocked this week by the disclosures made by the distinguished political scientist, Professor Schalk Lourens, visiting professor at the Pofadder campus of Naboomspruit University, that World War IV will break out in the Groot Marico at 9.05am on Friday July 1 1999. Prof Lourens made his chilling disclosure […]
The David Gleason Column The recent furore over the attempt by four New Africa Investments Limited executive directors to enrich themselves to the tune of R136-million is simply the last in what’s become a long line of bad news. So what’s really happening in the unofficial black economic empowerment programme and why does so much […]