Donna Block The government of President Robert Mugabe has succeeded in doing what no one has done before: it has caused a strike by stockbrokers. For three working days, from January 14 until January 19, Zimbabwe’s traders, dealers and brokers agreed not to accept orders or place bids. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, once one of […]

Sechaba ka’Nkosi reports that Lesotho’s fragile peace is at stake Lesotho is teetering on the brink of another crisis as relations among political parties in the Independent Political Authority (IPA) reached an all-time low this week. The impasse between the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and opposition parties has cast doubts about the country’s […]

Johnny Masilela A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE by ES Madima (ESST) Tenda Madima, a journalist and the author of an as-yet- unpublished novel in English as well as a screenplay, has taken it upon himself to translate his father’s celebrated TshiVenda novel into English. Academic MC Neluvhalani writes in the preface that he is convinced this […]

Irene Krechoweicka Taking a break gives you renewed energy and motivation, enabling you to gain the most from your working life. Breaks made with an employer’s support are by far the easiest to mend. Here’s how to persuade your boss to give you some time off: l Prepare a strong case. Enlightened employers can be […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. ANGLO American Corporation subsidiary, Zambia Copper Investments, on Friday afternoon formally announced it is to acquire the assets of state-owned Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines for a beefed up $90-million. This brings to an end speculation over the price AAC would finally acquire ZCCM’s lucrative copper mines following reports that […]

LIBERIA must be held accountable for its support of rebel forces in Sierra Leone, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Ignatius Olisemeka said on Wednesday. He said Nigeria might take the Liberian government to an international court.Speaking to reporters after meeting the United Nations envoy to Sierra Leone, Olisemeka said Liberia “should be held fully accountable” for aiding […]

BILL CLINTON’S long-awaited Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, involving a free-trade package for Africa, was resurrected in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. The Bill was killed in the Senate last year and was due to be reintroduced in the House of Representatives with revisions this year. Concerns about textile imports threatening certain […]

ZIMBABWE’S bankers are reacting negatively to new regulations on currency trading. On Wednesday, Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Leonard Tsumba announced that any bank exceeding its foreign exchange limit of US$2-million during the course of trading will have its licence revoked. Bankers say this is a another move to tighten control over foreign currency trading. By […]

STELLENBOSCH University’s satellite, South Africa’s first to be fully locally developed, is still earth bound after the seventh postponement in the launch of the United States rocket carrying Sunsat. University spokesperson Douglas Davis said on Wednesday that the launch of the Delta II rocket by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Vandenburg air […]

THE Algerian government has been “totally silent” regarding violence against women who face abduction, murder and rape at the hands of insurgents, the International Federation of Human Rights said on Thursday. The federation said in a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women that Algerian women also face “institutionalized […]