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/ 28 October 2006
IPod owners boast that they can take their music collection with them everywhere they go, but some forget what’s lurking in the attic — their records. Albums are easy to neglect. They are not digital like music files and compact discs, and they’re about as portable as a box of rocks.
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/ 28 October 2006
Britain puts its clocks back one hour at 2am (1am GMT) on Sunday, giving most people a welcome extra hour in bed — but two cuckoo-clock enthusiasts will have precious little time on their hands. Brothers Roman and Maz Piekarski have more than 500 clocks at their Cuckooland museum in Cheshire, north-west England.
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/ 27 October 2006
Makhaya Ntini grabbed 5-21 as South Africa conjured a great escape to advance to the Champions Trophy semifinals with a dramatic 124-run win over Pakistan on Friday. The Proteas recovered from a disastrous 42-5 within the first hour to post 213-8 before Pakistan were themselves reduced to 27-6 and bowled out for 89 in the eventful day-night international.
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/ 27 October 2006
Many were surprised by the projected budget surplus for the next fiscal year of 0,5% of gross domestic product, announced in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday this week. One of the debates that are now raging is whether the government’s fiscal policy is more on the loose or the tight side.
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/ 27 October 2006
With interest rates on the rise in South Africa, and further hikes expected before the end of February 2007, analysts say that this will affect the financial health of firms and individuals at the margin, but will also place a check on irresponsible debt accumulation and inefficient operations.
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/ 27 October 2006
Regional integration is rightly being pursued in the Southern African Development Community as it is a critical instrument to boost economic growth and raise living standards — but it has to be sustainable, says South African President Thabo Mbeki. In his regular Friday internet column, <i><a href="http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/anctoday/" target="_blank" class="standardtext">ANC Today</a></i>, the president said regional integration in the developing world "has all too often been a graveyard of failed expectations".
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/ 27 October 2006
Those involved in the fight against HIV and Aids have to work together, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Friday. ”We have to make sure that our energy is dedicated to the fight against HIV and Aids and not against each other,” she told a Civil Society Coalition HIV-Aids congress in Johannesburg.
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/ 27 October 2006
Companies trying to meet the requirements Employment Equity Act need not dismiss white staff, Business Day reported on Friday. Earlier this week the Johannesburg Labour Court ruled that the Act did not impose an obligation on an employee embarking on retrenchments to dismiss white, rather than African, employees.
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/ 27 October 2006
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa pledged to deliver on pre-election promises on Friday to slash taxes and combat poverty in his maiden speech to MPs since being returned for a second term a month ago. Mwanawasa also announced sweeping policy changes to address grievances levelled by his chief rival, main opposition leader Michael Sata.