Eighteen months after the tsunami uprooted centuries-old cinnamon plantations in a country where the golden-cash crop is a vital source of income, the trees are sprouting "like magic". The Boxing Day sea surge left about 31Â 000 people dead and a million homeless across Sri Lanka.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the flow of scientists, engineers and medical personnel from developing to industrialised nations was thought to have almost entirely negative consequences for the source countries. Recently, there has been growing emphasis on reverse flows of knowledge, skills and money the migrants send home.
The tale of Mzi Khumalo’s quick profit from investing in construction firm Basil Read raises many interesting questions about black economic empowerment (BEE) deals — not the least being what makes a BEE investor a BEE investor.That corporate raider Khumalo has successfully struck again will not surprise anyone who has followed the career of this one-time associate of the late Brett Kebble.
The soccer World Cup fills me with dread. I want to look, but also to look away. Not because I don’t like football. I do. Not because I’m fussed about the St George flag. I’m all for it. Nor am I in any liberal confusion about wanting England to win. I want that too. Not even because I can’t stand the hysteria: Why can’t we have a commentary-free channel that just shows the games?
Citizens of the first republic to be established on the continent, in 1847, visited the most recently established democratic African republic to seek guidance and insight for their fledgling Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Members of Liberia’s TRC were on a week-long study tour of the country to learn how South Africa’s transition and healing process was managed.
The 2010 Fifa World Cup is a prestigious and much anticipated international sporting event. South Africa has been granted the opportunity to host this event in nine cities and 10 stadia across the country. This has generated much speculation among the South African public, writes CEO of the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa, Danny Jordaan.
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United Nations inspectors have found new traces of highly enriched uranium in Iran, in equipment at a technical university in Tehran, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday in a confidential report obtained by Agence France-Presse. Uranium can be enriched to produce nuclear-reactor fuel. But if it is enriched to a much greater degree it can be used to manufacture atom bombs.
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne overcame Belgian compatriot Kim Clijsters 6-3, 6-2 to reach the final of the French Open on Thursday. The 24-year-old fifth seed will meet Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final on Sunday after the eighth seed put out teenager Nicole Vaidisova 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.
Former state president FW de Klerk had a second operation on Thursday after developing respiratory problems and is on a ventilator, according to Cape Town’s Panorama Medi-Clinic. De Klerk underwent surgery at the clinic on Saturday to remove a tumour, which was later found to be cancerous, from his colon.