No image available
/ 9 November 2004
Archaeologists were on Monday aghast over a plan by MPs loyal to Silvio Berlusconi to legalise the private ownership of archaeological treasures in Italy. One called the measure a ”looters’ charter”. At present, all antiquities found in Italian soil are deemed to be the property of the state and are meant to be handed over to the authorities.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
A final report on the Jali Commission’s investigation into corruption and maladministration in prisons is being compiled, with gun smuggling one of the issues addressed. ”C-Max is one of the prisons that fall in the nine management areas we looked at,” said commission secretary Charles Frank on Tuesday.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has asked Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to help mediate in its long-running dispute over Western Sahara, state media said on Tuesday. The invitation was delivered to Mugabe in Harare on Monday by Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
Namibia is getting ready to turn the page on an era with elections next week to choose a successor to President Sam Nujoma, a pivotal figure for the past five decades in this Southern African country. Nujoma’s close ally and hand-picked successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, is expected easily to win the election.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
Barry Manilow is a little surprised to see tens of thousands of people singing along with him. "Most of the nights I look up, and there are between 10 000 and 15 000 people out there," the entertainer told <i>The Denver Post</i> in Sunday’s editions. "They can’t all be fans from the Seventies."
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
Researchers working off coastal Georgia have discovered what could be three new species of bottom-dwelling creatures known as sea squirts. The diminutive creatures — also known as tunicates — were recently found at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, a reef 28km east of Georgia’s Sapelo Island.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
New York Mercantile Exchange near-dated oil futures price has fallen below $50 per barrel and is currently trading at $49,13 per barrel, meaning that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) monetary policy committee meeting on December 8 and 9 could once again look at a further interest rate cut.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) soared to fresh highs on Tuesday, mainly on the back of the weaker rand. About 10 minutes after the opening bell, the all-share index surged more than 100 points, surpassing its previous record high reached on October 8 2004 of 12187,18 points.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
Considering that short-term insurers spend upwards of R21-billion in claims a year and R8-billion in settling motor claims alone, the scope for genuine grassroots black economic empowerment (BEE) is vast, according to Bruce Campbell, MD of Mutual & Federal.
No image available
/ 9 November 2004
If Bush wins," the United States writer Barbara Probst Solomon claimed just before the election, "fascism is possible in the United States." Blind faith in a leader, she said, a conservative working class and the use of fear as a political weapon provide the necessary preconditions. She’s wrong. So is Richard Sennett, who described Bush’s security state as "soft fascism" in <i>The Guardian</i> last month.