Gross domestic product (GDP) growth could disappoint on both a global and South African level, Martin Jankelowitz, head of market and economic research at Investment Solutions wrote in his April commentary.
The UN’s World Food Programme warned on Monday that food rations in Ethiopia are being cut because of a lack of supplies in the drought-stricken country.
US election observers warned Nigeria that next week’s presidential elections could be undermined if the shortcomings of this weekend’s parliamentary poll are repeated.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali agreed on Monday to give back two seats in his provincial cabinet to the African National Congress in a bid to end the latest row between the ANC and Mtshali’s Inkatha Freedom Party.
The ever-optimistic front-man for the Iraqi regime during the war to topple Saddam Hussein — Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf –may have vanished but he has resurfaced on the Internet with a website containing his finest pearls of wisdom.
President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday he could not express himself as African Union president on the situation in Zimbabwe because the AU had not taken a position on that yet.
The monthly poll on the South African stock market outlook conducted by Plexus Research & Surveys among unit trust managers was slightly more positive at the end of March 2003 than for the previous month.
Sales of some of South Africa’s best wines at the 29th Nederburg Auction, which ended on Saturday, reached a new record of R7,5-million, with prices rising 7% on those of 2002.
Scientists who three years ago said they had virtually completed a map of the human genetic code now report progress in understanding the last few pieces of one of the world’s most complex puzzles.
From a field just outside the town, the final battle for the last stronghold of Saddam Hussein’s empire could be seen unfolding.