Johannesburg | Tuesday THE supplement being tested on Tanzanian soldiers by the Central Energy Fund as an Aids treatment is a legal nutritional supplement in South Africa at present. But soon Enerkom, the CEF-owned company concerned will have to make a decision on whether it should market the product — also sold as a plant […]
ONE of the founding members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Wilbrod Mboneni ”Mbeya” Molefe died at Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg on Friday after suffering a stroke. When Molefe was 18, he was a pioneer of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress. Molefe left the country for military training in 1963 and […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday CONCILIATORY talks between the state and labour unions in a bid to resolve a wage dispute ended without agreement on Monday night. The state pay rise offer of between 6,5 and eight percent would remain on the table until 10am on Tuesday, Public Service and Administration department representative Tembela Kulu said. ”We […]
SIX suspects detained in a police cell in the central Kenyan town of Thika died in unexplained circumstances on Monday and three others were hospitalised with injuries, state radio reported. The radio, which quoted a police representative, gave no further details on the deaths, but the local member of parliament Stephen Ndicho, who saw the […]
THE rand crashed to 9,31 to the dollar by Wednesday afternoon following the arrest of National Congress Chief Whip Tony Yengeni on a charge of corruption. Investment bank UBS Warburg trader Garth Adamini said: ”Everyone is sitting, looking at the rand weaken. ”There is no news in the market to explain the move other than […]
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Last weekend’s Ninth Annual Hilton Arts Festival above Pietermaritzburg saw more than 20 000 people through the gate, with droves of last posters queuing in the sun to dash in again for the better, very reasonably priced seats, writes Stephen Gray.
Got a relationship problem? Then let Maxwell, the sensual singer who has been dubbed "Soul Brother Number One", sort it out, writes Dom Phillips.
Johannesburg | Tuesday GERRY Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, arrived in Johannesburg on Monday to seek assistance for the Northern Ireland peace process, state radio SABC reported. “I’m hopeful that as we come to take advice, we listen and we learn the lessons of your experience and […]
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki called on Japan on Monday to play a greater role in development of the African continent through links with his country. In a meeting hours after his arrival on a three-day visit, Mbeki also agreed with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to join hands in fighting terrorism. “Japan is fulfilling […]