An unknown genius on the Internet has written the definitive management guide to re-engineering the Santa operation The recent announcement that Donner and Blitzen have elected to take the early reindeer retirement package has triggered a good deal of concern about whether they will be replaced and about other restructuring decisions at the North Pole. […]

The historic town of Weimar has played a pivotal role in shaping the German identity. John Matshikiza recently spent some time there Another week, another airport. I was staring at an empty carousel revolving before me at Frankfurt International. My luggage wasn’t there, and I was beginning to do the now-familiar trot around every baggage […]

THE death toll in the ongoing carnage on South African roads since December 1 had reached the 500 mark by Wednesday afternoon, Arrive Alive said. In a statement it said 500 people have died in 335 accidents. Of those killed 229 were passengers, 136 were drivers and 135 pedestrians. KwaZulu-Natal still has the highest death […]

HOLIDAY traffic to Cape Town has been diverted to Rawsonville after a mudslide caused by heavy rain blocked the tunnel on the N1 just outside the city. Traffic officials said on Wednesday night that they were unsure when the tunnel will be re-opened. No-one was injured in the mudslide.

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu, who is currently in resident in the United States, is to be honoured by the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the closing bell of trading on December 23. The ringing of the bell forms part of the stock exchange’s Bridging the Millennium programme, a series honouring distinguished leaders of this century […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.40pm. TRANSPORT minister Dullah Omar on Tuesday blamed reckless, speeding drivers for hundreds of deaths on the roads as the festive season gets into full swing. The holiday carnage has claimed 459 lives since December 1 and is expected to get worse this week as South Africans and foreign tourists […]

THREE barges carrying a floating power station arrived in the Nigerian capital Lagos this week, under a deal reached earlier this year to boost chronic power supplies in the city. United States group Enron in September signed a deal with the Lagos State government to supply a 90 megawatt floating power station to be moored […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 7.30am A GOVERNMENT-appointed team investigating the South African diamond industry urged Monday a thorough overhaul of the country’s diamond controls and its gem valuating system. A report released here by a task team appointed by the Cabinet earlier this year also called for a review of the composition, role and […]