THE United States government announced on Thursday that it will construct a new embassy in Nairobi to replace the previous one, which was destroyed by a powerful bomb blast on August 7 1998. The US said the demolition of the old embassy building starts on March 22 to pave way for the transformation of the […]
Michael Finch : Athletics If the double “MJ” show doesn’t pack out the Ruimsig stadium in Roodepoort tonight, then Athletics South Africa (ASA) is faced with a crisis. Just the mere presence of the fastest man and fastest woman on earth, Michael Johnson and Marion Jones, in the second of the three-leg Engen Grand Prix […]
Philip Nel : A SECOND LOOK I hope I am not the only Afrikaans speaker who feels uncomfortable with being made the focus of a special debate in Parliament. Although I can understand the political reasons why political parties would like to have such a debate in the run-up to the elections, I do not […]
Be thorough when checking up on anyone who’s telling you where to invest your money, warns Donna Block When it comes to choosing someone to help you make head or tail of your investments there is one guiding principle: caveat emptor – buyer beware. No matter how smooth or sophisticated that person may be, the […]
THE European Union on Friday hailed an agreement by central African heads of state on the conservation and management of the region’s tropical forests. The heads of state of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Chad, along with the vice-president of Gabon and Congo’s environment minister on Wednesday signed the Yaounde Declaration agreeing […]
Howard Barrell The Heath special investigating unit has been empowered to recover millions of rands stolen from road accident victims by unscrupulous lawyers. Judge Willem Heath’s team will investigate a fraudulent scheme which targets unsophisticated road accident victims. Rogue attorneys have been cheating semi- literate and often indigent clients of large parts of the insurance […]
Archaic and costly contracts governing the supply of timber to the South African market are being overhauled, writes Lael Bethlehem Over the past 100 years, the state has played a classic developmental role in industrial forestry by stepping in to avert market failure. It has done its job. Today there is a thriving private sector […]
ONE of President Nelson Mandela’s nephews, Reverend Daliwonga Mandela, is to establish a branch of the New National Party at Motherwell, near Port Elizabeth. NNP MP Dr Manie Schoeman said in Parliament on Thursday that Reverend Mandela had resigned from the African National Congress in 1990 and has now decided to join the NNP. Said […]
THE Liberian government on Friday renewed accusations that former warlord Alhaji Kromah is planning to launch a new war in Liberia. A statement issued by the information ministry here said Kromah is attempting to mobilize former elements of his disbanded United Liberation Movement (ULIMO-K) faction, outside Liberia.Kromah is an enemy of President Charles Taylor, himself […]
AFRICAN National Congress stalwart Walter Sisulu was released from hospital on Friday after treatment for chest pains, high blood pressure and blood sugar problems.The 86-year-old Sisulu was admitted to hospital on Sunday for the the second time in a week amid growing concern for his health.A Morningside Clinic spokesperson said on Friday he is “doing […]