THURSDAY, 11.00AM THE US-based Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company has awarded South African rand-denominated stock an “A” investment grade, the highest rating so far given to SA debt. A high investment rating increases the likelihood of a country’s attracting foreign investment, and allows it to obtain foreign credit at improved rates. The finance ministry […]
Rural schools suffer many deprivations, but none so severe as the shortage of libraries, writes Lizeka Mda Alan Paton most certainly did not have Moletlane in mind when he wrote the line: Ah, but your land is beautiful. This village, some 56km east of Potgietersrus in the Northern Province, typifies what the bantustans symbolised arid […]
Mungo Soggot Top economists are pulling their own money out of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) amid fears that, 10 years after the 1987 crash, foreign equity markets are in for a heavy correction and the JSE will follow suit. While the JSE has been falling since August 7 the end of a bull run […]
Stephen Gray : Unspoilt places Of the half-a-dozen reserves under the new parks board of North West province, Botsalano Game Reserve is the least known. Friends of mine in neighbouring Mafikeng had never heard of it. After a week of repeat-dialling I raised an answer from Andries Motlhoiwa, its senior game scout. Rusty Hustler, the […]
prehistory, or a hoax? A maverick academics fight to prove that Indian traders fathered the Khoikhoi has been ridiculed, writes Ruben Mowszowski, but now he claims to have the proof Fate has a way of rewarding those who are persistent or at least providing them with a sign that they are on the right track. […]
Mail & Guardian reporters National Police Commissioner George Fivaz has quietly ordered an investigation into an undercover police unit that reports directly to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. Members of the Cape Town-based unit, led by a former bodyguard of President Nelson Mandela, believe the action against them is the result of their investigations into high-ranking […]
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WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM: KAIZER Chiefs PRO Louis Tshakoane has come up in support of the “Amakhosi” French coach Pual Dolezar. He said they have asked Dolezar not to make any media statements in future regarding the affairs of the club but to concentrate on coaching the team. “Dolezar does not know the culture of the local […]
WEDNESDAY, 9.40AM: Marius Hurter has been dropped from the Northern Transvaal side for Currie Cup match against Western Province at Newlands on Saturday. Joost van der Westhuizen, who looked equally out of sorts in the weekend win over Griquas, has been declared fit and keeps his place. Piet Boer wil replace Hurter after replacing him […]
Andrew Muchineripi : Soccer With South Africa qualifying automatically for the 1998 African Nations Cup in Burkina Faso as title holders, the biennial competition has tended to slip from the minds of the local football public. While 28 national teams fought for the honour of competing in the African showcase, Bafana Bafana could afford to […]