Roger Kebble, chairperson of JCI, said on Thursday he would seek a high court order setting aside the charges he faces stemming from a "dirty-tricks campaign launched by Mark Wood, chief executive of Durban Roodepoort Deep".
The United States on Thursday angrily denounced this week’s calls for the lifting of US and European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe by the leaders of Southern African nations and urged them to "openly distance" themselves from President Robert Mugabe’s government.
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Making uKhahlamba (Drakensberg) out of a molehill. This is the government’s appraisal of a week that has rocked the country as its second-in-command, Jacob Zuma, stands accused of becoming a rent-a-deputy-president.
In a way I’ve been saving up this column for years. What inspires it is the commercial horror that millions of South Africans have had to undergo over their lives, what must cost this country literally billions every year in lost business, what causes more personal stress and outrage than is measurable, what is little short of a national disgrace. The name of this affliction is what is called our telephone service.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has accused President Thabo Mbeki of failing to lead the country by keeping silent on the scandal engulfing Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19709">Holomisa: Mbeki must speak on Zuma</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19707">ANC denies arms involvement</a>
South Africa’s Black Management Forum and the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business have launched the Black Economic Empowerment Monitor, an empowerment research and advisory agency.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has renewed calls for President Thabo Mbeki to break his silence over the furore surrounding Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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Two lucky readers can sample the understated luxury of the five-star Coach House hotel at Agatha, near Tzaneen, courtesy of this, our first "great escape" competition.
The Southern African Development Community has launched a mutual defence pact to promote regional cooperation in politics, defence and security. The pact allows for enforcement action to be taken "only as a last resort, and with the authorisation of the United Nations Security Council".
President Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d’Ivoire said in a televised broadcast to the nation on Tuesday night that several people had been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire and France for planning to assassinate him and several of his aides.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries closed their 23rd annual summit on Tuesday united in their support for Zimbabwe and clear in their call for sanctions on the country to be lifted.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries closed their 23rd annual summit on Tuesday united in their support for Zimbabwe and clear in their call for sanctions on the country to be lifted.
Trade unions, the government and business should unite if South Africa is to attract an estimated two million jobs, but the perception of local labour inflexibility could be a major stumbling block.
South Africa’s banking system remains sound, the South African Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna has defended National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka’s decision not to prosecute Deputy President Jacob Zuma, while opposition parties renewed their calls for Zuma to step down.
Do you know there’s a tracking device fitted inside your razor blade? And how would you feel knowing that your photo is taken by a spycam every time you pause by a certain shaving product shelf?
The State conceded on Tuesday it was in possession of a privileged document confiscated from three Boeremag treason trialists in prison last year. The document was among several seized at the Pretoria local prison last year.
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The government of Cote d’Ivoire has started to place condom dispensing machines in internet cafes as part of its drive to control HIV/Aids infection among young people, a government official said this week.
South Africa’s CPIX inflation (headline inflation excluding mortgage costs) was up 6,6% year-on-year for metro and other areas in July 2003 compared with 6,4% in June, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
Top prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka spoke in riddles when explaining his decision not to prosecute Deputy President Jacob Zuma for his alleged role in South Africa’s multibillion-rand arms deal, a legal expert said on Monday.
Tax and interest rate cuts have helped put the South African shopper in a better mood, last week’s first salvo of company results in the retail sector showed. Retail group Woolworth is smiling after a jump of 43% in headline earnings per share.
The Scorpions will this week present Parliament with a report on alleged gifts received by Deputy President Jacob Zuma during this week, while political parties — including the DA — are calling for Zuma’s resignation.
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<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19520">Show me the money: Zuma</a>
The South African government has signalled its intention, through new legislation currently before Parliament, to cap the number of retail petrol outlets based on consumption levels. It is estimated that about 2 000 of the existing 5 000 outlets are already unsustainable.
"First it was the enormous salary cut, now I am just waiting for the day my boss tells me to pack my bags and go," said Solomon Mahlangu, an employee at the KwaNdebele-based Transpaco plastic bag factory.
The United Democratic Movement has joined the Democratic Alliance in calling for Deputy President Jacob Zuma to step down. The DA has also called for a probe into Zuma’s alleged failure to declare all his interests.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19520">Show me the money: Zuma</a>
An African celebration by one of South Africa’s most famous artists stands on the brink of destruction as hammers and drills await the word from developers bent on enlarging one of Johannesburg’s richest shopping centres, reports François Ebersöhn.
Five lucky <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> readers can each win two CDs to celebrate the arrival of this year’s Joy of Jazz festival.
The prosecution’s plans to call its first witness in the Boeremag treason trial next week were thwarted on Friday when defence lawyers said they would bring yet more pre-trial applications.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19279">Boeremag accused want separate trials</a>
The South African Parliament spent R502,7-million in the financial year ending March 2003 or R22,5-million more than the target budget, according to documents presented to its rules committee. The target budget had been R480,2-million.
In all media reports on last weekend’s coronation of King Leruo Molotlegi of the Bafokeng, the description "tribe" was thrown about with abandon. Black journalists, who should at least know better, also used this degrading term.
This week’s cricket confrontation at Headingley will evoke more tumultuous emotions among our South African boys as it was here, in 1998, that a certain Pakistani umpire got his finger up our noses, causing South Africa to lose the deciding Test and the series in nefarious fashion.
Auditor General Shauket Fakie on Thursday rebuffed claims that arms-deal investigators glossed over alleged irregularities in the procurement process. He also quashed an accusation that a subcontractor was allowed to drop its price to secure a deal after the "tender" had closed.
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<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19307">Fakie: No changes made to arms report</a>