War in Iraq will push Africa to the backburner, says South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma. He said the continent’s determination to succeed, among other things, necessitated concern about the global security situation, particularly the American-led campaign against Iraq.
Pam Golding Properties, South Africa’s largest retail property group, has concluded sales worth over R1-billion to foreign investors from 48 different countries over the past 11 months (1 March 2002 – 31 January 2003).
A parliamentary select committee this week recommended the government’s controversial purchase of a luxury jet for King Mswati III should not go ahead. With MPs ready to vote against the aircraft, the stage is set for a showdown between the palace-appointed executive, and the Houses of Parliament.
The leader of the coup in the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, met army and police chiefs on Monday in an attempt to impose law and order in the capital.
In its efforts to address the problem of HIV/Aids, the South African automotive industry is to implement a new software solution to tackle HIV/Aids in the workplace.
The South African government has decided to evacuate non-essential staff from its mission in Jordan ahead of the looming war in neighboring Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday.
SA Post Office CEO Maanda Manyatshe told the parliamentary communications committee Tuesday that although previous predictions that the State owned company would report a profit had not panned out, he expected it to break even in 2003/04 and record operating profits thereafter.
The 16,337 cents per litre (c/l) over-recovery in the basic petrol price on Monday adds to the pressure on the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to cut interest rates.
Botswana is directly affected by virtually every socio-political development in South Africa. Plans for spreading Botswana’s wealth are being hurt by South Africa’s selective transformation exercise, say officials.
South African Casino operators have banded together to form a new voluntary association named The Casino Association of South Africa.
Connie Molusi has been appointed the new group CEO of Johnnic Communications (Johncom, JCM) with immediate effect it was announced on Monday.
North-West premier Popo Molefe has vehemently denied child molestation allegations of a pre-teen relative levelled against him by his ex-wife in a <i>Mail & Guardian</i> article.<br>
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The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s decision to report allegations that North West Premier Popo Molefe sexually molested a pre-teen girl is certain to arouse controversy.
As a nation, are we so weary of guilt, resentment and remorse, that in the face of crisis or terrible injury we elect appeasing denial? Where does it come from, this weird need to look the other way, to ignore or excuse patent iniquity? Why do we so often supplant what should be untutored outrage with rhetorical magnanimity?
The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West province on Friday expressed "outrage" at a <i>Mail & Guardian</i> article, reporting child molestation allegations against provincial premier Popo Molefe.<br>
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North West Premier Popo Molefe’s recently divorced wife has gone public with accusations that her former husband sexually molested a pre-teen relative.
Cape-based direct wine marketer, The Wine-of-the-Month Club, has signed an exclusive contract with well-known on-line shopping site, Kalahari.net, that will see the wine club selling its wines on-line, the group announced on Wednesday.
HIV-positive women taking protease inhibitors are more likely to develop diabetes than HIV-positive women on non-protease inhibitor combinations.
South African mining production for the three months ended January 2003, after seasonal adjustment, fell 2,5% compared with the previous three months, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday
South Africa’s Industrial Participation programme linked to the modernisation and downsizing of the SA Air Force with Hawk and Gripen jet aircraft has created another 700 jobs, this time through a multi-million dollar investment in jewellery manufacturing in the Free State goldfields.
Health Minister Alain Moka is leading a high-level delegation to the Department of Kelle, the Cuvette-Ouest Region of the Republic of Congo, to reassure residents of government’s efforts to overcome the Ebola haemorrhagic fever that broke out there almost one month ago.
Washington was forced to admit for the first time last night that it might have to start the war against Iraq without British forces because of the internal political problems heaping up for Tony Blair.
A group of Masai women are to bring a civil case against the British army for alleged rapes, which took place close to army training grounds in Samburu, northern Kenya, over a 25-year period.
The World Food Programme says it is "very concerned" over the high growth rates of HIV/Aids in Burundi, which have reached 20% in urban areas and 7,5% in the countryside.
Why should African cinema have a special place in the genre? Why should it even be regarded as a special sub-genre within the weird sub-genre that film already is in the world of the arts?
Many people were touched by Mr Kgalema Motlanthe’s explanations as to why the African National Congress not only tolerates but actually relishes having people like fraudster Tony Yengeni in its ranks. The presence of such liars and cheats strengthens the party’s ability to be democratic in giving succour to them
South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is to leave South Africa on Tuesday on a four-legged visit to Chad, Angola, Nigeria and Botswana, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
Although the economic outlook for South Africa is decisively more bullish in 2003 than developed economies, potential curveballs could manifest and adversely affect the economy.
On the eve of the listing of South African telecommunications utility Telkom on the Johannesburg and New York Stock Exchanges, the government has cut the price range for the Telkom initial public offering to between R27 and R30 a share.
South Africa is set for a record sugar crop of 2,755-million tons, up 177 tons from the previous estimate of 2,754-million tons, according to the latest estimate by the South African Sugar Association released on Monday.
Guinea-Bissau’s most influential private radio station was closed by the government last Thursday. Radio Bombolom, which the Bissau-Guinean government believes is sympathetic to the opposition, had been directed to stop broadcasting two weeks ago.
An insidious new branch office for censorship has been opened. This one is managed by big business’s counterparts for censors, what might be termed its “brand police”, the thug component of corporate fascism