Harare | Saturday MOST of the 12 countries in the southern Africa region will suffer food shortages this year due to a combination of floods and drought, a regional food security warning unit said on Friday. The Southern African Development Community Regional Early Warning Unit (SADC-REWU) said due to an overall drop in regional crop […]
A high-tech company has developed and introduced a new milk-free instant meal for feeding schemes in South Africa. InstaMeal is a protein-enriched, lactose-free instant cereal/porridge made from non-genetically modified soy protein powder, pre-cooked maize meal, sugar and salt. It is prepared by mixing the dry cereal with hot or cold water. The meal is also […]
PROSECUTORS in the case of five men accused of the 1996 murder of Hard Livings Gang boss Rashaad Staggie, received a major blow on Thursday when Cape High Court Judge John Foxcroft ruled that he would not view video footage taken the night that Staggie was killed. The case against senior members of Pagad is […]
“DISCREET” negotiations were under way late on Thursday in the Central African Republic capital Bangui between the government and army mutineers who staged an abortive coup, in a bid to avert a “bloodbath”, a well-placed source said. “They want to see that the problem created by the mutineers does not end in a bloodbath,” said […]
NIGERIAN-born boxer David Izonritei’s career took a giant leap forward on Thursday when it was announced that he will be fighting the new heavyweight champion, Hasim Rahman, in Beijing, China on August 4. Legendary boxing promoter, Don King, announced at a press conference in New York that Izon, as the Nigerian boxer is commonly known, […]
FRENCH Prime Minister Lionel Jospin followed in the footsteps of other foreign leaders on Thursday to make a pilgrimage to the prison on Robben Island where former South African president Nelson Mandela spent most of 27 years as a political prisoner. Jospin spent about 45 minutes of the first day of his two-day official visit […]
FALAFEL, a universal food in most of the Middle East, was reincarnated on Thursday as McFalafel at Cairo branches of McDonald’s. The US fast food chain will serve falafel, a fried dish of chickpeas, in McDonald’s hamburger buns and sell each sandwich for about 40 cents. Falafel is traditionally made with seasoning including fennel, parsley, […]
AFRICAN insurance firms and UNAids are to form special committees to plan country-specific strategies to combat the HIV/Aids pandemic, the African Insurers’ Organisation said on Thursday. Jean Kacou Diagou, the organisation’s vice president, said its just-concluded 28th general meeting had ended with a decision to set up these committees in 41 member countries. Diagou said […]
Luanda | Friday THE Luanda government said this week it regrets a decision by South African diamond giant De Beers to suspend its activities in Angola over a contractual dispute. Reacting for the first time to the decision announced by De Beers a week ago, the statement said negotiations had been continuing in a cordial […]
Johannesburg | Saturday TRIBUTES have poured in for South Africa’s Aids icon Nkosi Johnson, who died in the early hours of the Friday morning, commending the courage of the 12-year-old boy who came to symbolise the fight against HIV/Aids and discrimination. The skeletally-thin Nkosi, South Africa’s longest surviving child Aids sufferer, died peacefully at his […]
TWENTY of every 100 pregnant women who attend ante-natal consultations in Mozambican health units are infected with HIV, the virus that causes the lethal disease Aids, according to Martinho Djedje, representative for the Coordinating Council of the Health Ministry, which has been meeting in Maputo since Monday. Djedje said the situation was made worse because […]
HILARY GUSH Johannesburg | Friday A long-running legal battle over the award of South Africa’s lucrative third mobile phone licence to Cell-C took a new twist on Friday, when losing bidder NextCom said it would settle the case out of court. But the row over whether the selection process for the licence winner was flawed […]
Anthony Quinn, the Mexican-born Hollywood star who carved a niche playing larger-than-life, good-hearted ruffians, most famously Zorba the Greek, died in a Boston hospital yesterday, aged 86. His death, from respiratory failure, was announced by the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci. "I was proud to call him a friend," Mr Cianci said.
Glenda Daniels Charges of brutal police assault will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court next week when Andrew Phillips, owner of the brothel The Ranch, brings a civil claim against the Ministry of Safety and Security. The assault charges will be backed up by allegations of extortion and bribery, including how police forced prostitutes […]
Lynda Gilfillan food Kalk Bay, with its air of shabby English chic, is at first glance an un- likely place to find a restaurant redolent with the Spanish-African sounds and symbols of Cuba. From Christ to Che Guevara, the walls of the Cape to Cuba restaurant are covered with genuine icons and artefacts that reflect […]
We note that after the Press Ombudsman conveyed my complaint to the Mail & Guardian, the M&G afforded me an opportunity to answer an article in the M&G of April 26 to May 3 2001 under the heading: “Bogoshi still not charged after 10- year fraud investigation”. Before I lodged my complaint with the Press […]
The Poetry Africa Festival continues in Durban this weekend, and arrives in Johannesburg next week. Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts, it takes place at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, University of Natal, and at the Windybrow Theatre in Johannesburg. At 7pm on Friday June 1, South Africa’s Madala Kunene, Amina Said of Tunisia, Taban […]
Alec Hogg South Africa’s largest banking group, FirstRand, has emerged as the most likely buyer of the niche bank Saambou, which at current market prices is worth about R2-billion. This emerged earlier this week as the bank that had been the favourite to buy Saambou ruled itself out of the game. Absa Group CEO Nallie […]
Barry Streek The government this week promised immediate and tough action to promote greater and quicker integration of South African schools. Minister of Education Kader Asmal said the government would, in particular, enforce its “language in education” policy to accelerate integration and it would be examining the composition of teaching bodies. After seven years of […]
Bismarck Masangu Body Language May the real wankers please stand up! I repeat, may the real wankers please stand up! Well, one thing is certain, not all of us can afford to get laid. Yet our society has little correction no sympathy for those of us who resort to manual methods. In fact the idea […]
Jane Rosenthal Plettenberg Bay and the Paradise Coast by Patricia Storrar (TJM Publishers) Patricia Storrar, the well-known historian of the southern Cape, earned her stripes in 1974 when she debunked myths surrounding George Rex of Knysna. Now she has drawn on her previous research to explore new areas in this book, which is further enhanced […]
Fred Esbend More than 600 Port Elizabeth families face an uncertain future as controversy over the proposed relocation of police headquarters from the city to King William’s Town mounts. The latest estimated cost for the move is now standing at a whopping R105- million, according to Democratic Party MPL Bobby Stevenson. Eastern Cape MEC for […]
Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Robert Mugabe stay in regular contact, but the government is also strengthening ties with Zimbabwe’s opposition Jaspreet Kindra The African National Congress has adopted a more benevolent attitude towards Zimbabwe’s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). MDC secretary general Welshman Ncube told the Mail & Guardian this week that […]
Specialised Outsourcing says its lawyers have a strong case against Umgeni Water Bruce Whitfield On the eve of Umgeni Water concluding its investigation into whether the contract for its outsourced treasury functions to JSE Securities Exchange-listed Specialised Outsourcing was awarded fraudulently, the company has sued the parastatal for more than R40-million in unpaid invoices. The […]
Fred Esbend Faced with a R600-million debt crisis, attempts by the Port Elizabeth metro council executive mayor Nceba Faku to fast-track into operation a R20-million contract with a company for debt recovery has landed him in hot water. Last Thursday he came close to facing a revolt by his council for not discussing the contract […]
Damir Dokic might be the tennis dad from hell but daughter Jelena won’t hear a word against him Chris Bowers Jelena Dokic is a far more happy-go-lucky young woman than she appears on the tennis court. Despite her mild air of suspicion, once she starts talking about tennis, she relaxes. She’s not a source of […]
Over a cup of tea Stephen Gray looks back at the highlights of this year’s Cedarberg Festival They came from five towns. They came from the mission station in the mountains. They came in 4x4s packed with labourers. They came in decorated donkey-carts to the Cedarberg Festival in the Western Cape’s Clanwilliam. Say the name […]
South Africa face a formidable task in their African Cup of Nations clash in Monrovia Ntuthuko Maphumulo Bafana Bafana travel to Monrovia this weekend with the words of the legendary Lone Star, George Weah, ringing in their ears. “We will get you in Liberia,” the former world, European and African footballer of the year warned […]
Greg Mills ‘We have almost 35-million and one citizens of African descent. Last year the total US-African trade approached $30-billion, and America is Africa’s largest single market. The United States is the leading foreign investor in Africa. More than 30000 Africans are studying in the US today. Our pasts, our presents and our futures are […]
Anthony Holiday CROSSFIRE Prison, it is said, changes people. In Allan Boesak’s case, a year of the cold stone jug seems to have made him a lot more like himself. Boesak the popular orator has not died. In fact, he has emerged more dangerously potent than ever before. The cadences and mesmeric tricks of repetition, […]
Nawaal Deane An elite group of black medical professionals stands to gain from the Road Accident Fund’s aggressive new positive discrimination policy. A list dispatched from the fund to some law firms lists black professionals who are to be contracted as part of the fund’s new policy, which has been in place since April. The […]
Barry Streek Property crimes, such as robbery and theft, increased last year and in the first quarter of this year, but the murder rate went down, the first official crime statistics since July last year show. The figures, released this week after an 11-month moratorium on the publication of crime statistics ended, also indicate that […]