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/ 3 September 2004
Though Microsoft’s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can’t do much about what’s already on computers — and that could pose a problem. The company is warning users of the Windows XP operating system to check for spyware before downloading the free massive security update, called Service Pack 2.
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/ 3 September 2004
A collection of heartfelt poems that centre around the topic of HIV/Aids shows that people can live positively with the disease, especially if they have a support system of friends and family. Sarah Kiguga reviews.
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/ 3 September 2004
Hollywood has reached a new low with <i>Man on Fire</i>, a film that says it’s all right to torture people, writes Alex Cox. It is perhaps ironic that the film, with its American-torturer-hero, appeared in the US just before the Abu Ghraib scandal broke.
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/ 3 September 2004
"So there we were …" Mike van Graan has breakfast with the minister of arts and culture, and gets to chew the fat on topics ranging from free-trade agreements and their potentially adverse impact on culture, and the lack of skilled human resources to sustain cultural transformation.
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/ 3 September 2004
Shares in the South African telecommunications titan Telkom plummeted on Friday morning following the telecommunications industry liberalisation announced by Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri on Thursday afternoon. The minister unveiled sweeping changes in the sector.
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/ 3 September 2004
The children ensnared in the three-day hostage drama in North Ossetia will have probably suffered major psychological damage and some may never get over their ordeal completely, a French expert warned on Friday. "This case is of the gravest kind," he said. "The psychological problems will be major."
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/ 3 September 2004
Telecommunications group Telkom dominated activity on the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) on Friday, which was otherwise quiet as players awaited the release of United States non-farm payrolls data. While Telkom shares were down sharply, the rest of the market was firmer, helped by strength in US markets overnight and a slightly softer rand.
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/ 3 September 2004
South Africa is in advanced negotiations to get oil exploration rights from the government of Equatorial Guinea. The impending deal will expand the foothold of PetroSA, the South African state oil company, in the booming Gulf of Guinea. But it raises the question: Has the promise of oil lucre clouded the government’s judgement in helping a country with a dismal human rights record prosecute the mercenaries who wanted to topple President Teodoro Obiang Nguema?
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/ 3 September 2004
John Dludlu, the editor of the <i>Sowetan</i> newspaper, has resigned from the company, Johnnic Communications announced on Friday. Former <i>Pretoria News</i> and <i>Sunday World</i> editor Thabo Leshilo is due to take over as editor-in-chief of both the <i>Sowetan</i> and <i>Sunday World</i> newspapers.
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/ 3 September 2004
More than 50 000 South Africans who have been disabled by work-related accidents in the past 11 years are challenging the government in court. They claim the government has reneged on its statutory obligation to provide them with a financial lifeline. Most of them have had no source of income since they were injured and either rely on extended families for support or eke out a living on the streets.