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/ 7 December 2005
Fugitive al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed in a new videotape aired on Wednesday that the network’s leader Osama bin Laden was still alive and leading ”jihad” against the West. The turbaned Islamist also called on al-Qaeda fighters to attack oil installations in Muslim countries, according to al-Jazeera television which broadcast the video.
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/ 7 December 2005
South Africa’s hopes of salvaging their opening tour match in Australia were all but extinguished by lunch on Wednesday as they slumped to 120 for five in their second innings against Western Australia. Forced to follow on after making a paltry first innings of 179 in reply to Western Australia’s 391 for 8, South Africa were still 92 runs adrift of the Western Australian total.
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/ 7 December 2005
The number of Hollywood films showing on-screen smoking is back up to the levels of the 1950s, with nearly 80% of films rated for young audiences including scenes in which characters light up. Why nearly half of all teenage smokers in the United States try cigarettes can be linked to on-screen smoking, leading researchers to call for an adult rating for all films that depict tobacco use.
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/ 7 December 2005
India’s Health Minister, Ambumani Ramadoss, has described his own country’s main Aids body as “visionless”.
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/ 7 December 2005
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Jacob Zuma, who was charged with rape in Johannesburg on Tuesday, offered his victim a massage before removing her duvet and violating her, according to the indictment against him. Zuma (63) has denied the charge and suspended his participation in leading structures of the African National Congress.
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/ 7 December 2005
The Islamic Army in Iraq, a Sunni Arab extremist group, threatened on Tuesday to kill a United States hostage within 48 hours unless all prisoners in Iraq are released, as new pleas were made for the release of four Western peace activists held by other militants.
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/ 7 December 2005
Ford Motor Company came under fire this week after it was reported to have pulled ads from gay publications in a "secret deal" with a conservative Christian group. The automaker denied that any deal had been made and insisted that the decision to cease advertising its Jaguar and Land Rover brands in gay publications was part of a broad restructuring of the advertising budgets.
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/ 7 December 2005
Although the TV broadcasters are cagey on how much they spend on local content, the government’s quotas are not something they’re complaining about. Kirsty Laschinger reports on the positive outlook.
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/ 7 December 2005
There is no journalistic privilege in South African law, and as such journalists are liable to jail terms for refusing to disclose confidential sources. Greg Hamburger outlines the legal framework.
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/ 7 December 2005
Without mincing his words (does he ever?), Harry Herber explains his problem with industry bodies. Why doesn’t he or his company join them? And did we ever really need the MFSA?