John Matshikiza:WITH THE LID OFF They say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. But it’s worse than that. In most cases we can’t even remember what we used to be nostalgic about. It was that kind of feeling in the Church of Christ the King in Sophiatown last Sunday, May 9. The occasion was […]
TWO Anglogold miners were killed in an underground rockfall at the Mponeng mine near Carletonville on Thursday. The miners, whose names would not be released until their next-of-kin had been informed, were working almost 3km underground when a tremor measuring 1,8 on the Richter scale caused a rockfall.
Controversial KwaZulu-Natal Inkatha Freedom Party leader and MPL Phillip Powell was tricked into revealing the large cache of arms.
Barbara Ellen Body Language According to Gail Sheehy’s new book, Passages in Men’s Lives, the key triggers of male mid-life crisis are: the death of a parent, relationship breakdown and career insecurity. Of the three, the last seems to be the most common. Certainly, when a friend of mine lost his job, he displayed all […]
THE world’s longest gold chain is to go on sale during Egypt’s shopping festival in July, newspapers reported on Friday. Dubbed Cleopatra’s Snake in tribute to the last pharaonic queen, the 4500-meter-long chain will weigh 250kg, Al-Akhbar newspaper said. The chain will be sold off in sections to customers during Egypt’s second annual month-long shopping […]
WAGE negotiations between municipal workers and the government were resolved on Thursday by the Centre for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. The South Africa Municipal Workers’ Union said the parties agreed to settle on the greater of R230 per month or a 5,5% salary increase. For the first time, municipal workers will receive a minimum wage […]
people’ of the rural hinterland The votes of residents in the small towns of the Western Cape rural hinterland are ready to swing to anyone who is willing to address their problems. Yet few in these small settlements far from the throbbing seats of power have seen a politician, election information or anything related to […]
One of his former classmates described the young Philip Powell as a collector of Nazi paraphernalia "obsessed with warfare".
TEN Pakistanis who were among a group of 21 sailors abducted by a Somali warlord are returning home this weekend after more than six months in captivity, officials said on Friday. The sailors were freed after successful negotiations with their captors by Pakistan ambassador to neighbouring Kenya Hameed Asghar Kidwai and officials of the Asaka […]
wrong The consumer price index plays an important role in the determination of our annual increases. Tony Twine explains what it’s all about All around the world, John Citizen takes on a slightly glazed expression whenever the term consumer price index (CPI) and its associated inflation rate are reported or brought up at annual increase […]