Andrew Worsdale Movie of the week Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is by no means a masterpiece, but it’s a well- crafted and ingeniously entertaining comedy-thriller. It is neat, to the point, with just the right doses of action and comedy. Simplistically, it’s a mixture of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave and Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp […]
Suddenly debt relief is all the rage. Everybody is trying to get in on the act, saying that not enough is being done to provide financial help to the poorest nations. From United States President Bill Clinton to International Monetary Fund (IMF) director Michel Camdessus: you name them, they’ve got a plan. Make no mistake, […]
Howard Barrell Only interventions by senior African National Congress members persuaded Thabo Mbeki to appoint the ANC’s Western Cape leader, Ebrahim Rasool, as the party’s candidate for premier in the province. Mbeki, who is president of the ANC, and the party’s deployment committee had favoured parachuting in an alternative to Rasool, according to ANC sources. […]
REPORTS from Angola continue to claim that Namibian and Zimbabwean troops are aiding the Angolan army, in a major offensive aimed at dislodging Unita rebels from positions along the country’s northern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Namibia has vociferously denied that any Namibian troops are taking part in a joint offensive in Angola. […]
A UNITED States national was this week arrested at Harare airport when some 80 rounds of ammunition were found in his luggage. The Daily News reported on Wednesday that airport manager Robert Dombodzvuku said the unnamed man was arrested on Monday, as he was about to board a domestic flight from Harare to the second […]
CABINET on Wednesday announced that June 2, the day when the country goes to the polls for its second democratic elections, will be a public holiday. The cabinet also announced that the new Parliament will convene on June 14 to elect the country’s new president and the National Assembly’s presiding officers. The country’s nine provincial […]
CALM returned to the capital of the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean on Thursday after three days of violent protests, residents said. For three days, gangs of youths on the main island of Grand Comore attacked the homes and cars of residents originally from the small island of Anjouan, which declared its independence from […]
WITH the Springboks facing a captaincy crisis, why not bring back inspirational flank Ruben Kruger, who led the Northern Bulls in their best-yet Super 12 outing on Saturday, to skipper the national side? Springbok captain Gary Teichmann, vice-captain Joost van der Westhuizen and the man tipped to usurp Teichmann, Bobby Skinstad, are all sidelined with […]
A COURT in northern Rwanda has sentenced seven people to death for crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide, the Rwandan news agency ARI reported on Wednesday. Another five of the 25 defendants in the case heard in Ruhengeri received life terms, while one will serve a year and the rest were acquitted. More […]
WATER Affairs Minister Kader Asmal will on Tuesday open a R220-million rural water and sanitation project for the Northern Province. The launch follows trade and development agreements signed on April 6 by European Union ambassador Michael Laidler and Deputy Finance Minister Gill Marcus. The project will concentrate on the southern, western, central and Lowveld districts […]