The date burns in the mind of Formula One executives and tobacco manufacturers like a glowing snout. On October 1 2006, the chequered flag will fall on cigarette sponsorship of the sport, and possibly not only in Europe. Now, with the opening of the 1999 season at Melbourne’s Albert Park this weekend, Formula One must […]
The abduction and killing of a group of tourists by interahamwe show the militia is intent on settling scores, report Chris McGreal and Anna Borzello The Britons and Americans among the tourists killed in Uganda this week probably had no idea why they were singled out by their captors. It’s doubtful they even knew that […]
SMALLHOLDER Nicholas Steyn was on Thursday convicted in the Delmas Circuit Court of culpable homicide for shooting dead six-month-old baby Angelina Zwane last April, SABC radio news reports. Angelina was being carried on her 11-year-old cousin Fransina Dlamini’s back when Steyn (43) shot at them on his plot near the East Rand town of Benoni, […]
Charlene Smith Andrew Oberholzer, senior group product manager at Pfizer, makers of Viagra, is a tired man. He speaks to an average of 10 journalists a day – all asking the same questions. He is overseeing the mailing of 30 000 samples and medical information to doctors and pharmacies. Oberholzer is under the average age […]
THE Department of Correctional Services on Wednesday grated Janusz Walus permission to marry his girlfriend of three years next Wednesday. Walus is serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani. Walus’s fianc, Berril Roy, is a qualified church minister and gospel singer. Walus and two fellow prisoners […]
election with 101% Matthew Engel The Equatorial Guinea Gazette Edited by Matthew Engel Incorporating the Malabo Mail, the Fernando Po Flyer and Rio Muni Reporter Today we bring you the first English-language newspaper devoted entirely to the affairs of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. It fulfils a long-felt need because Equatorial Guinea apparently does not […]
Deon Potgieter Boxing If he wins on Saturday night, Dingaan “The Rose of Soweto” Thobela will become the first South African to gain world titles for three different world bodies. Thobela will take to the ring at the Nasrec complex against the South American champion, Adrian Daneff, for the vacant International Boxing Organisation Welterweight title. […]
Karlin Lillington It’s about the stupidest site you’ll look at all week, but the URL has been flying across the Web as everyone mails it to friends: it’s the dancing hamsters at . If it doesn’t make you laugh, then you’re clearly the kind of person who enjoys reading Windows programming manuals. We’ve all prayed […]
NIGERIA’s military government ordered the “immediate release” on Thursday of 33 officers and civilians convicted of plotting coups against the previous regime, including 18 jailed with president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo. The country’s top military body, the Provisional Ruling Council, met in to the early hours of Thursday to agree to the pardon and release of those […]
THE small Drakensberg town of Underberg will host a battle royale for the vacant KZN K1 River canoeing title this weekend. With defending champion Wayne Volek sitting out on a doping suspension, scores of the country’s top paddlers will tussle on the upper Umzimkulu River in the two-day Strops Drakensberg Challenge. Contenders for the K1 […]