Robert Kirby: Loose cannon Reading last Monday’s editorial in the Cape Times, I felt a cloak of nostalgia envelop me. At the best of times a second-hand emotion, nostalgia does, however, have its uses. On this occasion it took me all the way back to 1966 and to a brief appointment I had with broadcasting […]
Is it time to junk your video cassette recorder or CD player now that there is the new digital video disc? Jack Schofield advises caution It’s the next big thing since the last big thing, which might have been Sony’s MiniDisk or Philips’s digital compact cassette or DAT audio tape, or CD- interactive (CDi) or […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, New York | Friday 9.00pm. THE United Nations said on Friday that an ”immediate re-adjustment” of the its observer mission in Angola will start in early December if all hopes for peace have collapsed by then. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the 1,100-strong UN force would pull back to six main regional […]
Wonder Hlongwa Residents of the township of Mpuma- langa in KwaZulu-Natal are living in fear of an alleged serial killer who they believe is being protected by the authorities because he is a police informer. Sbusiso ”Sbra” Makhaye (22), who has been implicated in nine murders in the past four years, was mysteriously released from […]
Andrew Worsdale picks the best out of an exciting line-up for the Spanish film festival The Spanish ambassador to South Africa, Miguel Angel Carriedo, is a devoted film fan. A few years ago he even became part of a consortium that invested in movies and, sadly, like many others, lost money. He did enjoy a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Thursday 9.00pm. LESOTHO civil servants who took part in the recent mass protests are to lose their jobs. The government, in what is seen by some as a heavy-handed measure in the middle of delicate multi-party negotiations, has indicated that those any did take part in the mass actions should resign. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENTS, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.00pm. THE Democratic Republic of Congo rebels have warned South Africa not to become militarily involved in the conflict. During a meeting with the Democratic Party’s Tony Leon, Congolese Democratic Coalition representative Thomas Nziratimana said he was concerned that there is pressure within the Southern African Development Community for South […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 9.00pm. THREE important pieces of legislation brought forward by the South African Department of Justice were approved by the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. The bills related to witness protection, give more powers to the Public Protector and stipulate conditions under which children below the age of 18 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.00am. THE MTN Champions tennis tournament got off to an exciting start at the University of Pretoria on Wednesday when Australian John Fitzgerald ousted top-seed Henri Leconte 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 12-10 in one hour and 36 minutes. Fitzgerald, struggling with a sore knee, let Leconte lead the opening set until […]
MIKE METELITS, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.00pm. SOUTH African markets held onto early gains on Wednesday as world markets rose and sentiment turned positive. The possibility of Japanese debt restructuring and global interest rate cuts cheered Asian and US markets. The rand strengthened to below the R5,90 mark as the dollar weakened against the mark and […]