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/ 23 November 2007
Typhoon Mitag intensified as it churned towards the Philippines on Friday, triggering mass evacuations, flight cancellations and exacerbating heavy rains and flooding. In the central Bicol region, Philippines’ typhoon alley, people sought refuge in churches, schools and town halls as over 50 000 people fled their homes
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/ 23 November 2007
He’s been accused of being Fidel’s stooge, but the editor-in-chief of <i>Le Monde Diplomatique</i> says that unrivalled access to the Cuban leader is something that most journalists dream of. John Crace reports.
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/ 23 November 2007
Dineo Bopape on Saul Williams’s third album, <i>The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust</i>.
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/ 23 November 2007
Composer Philip Miller brings South African freedom songs into dialogue with the Western-style orchestral tradition. He spoke to Shaun de Waal.
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/ 23 November 2007
The rise of Facebook has introduced many social etiquette dilemmas to the world. I mean, how do you tell that guy from school that you weren’t friends back in the day, that nothing has changed, or your ex that you don’t want to see her again, not even in digital form. If these are some of the issues you are grappling with, then welcome to Hatebook.
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/ 23 November 2007
The unbanning of the ANC, the return of its leaders from exile and the dawn of democracy marked a reversal of migration patterns. Until then apartheid South Africa experienced tens of thousands of its people going into exile, but post-1994 saw the country becoming home to exiled organisations fighting for autonomy, freedom, democracy and separate states.
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/ 23 November 2007
Low-cost airline Kulula will no longer carry <i>Maverick</i> magazine on its flights, cutting the business monthly’s total circulation by about 66 percent. Kulula marketing manager Nadine Damen said their research showed passengers preferred to read their in-flight magazine Comic Life.
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/ 22 November 2007
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday he was ”very confident” that mediation efforts between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition would produce a solution to the country’s political crisis. ”They [the talks] have gone very well,” Mbeki said after meeting the two sides.
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/ 22 November 2007
The parole of former bouncer Gary Beuthin is to be revoked following his re-arrest in connection with an assault case, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday. Correctional services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said the department was in the process of revoking his parole conditions.
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/ 22 November 2007
Swedish feminists have continued their campaign to drop their tops at indoor swimming pools, reports said on Thursday. In recent weeks, they have challenged the ban against swimming topless and formed a network that has staged several protests. The campaign began after an incident in September.