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/ 20 December 2007
Christmas is going to the dogs — and cats — in the United States, where many of the 71,1-million US households that have a furry family member include them in their holiday celebrations. That doesn’t just mean buying them a present, but includes throwing a party for them, having them photographed with Santa, or giving them a spa treatment.
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/ 20 December 2007
The African National Congress is our ruling party. So who does it actually consist of? Phakamisa Ndzamela, Sello Selebi and Thembelihle Tshabalala talk to some delegates at Polokwane.
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/ 20 December 2007
Sanele “Shanée” Moroka is a girl trapped in a boy’s body who found herself snorting champers with the “working classes” after the Zunami swept all. She hopes the bubbles don’t burst and says the conference really has confirmed her predilection for older men.
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/ 20 December 2007
United States President George Bush is to embark on a week-long tour of the Middle East in the new year to nudge Israelis and Palestinians towards an end to their decades-long conflict and to bolster an Arab coalition against Iran. It will be the first time in his seven years as president that Bush will have visited Israel, the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
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/ 20 December 2007
Three men released from Guantánamo Bay after five years on Wednesday were being held by British police on Wednesday night, even though, according to counter-terrorism sources, they are unlikely to face criminal charges in the United Kingdom.
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/ 19 December 2007
Our media are in a muddle. Like Thabo Mbeki, they missed the groundswell ANC support for Jacob Zuma. Yet the focus on the split in the party has been more than verified. Those ostriches in the ruling party who pilloried the press for ”inventing divisions” have been shown up as having been in denial.
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/ 19 December 2007
Within hours the dirty grounds of Mina were thinly carpeted in hair, much of it black and wiry, and light winds swirled the debris up and on to the clothing and faces of pilgrims. Thousands of dazed looking men emerged from makeshift shacks, rubbing their scalps.
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/ 19 December 2007
Australia’s bowlers backed up captain Ricky Ponting’s second successive one-day international century to lead their side to a 114-run win and series victory against New Zealand in Hobart on Thursday. Ponting, who made 107 not out in Australia’s seven-wicket victory in the first game in Adelaide, struck an unbeaten 134.
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/ 19 December 2007
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While welcoming the outcome of Tuesday night’s election of Jacob Zuma as African National Congress leader, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has come out against the notion of President Thabo Mbeki stepping down as the country’s president before 2009. Zuma’s victory should not be a signal for revenge or retribution, the ANC’s alliance partners said.