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/ 25 October 2007
Everyone knew Lucky Dube was a big star, as synonymous with reggae in Africa as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were on the world stage.
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/ 25 October 2007
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on Thursday dismissed an application by the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) to get the full record of the blacklisting inquiry at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The FXI had asked Icasa to subpoena the record to help it defend its complaint that the SABC had violated licensing conditions.
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/ 25 October 2007
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The Springboks were accused on Thursday of blowing the chance of spreading rugby among South Africa’s black population by scrapping plans to include the biggest township on a World Cup victory parade. SA Rugby, already under fire over the lack of black players in the Springbok team, said it had had to strike Soweto off its list of venues because of time constraints.
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/ 25 October 2007
South African theatre icon Patrick Mynhardt, famous for portraying the Herman Charles Bosman character Oom Schalk Lourens on stage, has died at the age of 75, it was announced on Thursday. Mynhardt passed away of natural causes in London where he was performing his biographical one-man show Boy from Bethulie.
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/ 25 October 2007
Rand Water intends spending R4-billion on upgrading and refurbishing its distribution infrastructure in the next five years, the company announced in releasing its results on Thursday. Of this, 57% would be allocated to augmentation projects and the rest to the renovation and upgrading of existing infrastructure, said Rand Water acting chief executive Zvinaiye Manyere.
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/ 25 October 2007
The use of consultants cost the Department of Labour over R23-million in the last financial year, the department said on Thursday. According to the department’s own documentation, it spent R23 601 014,40 on nine different contracted experts, including auditors and trainers, during the last financial year.
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/ 25 October 2007
Ratcheting up the pressure on Tehran, the United States on Thursday designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a proliferater of weapons of mass destruction and its elite Qods force a supporter of terrorism. In total, Washington slapped sanctions on more than 20 Iranian companies, major banks and individuals as well as the Defence Ministry.
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/ 25 October 2007
A Spanish fishing boat found seven bodies and one survivor in an open-topped wooden boat adrift off Mauritania, with dozens more passengers thought to be missing, Spain said on Thursday. According to the survivor, the boat began its journey with about 50 people on board and had been adrift for about 20 days.
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/ 25 October 2007
Women can have it all, said Transport Minister Jeff Radebe in Midrand on Thursday. ”Quite frankly, women are now expected to be a Jack, or rather a Jane, of all trades, as well as a mistress of all,” said Radebe at the launch of the Women in Transport seminar.
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/ 25 October 2007
Humanity is changing Earth’s climate so fast and devouring resources so voraciously that it is poised to bequeath a ravaged planet to future generations, the United Nations warned on Thursday in its most comprehensive survey of the environment. The fourth <i>Global Environment Outlook</i> is compiled by 390 experts from observations, studies and data garnered over two decades.