Inside every journalist is a novel — which is an excellent place for it to be. This counsel by United Kingdom pressman Russell Lyne is ignored by countless scribes, and not least South African journos. But one who successfully made the journey from journalist to novelist is Peter Temple. He originally worked at the Argus and the former Sunday Express.
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Economists said on Wednesday that turmoil on global stock markets is likely to persist but ruled out a catastrophic crash in share prices that would hit consumers and their pension funds. The JSE ended in the red again on Wednesday as United States markets failed to give the local bourse direction.
They brought the icy, tempestuous wind with them from Cape Town — but it only succeeded in blowing Ajax away as they tumbled to a 1-0 defeat against Bloemfontein Celtic at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium when the new Premier Soccer League season got under way on Wednesday afternoon.
A Moroccan court sentenced a journalist to eight months in prison on Wednesday and gave a suspended six-month sentence to his boss for publishing secret military intelligence documents. The verdicts came a week after a military court handed down stiff sentences to eight army officers involved.
A renowned conservationist recounted on Wednesday how he and his friends narrowly escaped an attack by an enraged bull elephant. Lawrence Anthony and his two friends were on a night drive at Thula Thula Game Reserve near Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night when the animal attacked them.
Concerned about environmental issues and want to talk to an orangutan or a panda? You can from Thursday, after conservation group WWF decided to set up a virtual island in online world Second Life. ”Conservation Island” is aimed at encouraging human residents to live in harmony with nature.
Uganda’s oldest captive chimpanzee turned 43 on Wednesday with a banana cake and ”regular love and grooming” from his female companions, his keepers said. Zakayo, who was taken into captivity after being attacked by poachers, was presented with a specially baked banana cake.
A gang of thieves held up an entire hotel in northern KwaZulu-Natal, robbing the hotel, staff and guests of cash, cellphones and cars, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said the gang of nine entered the Ghost Mountain Inn in the town of Mkuze shortly before midnight on Monday night.
It is up to the courts, not Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan, to decide on the legitimacy of the Tshwane name change, the ministry said on Wednesday. ”The minister is not a dictator … a despot,” said Jordan’s spokesperson Sandile Memela. ”The people have to be consulted,” he added.