Plans to incorporate municipalities’ metro police units into the South African Police Service (SAPS) could not have come at a worse time, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Friday. Zille, who is also mayor of Cape Town, said she was informed by ministerial letter on June 25 of the planned ”integration of municipality police into the SAPS”.
Google South Africa has a new face at the top: Stafford Masie, previously Novell SA country manager, is now heading up the local operations of the internet search giant, ITWeb reported on Friday. Last year, Google had advertised three posts in South Africa on its jobs site.
Italy joined Ferrari on Friday in condemning the decision not to punish McLaren for the spying controversy that has gripped Formula One. The International Automobile Federation said on Thursday that although McLaren had Ferrari data in their possession, there was insufficient evidence that they gained from it.
The United States space agency, Nasa, faced tough questions on Friday over a report that astronauts had shown up for duty drunk and also that workers found a sabotaged computer destined for an imminent mission. The troubled Nasa planned to hold a news conference later on Friday to address the alarming report.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday called on Sudan to prosecute war crimes committed in Darfur and to ensure that no support is given to militias that engage in ”ethnic cleansing”. The body of 18 independent experts voiced concern that Sudan had not carried out a thorough and independent probe into serious human rights violations.
Lolo Veleko uses photography and fashion to define her complex identity, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Non-Chinese readers have never been as well supplied with works on China as they are now. Darryl Accone reviews three new books.
Psychotics knocking off young women feature prominently in three new releases. Barbara Ludman wonders why.
Riazat Butt reports on the Kashmiri activist who inspired Islamic Rage Boy
At midday, the JSE was still hanging below the negative 2% mark as it continued to follow world markets which were still stumbling from the Dow’s losses on Thursday night. At 12.01pm, the all-share index was 1,86% lower. Resources fell 2,47%, the gold mining index lost 2,10% and the platinum mining index was off 2,62%.