Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has told the United Kingdom media that he expects an exciting clash when South Africa takes on Scotland in the Tennent’s International Challenge match at Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen on Wednesday. ”I think this will be a game of contrasting styles, which I think will make the whole affair exciting,” said Parreira.
Seeing buses full of tourists looking for a glimpse of South African poverty, squatter camp resident Lawrence Rolomana decided to try to earn a share of the cash they were spending. Bored and jobless, the 22-year-old approached the tour guides and asked: ”Can you please share your guests with us?”
Zimbabwe’s government will table a proposal in Parliament on Wednesday to give majority control of foreign-owned firms to locals. The new parliamentary session will also debate a Bill giving President Robert Mugabe room to pick a successor if he retires. If passed, the Bills could tighten Mugabe’s grip on power.
Hurricane Dean raced through Mexico’s southern Gulf on Wednesday, whipping up wild winds and roaring seas around oil platforms that produce crude for export to the United States. Dean hammered Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Tulum and swallowed sand from the famous beach at Cancun before crossing the Yucatan Peninsula out into the Gulf of Mexico.
Neither food nor food supplements are alternatives to drug therapy in treating people with HIV/Aids, South Africa’s top scientific advisory panel said on Tuesday, amid a controversy over the nation’s Aids policies. The report by the Academy of Science of South Africa was issued as President Thabo Mbeki faced new criticism over support for his health minister.
Publishing allegations of alcohol and power abuses by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang formed part of a national debate, the Sunday Times contended on Tuesday. ”There is a debate in South Africa … as to whether or not the first applicant is a fit occupant of the high office she holds,” the paper says in an affidavit.
A Japanese game maker said on Wednesday it would withdraw arm-wrestling machines from arcades after three players — two of them foreigners — broke their arms. Players would choose a strength level from 10 characters, ranging from a maid to a professional wrestler, and face off with an artificial arm on the other side of the table.
Tabloid journalists often complain that journalism awards discriminate against their genre. But perhaps the industry is justified in doing so, argues Matebello Motloung.
The rise of the metro sexual has seen not only men’s grooming habits change, but also their reading habits. And nowhere is this more evident than in the enormous growth the men’s magazine sector has experienced in the last few years.
Some big-name media professionals have recently taken to blogging. Matthew Buckland reports.