Shea Karssing looks at what’s on offer at this year’s Encounters South African Documentary Festival.
Shops in Zimbabwe’s normally thriving eastern border city of Mutare are fast running out of stock. Seven days after President Robert Mugabe’s government began a blitz on shops and businesses, forcing them to slash prices by half, Mutare’s biggest stores look in part like they’ve been decimated.
Three women arrested for allegedly drowning and burying a child in a yard are to appear before a magistrate in closed chambers in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on Wednesday. Inspector Paul Ramaloka said a 34-year-old woman, her aunt and a neighbour would appear in chambers where they are expected to confess to the killing.
National power utility Eskom and trade unions started conciliation meetings in Johannesburg on Wednesday aimed at resolving a wage dispute. Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration spokesperson Lusanda Myoli said Eskom had consented to an offer of intervention last week.
A small town in New England has won the competition to host the premiere of <i>The Simpsons Movie</i>. Springfield, Vermont, which shares its name with the cartoon hometown of Homer Simpson and his dysfunctional family, beat off competition from 13 other Springfields across the United States to claim the prize.
Thousands of pregnant women have been tested for HIV since Liberia introduced a programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission eight months ago.
”Patience.” That is what South Africa’s Robbie Hunter asks of his fans for the duration of the Tour de France. Hunter, captain of team Barloworld, has been inundated with questions from fans who want to know why Barloworld has not already been in a breakaway and why he does not have his team around him to lead him out at the finish.
All Black midfield back Luke McAlister confirmed on Wednesday he is seriously considering a move to English club Sale following this year’s World Cup. But the 23-year-old denied a British report that he has already signed a £250 000 contract and said he would not make a decision until the end of the month.
Carnoustie was such a brutal test in the 1999 British Open that tabloids referred to it as ”Car-Nasty” and there were far more complaints than birdies. Sergio Garcia cried in his mother’s arms after an 89 in the first round, while Fred Funk withdrew after an 83 in the first round because he was fed up with narrow fairways and knee-high rough.
The JSE came off in the opening on Wednesday but has come back a bit, supported by a tad lower rand at midday. The bourse has also had a little nudge by the resource index, which has improved. At 12.01pm, the all-share index was flat (-0,01%). Resources gained 0,50%, the gold index eased 0,76% and the platinum-index slipped 0,12%.