Rudy Giuliani’s most compelling credential for his run for the White House — his leadership during the September 11 terror attacks — was criticised on Wednesday by fire union leaders and relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Centre. His rivals, Republican campaign strategists and political commentators were divided on Wednesday over whether he is capable of a comeback.
The voice on the tape is eerie. It is the final stretch of the 1972 elections, and in the White House, Richard Nixon is poring over the news from the campaign trail with his aide, Chuck Colson, and weighing up his prospects for re-election. ”What did he say about Watergate?” Nixon’s voice is heard asking.
The government withdrew the licences of all private slaughterhouses on Wednesday, accusing them of defying orders to reduce meat prices by 50% in the state’s attempts to rein in rampant inflation. Their closure was expected to worsen already severe meat shortages.
In a damning 59-page catalogue of policy advice to the Zimbabwean government, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono spells out his repeated attempts to persuade the government to change course and save the country from imminent economic collapse and ruin. The Mail & Guardian is in possession of the document.
In a first for Africa, the Cape Town metropolitan council is drawing up a policy to tackle the xenophobic upsurge that has seen dozens of Somali traders driven from the city’s townships. But critics complain about the slow pace of implementation and say it has been watered down.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe misled the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) and the public over money he took from an asset management firm, new evidence indicates. The Mail & Guardian has obtained discovery documents that the Oasis financial services group was required to file in its aborted defamation suit against Judge Siraj Desai.
The acting fraternity was "utterly devastated" by the death of Bill Flynn on Wednesday, said producer Bobby Heaney. "Bill was the most loved actor in the whole country." Flynn’s highly successful career included leading roles in more than 140 stage plays, musicals, 42 films and dozens of television shows.
A former Scorpions advocate was bitten, assaulted, tied up with duct tape and two attempts were made to rape her, the Pretoria Regional Court heard on Wednesday. The grandson of an employee at the Namibian high commission is accused in the case.
The Johannesburg High Court has ordered Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride and five of his metro police officers not to intimidate, harass or threaten three of their colleagues. However, the court stopped short of ordering that they be kept 100m from the men.
Local actor Bill Flynn has died, it was reported on Wednesday. It was understood that he had suffered a heart attack, according to the report. Flynn (58) was a respected and much-loved figure in the entertainment industry. A stage and screen actor, he was known for his roles in films such as Heel Against the Head and Running Riot.