At the launch of the new South African Airways (SAA) credit card, CEO Khaya Ngqula was heard to say that parents tend to neglect good children because the bad ones demand their attention. ”We are focusing very much on one of SAA’s good children,” said Ngqula. Ja, well, no fine. If anyone can figure out what Oom Khaya was on about please let Lemmer know.
The United States government has been accused of trying to undermine the Hugo Chávez government in Venezuela by funding anonymous groups via its main international aid agency. Millions of dollars have been provided in a “pro-democracy programme” that Chávez supporters claim is a covert attempt to bankroll an opposition to defeat the government.
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Zimbabwe’s rights record was under the spotlight on Wednesday with critics blasting a proposed surveillance Bill and the failure to resettle hundreds of thousands whose homes were razed last year. In a further blow, the economically ravaged country’s once-vibrant tobacco sector hit a new low on the last day of the auction season with sales expected to plummet 31%.
Pursuing solutions, rather than calling for more police, prisons and harsher sentences, are needed when addressing the current crime wave, according to a report released on Wednesday. The document — Building the Peace: A Kairos on Violent Crime — was drawn up by religious, political, business, academic and media leaders, and made public at a launch in Cape Town.
Teachers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Union on Wednesday discussed keeping the tripartite alliance strong and class issues around access to quality education. Speakers at the national congress of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union in Midrand included union president Willie Madisha and Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota.
Jonny Wilkinson, who has not played for England since clinching the 2003 World Cup with a last-minute drop goal, has changed his distinctive kicking style in a bid to stay injury-free this season. The 27-year-old Newcastle player insists he has identified what was causing him to break down during every attempted comeback and reckons it will no longer be a problem.
The Lion King will come to the South African stage in 2007 as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. Co-producers Lebo M and Pieter Toerien said on Wednesday the Disney Production will be performed in the Teatro, a 1 900-seat theatre, the largest in South Africa, currently being built at Montecasino in Johannesburg.
The scramble for Africa has taken on new meaning with different terrorist groups wanting to get their hands on Africa’s resources for funding, and on its people for warfare, a conference on terrorism in Johannesburg heard on Wednesday. Somewhere between -million and -million worth of uncut gems are smuggled out of Sierra Leone each year.
Alarming numbers of young children are dying in Angola four years after the Southern African country’s long-running civil war ended, said a report on Wednesday by Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF). ”The mortality for children under five is almost three times higher than levels expected in developing countries,” said MSF in a statement.