Is it true that black faces on magazine covers hinder sales? Matebello Motloung finds out.
The New York Times recently announced it was dropping its share price pages and encouraging readers to go online. Yet Business Day has increased the number of their data pages significantly. Stuart Graham asks a number of local editors for their views.
s any filmmaking adventure Madonna undertakes guaranteed to end in humiliation and disaster? Or is she likely to make a better job of it than husband Guy Ritchie? Andrew Pulver reports.
”Are my sons under the ashes? Only God knows,” says a veiled Oum Hassan, weeping as she rests in a public garden after fleeing Beirut’s southern suburbs where her home was turned to rubble by Israeli air strikes. Clad in black, the widow sits on a green bench under the tall trees to seek shelter from the blazing summer sun and cries.
Afrikaans newspapers have maintained a stable readership since the end of apartheid in 1994. This despite facing numerous challenges, writes Flip Meyer.
There was nothing ailing about Harold Pinter’s passionate and astonishing Nobel lecture, which mixed moral vigour with forensic detail, reports Michael Billington.
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A tsunami triggered by a strong undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia’s Java island on Monday killed at least 80 people, swept away buildings and damaged hundreds of fishing boats, officials and witnesses said. News of the disaster spread panic across a region still recovering from 2004’s tsunami disaster.
Captain Inzamam ul-Haq steered Pakistan to the safety of a draw in the first Test against England at Lord’s on Monday with an unbeaten 56 in his team’s 214-4 on the final day. Pakistan, set 380 to win from 80 overs, made no effort to go for the runs after swing bowler Matthew Hoggard dismissed both openers with only 33 on the board.
A tsunami caused by a strong undersea earthquake off the south coast of Indonesia’s Java island killed at least 80 people on Monday, a Red Cross official said. ”Our latest data shows 80 people have died while at least 68 are badly injured,” said Fitri Sidikah, an official at the Indonesian Red Cross disaster centre.