Local play <i>Cards</i> is graphic in its depiction of inner-city prostitution, yet audiences are laughing it up, writes Malena Amusa.
Hit animated show The Simpsons is notching up its 350th episode, and ”the shows we’re doing now are just as good as any I’ve been involved with”, its executive producer tells Andy Goldberg.
Police will launch special operations in the coming six months to combat serious and violent crimes, Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula announced on Friday. ”We would bring to the attention of the criminals out there that we’re going to be on their necks,” Nqakula vowed.
Three years after the American invasion of Iraq, we are witnessing the beginning of another massive military operation to force a regime change in the Middle East — this time by Washington’s strategic regional ally, Israel, in the occupied territory of Palestine.
The United States government said it could not find the men that Guantánamo detainee Abdullah Mujahid believes could help set him free. The Guardian found them in three days. Two years ago the American military invited Mujahid, a former Afghan police commander accused of plotting against the US, to prove his innocence before a special military tribunal.
It must count as one of Britain’s trickier public relations jobs. Europe’s biggest Muslim cultural event opens in London and it will coincide with the anniversary of the July 7 attacks on the British capital. The festival, Islam Expo, will feature a recreation of an Arab souk and a timeline tracing 1 400 years of Islamic history.
A veteran of 20 African summits, Hassan Sunmonu, secretary general of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, recently declared that the Banjul gathering of the continent’s leaders was the best he’d experienced. He raised eyebrows in the gathering of NGOs where he was a panelist.
South African organisers of the 2010 World Cup, their ardour fuelled by the country losing to Germany for the 2006 edition, said at the World Cup handover ceremony in Berlin on Friday they have their hearts set on a jamboree that can transform the world’s perception of the whole African continent. President Thabo Mbeki said the 2010 event will be one to remember.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne is one victory away from a career grand slam. Henin-Hardenne defeated fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the Wimbledon final and close in on the one major title missing from her collection. She will face Amelie Mauresmo on Saturday, who beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.