As officials sweat over auditing the results of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the politicians stay on familiar, albeit treacherous ground. They share the curious quality of public representatives who, until July 30, had never faced an electorate. But this does not make them any less adroit than more conventional politicians at the bluff and double bluff of building coalitions.
Unlike good children, Israel’s drones are heard but not seen. Officially called unmanned aerial vehicles, these ”eyes in the sky” circle south Lebanon day and night. Between 1,8m and 3,6m long, they are little more than cameras and a motor.
They usually fly too high to be spotted, but make a noise so loud you cannot forget it; like a swarm of wasps on a summer afternoon.
Spider-Man may have wowed movie-goers and wooed comic fans for decades, but the idea of a wall-crawling human has always been a work of fiction. Now, however, British researchers say they have created a material that could turn cartoon fiction into scientific fact.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, it seems, has friends in high places. Some leading Hollywood liberals — the mythic entity said to prowl the hills of Los Angeles dispensing money and influence — are siding with the Republican governor.
In the same week that Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Joice Mujuru was in Bloemfontein to attend the launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of South Africa — which aims to build on the point of view that women’s rights are also human rights — 63 women, arrested on February 14, appeared in court in Zimbabwe for ”marching in the streets and handing out roses”.
South Africa is exporting scrap metal at a rapid rate, causing local shortages and job losses. The Department of Trade and Industry implemented regulations that stopped export permits being issued to exporters of scrap metal in 2002. This caused the Recyclers’ Association of South Africa, a body that represents scrap dealers and recyclers, to bring legal action against the department.
He first experienced a city at the age of 19, learned to speak English at 22, and went abroad (and saw TV) for the first time at 23. Now, at the age of 55, Chris Brink is poised to vacate the vice-chancellorship of Stellenbosch University and take up the equivalent position at Newcastle University in north-east England.
The government has asked international authorities to ban all trade in South African abalone, in a desperate attempt to stop crime syndicates from completely stripping the coastline of the marine delicacy. The call comes as police raided Chinese syndicates in inland areas dealing in huge quantities of abalone in the past month
Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Community Shield at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday, putting the champions on notice that they are serious about stealing their English Premiership title. In the English top flight season’s traditional curtain-raiser, which pits the champions against the FA Cup holders, England striker Peter Crouch headed an 80th-minute winner.
Money may be said to be the root of all evil but it only brings joy to the players, management and supporters of reigning Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Sundowns made their intentions of retaining the championship and winning some cup silverware along the way very clear when they beat Santos 4-1 in their SAA Supa8 encounter.