One of the most notorious crimes in recent American history returned to transfix the country on Thursday with the arrest of a 41-year-old man in connection with the 1996 murder of six-year-old child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. Public fascination with the story was fuelled by the suggestion that her parents were involved in her murder.
Jabulani Sikhakhane, who has 18 years’ journalistic experience, has been appointed as editor of Business Report, Independent Newspapers said on Thursday. Sikhakhane’s relationship with the Independent Group dates back to 1989 when he was a financial journalist for The Star.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s deadline for the country’s currency changeover has created turmoil on the market amid fears that many institutions will not meet it. The central bank is in a mad rush to mop up old bearer cheques amid revelations that there are still many people holding on to large sums of old money.
The asset forfeiture unit has seized assets valued at about R3,5-billion from a Chinese national allegedly involved in drug trafficking, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. NPA spokesperson Lucinda Moonieya said a house in Jukskei Park and five luxury vehicles were seized.
With people dying of Aids in far greater numbers than those who have access to treatment and prevention, male circumcision could be a promising tool in the prevention of transmitting HIV, scientists told the International Aids Conference in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday.
Twenty-one children aged between four and eight were injured when their taxi crashed into a bakkie in Durban on Friday, ER24 said. Spokesperson Neil Noble said the accident happened on Matheren Road in Durban at 7am. ”The bakkie was stopped at a red robot and the taxi literally drove into the back of him,” he said.
A new, luxury R1-million Mercedes-Benz S500 with a special seat for short people is waiting at a Gauteng car dealer for its new owner — Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Beeld reported on Friday. The car will probably be delivered as soon as the minister returns from the International Aids Conference in Canada, the report said.
It is not surprising that certain elements in the Asian media have been trying to inject into the public discourse some outrage about South Africa’s decision to leave Sri Lanka, writes Tom Eaton. Cricket writers are still media people; and media people do not like to see their deity — money — spurned in favour of simpering humanist sentimentality.
The prosecution in the Jacob Zuma trial has gone on the offensive in a powerful bid to regain the initiative, not only in the courtroom but also in the propaganda war on the streets. The state has delivered a stinging rebuttal, countering the claim of unreasonable delays and allegations of a conspiracy against Zuma.
The volatile rand is creating havoc for companies and investors. It lost 23% of its value in seven weeks, starting in early May, and has since regained nearly 10% of its value, trading at about R6,86 to the dollar recently. This is good news for exporters and commodity producers, who complained for years that the strong rand was hurting them.