Every summer holiday hordes of South Africans descend on our beaches. Fienie Grobler asks whether radio advertisers are cashing in on this phenomenon.
The Humvee hits an Iraqi woman crossing a busy road at night. The driver pulls over and turret gunner Specialist Mike Moriarty watches helplessly as supply trucks run over her, spreading her body parts across the road — and we watch with him. That is the power of The War Tapes, a documentary shot by several members of the New Hampshire National Guard in Iraq’s deadly Sunni Triangle.
Lulu Xingwana, the new Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, faces enormous challenges. Policies to sustain a productive agricultural sector must contend with a global trade regime that is profoundly unequal and privileges the protected producers of the North. There has been little progress in levelling this playing field.
A pair of blood-smudged surgical gloves appears on the giant screen, then a glistening scalpel, which slides with ease into the pale, yellowy skin. “These,” explains the heavily-accented narrator, “are all little tricks to deal with the problem of the dog ears.” It is an overcast morning in Copa-cabana and in a big circus tent.
The National Museum of Antiquities in Khartoum stands in stark contrast to the modern era. Not only does it represent more than a record of the North African country’s past, but also a time of luxury among its societies less fettered with the question of ”identity”.
The development of a massive dam in water-scarce Limpopo province raises concerns the government is compromising principles of sustainable development for economic progress. And while the construction of large dams has undoubtedly fuelled industrial growth, it has come at a cost to the environment and taxpayers, displacing communities and even changing local climates.
A<i> Mail & Guardian</i> investigation has thrown light on a number of lesser-known members of Jacob Zuma’s inner circle.
As many as 82% of African National Congress MPs have left Parliament since 1994, debilitating the legislature’s oversight powers as its ranks have been filled with junior ruling party members who lack the political clout to hold the executive to account. Only 49, or 18%, of the ANC’s 274 MPs have remained since 1994.
People flying to London will be limited to one piece of carry-on luggage of a limited size, South African Airways (SAA) said on Monday. ”SAA advises passengers to carry single bags that may not exceed 45cm length, width of 35cm and depth of 16cm,” said SAA spokesperson Jacqui O’Sullivan.
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The state will file about 500 pages of papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday evening in response to submissions by Jacob Zuma in his corruption trial. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said that seven senior current and former officials had made affidavits on behalf of the state in the corruption case against the former deputy president.