William Mervin Gumede is the next blip on the plagiarism radar that is sweeping South Africa, writes Colin Bower.
Elza Miles reviews the <i>Complete works Of Eugène Nielen Marais</i>.
b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the latest release from Kevin Reynolds, <i>Tristan and Isolde</i>.
A major retrospective of artist Cyprian Shilakoe unearths hidden treasures, writes Alex Sudheim.
European Union leaders bluntly criticised Bolivia and Venezuela’s protectionist energy policies at summit talks of 58 European and Latin American leaders on Friday. Summit host Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel reminded the two countries that open markets were key to promoting economic growth and prosperity — a key issue at the meeting.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took his third oath of office on Friday, formally extending his 21-year rule in an inauguration ceremony held amid concerns about his commitment to democracy. Museveni, who first came to power in a 1986 coup but has been elected three times since, enters his third term facing a series of weighty challenges.
Until this week, it seemed that even Johnny Lechner had accepted the seasoned insight that all good things must come to an end. The 29-year-old had become a minor celebrity in the United States for having been an undergraduate for 12 years; he had appeared on television talkshows and landed a book deal.
United States President George Bush appreciates the importance of shredding personal documents before you throw them away: this week he ordered the creation of a new taskforce to fight identity theft. But the message, it seems, has yet to get through to his staff.
The Pentagon has secretly shipped tens of thousands of small arms from Bosnia to Iraq in the past two years, using a web of private companies, at least one of which is a noted arms smuggler blacklisted by Washington and the United Nations. the US government arranged for the delivery of at least 200 000 Kalashnikov machine guns from Bosnia to Iraq in 2004/05.
Palestinian prisoners linked to Hamas and Fatah have jointly called for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, to lead negotiations with Israel on the creation of a state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Abbas welcomed the prisoners’ proposals as a means of breaking the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic deadlock