Race is still a key factor in access to wealth in South Africa, says a government report on macro-social trends released on Friday. The 109-page document released in Pretoria, titled A nation in the making: A discussion document on macro-social trends in South Africa, revealed a society still grappling with transition.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong allegedly admitted taking banned doping products before suffering from cancer, according to evidence given under oath to a court in Dallas earlier this year and published in Saturday’s edition of French daily Le Monde.
The former South African prisoner pardoned by Equatorial Guinea, Marius ”Bone” Boonzaaier, was better but still receiving medical treatment, his family said on Friday. ”Bone received medical treatment on arrival at Johannesburg International airport and is still receiving medical attention,” his wife Georgia said in a statement.
Three men died in Bellville, Cape Town, after being overwhelmed by gas fumes while watching a World Cup soccer match on television, Die Burger reported on Friday. Thomas Philander (44), Shane Solomons (22) and an unnamed man were found dead on Thursday in a house they were looking after during construction.
Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo was thrown into panic on Friday after sonic booms caused by jet fighters were mistaken for bomb blasts off the coast, the military and police said. Defence Ministry spokesperson Prasad Samarasinghe said Israeli-built Kfir jets were on a training mission and may have broken the sound barrier causing people on the ground to hear loud blasts.
Israel is worried about getting bogged down in a foreign public-relations disaster following a series of botched air raids over the Gaza Strip that killed a number of civilians and children. Despite pledges to continue air raids as the best means to stop rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip, diplomatic officials abroad are coming in for a rough ride.
The problem with Ronaldo, as his teammate Ronaldinho had ventured before the game, was that he needed to play with more happiness. However, the grimace on the face of the Real Madrid striker spoke louder of petulance. He snarled, he sulked and smirked; Ronaldo knew that a repeat of the dispirited performance against Croatia could make the game his last in a Brazil shirt.
It’s that time of year again, when Europeans pack up the kids and pets and embark on an annual vacation exodus — jamming highways that are no celebration of European unity. The highway headaches are rooted largely in European governments’ inability to craft a sensibly numbered, well-maintained and uniformly sign-posted highway grid.
The JSE was in negative territory in noon trade on Friday, as concerns about the economy saw the sell off in banks and local-economy-centred industrials seen in recent days gain momentum. Only a handful of rand hedge stocks managed to keep their heads above water, helped by the sharply weaker currency.
While politicians were blowing trumpets during Youth Day celebrations the true spirit of June 16 was being invoked by a group of young black filmmakers, write Sandiso Phaliso and Steve Kretzmann.