English is now the most secure — and least expected — of lifelines for Afrikaans, writes Darryl Accone.
The Health Ministry has commended the deputy chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) for her address to the United Nations General Assembly about the work being done in South Africa to provide HIV/Aids treatment. The ministry said Khensani Mavasa’s address was in contrast to the ”unbecoming behaviour” of the TAC chairperson, Zachie Achmat, during a march on Tuesday.
Women trained as religious guides in a pioneer programme are not authorised to lead prayers or to hold the post of imam, Morocco’s official religious authority has ruled. The fatwa came weeks after Morocco’s first 50 female ”morchidat,” religious guides, completed training by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, which oversees Morocco’s mosques.
Alberto, Beryl, Chris and Debby. Somewhere over the Atlantic, a combination of warm sea surface temperatures and wind shear is brewing up a string of tropical storms that threaten to unleash a fresh season of devastation on coastal America. A new forecast from the respected team of hurricane experts at Colorado State University predicted 17 named storms in 2006, including nine hurricanes.
When industry giant General Motors (GM) announced that it had bought the Korean minnow Daewoo a couple of years ago, and would in future brand the Asian products as Chevrolets, I questioned whether South African motorists would buy either the story or the cars, writes Gavin Foster.
So we are all supposed to withdraw quietly now and heave huge sighs of relief. The national executive committee of the African National Congress has assured us: there is no leadership tussle; succession is a foreign concept, only applicable to dynasties and inimical to the ANC. ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe apparently does not believe President Thabo Mbeki has usurped reduced him to an administrative clerk.
Magazine publishers Ramsay, Son & Parker have bought 50 percent of <i>Leisure Wheels</i>. The publication joins RS&P’s two other motoring titles CAR, and Wiel (initially announced as <i>La’t Wiel</i>), due to be launched in September.
Media24 has launched into Angola with a monthly Portuguese publication titled <i>TV24</i>. It is a joint venture with MultiChoice and was officially launched in April. “The aim of the publication is to offer Angolans television listings in a language they understand and can read,” says editor Lino Fonseca.
Thami Masemola, former managing editor of <i>Bl!nk</i>, has been appointed its new editor following the resignation of Siphiwe Mpye. Currently the only men’s lifestyle magazine aimed at black men.
A new plan to address corruption in Kenya has been adopted in the East African country — this as the government continues to be criticised for overseeing widespread graft. The National Anti-Corruption Plan was drawn up by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, a government body mandated to investigate graft.