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/ 25 January 2006
Miguel Caballero likes to shoot people whenever he has an audience and a volunteer. ”Take a deep breath and let the air out after the shot,” he said to one recent target. ”You may get a bit of a bruise.” The range was point-blank, the bang loud and the smell of burned powder strong, but the human bullseye didn’t flinch. The bullet was embedded in an internal protective panel of his brand-new suede jacket.
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/ 24 January 2006
A vigil will be held in Cape Town on Tuesday night by victims of apartheid, as their lawyers possibly adjourn for a lunch-break while arguing a reparations lawsuit in a New York appeal court. Oral argument started in Khulumani et al vs Barclays et al on Tuesday with 87 South African victims claiming reparations from 23 foreign corporations charged with aiding and abetting the apartheid regime.
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/ 24 January 2006
Four unions opposing Transnet’s restructuring plan will meet this week to decide when to serve the company with a 48-hour strike notice, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said on Tuesday. ”We are hoping that by Monday next week we will formally announce the content of our plan of action,” said Randall Howard, Satawu’s general secretary.
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/ 24 January 2006
Five directors of an independent radio station in Zimbabwe were charged on Tuesday with breaching the country’s controversial broadcasting laws, a media watchdog told Agence France-Presse. Under the strict broadcasting laws passed in 2001, radio stations are required to register with a government-appointed board.
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/ 24 January 2006
The United States space agency Nasa may choose the Northern Cape as a site for an array of telescopes and antennae that communicate with spacecraft. Bernie Fanaroff, of South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology, said that a Nasa team had inspected several sites around Springbok and Upington in the Northern Cape.
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/ 24 January 2006
Scotland’s national dish, haggis, has become the latest foodstuff to be targeted as part of a drive to combat growing levels of obesity among British children, prompting outrage among producers. According to health officials in Scotland, the delicacy contains too much fat and salt and should only be given to youngsters once a week.
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/ 24 January 2006
Agriculture MECs were sent back to do their homework on Tuesday when figures they presented to Parliament’s finance select committee differed from those provided by the national treasury. Chairperson Tutu Ralane instructed Casca Mokitlane of the Free State and Dikeledi Magadzi of Limpopo to report back in five days on the apparent anomalies.
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/ 24 January 2006
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Two opposition parties have given a cautious thumbs-up to the public broadcaster’s coverage of their March 1 municipal election campaigns so far, but the official opposition has cried foul. The Independent Democrats believe the party has been treated ”very fairly” by the SABC so far.
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/ 24 January 2006
The unemployment rate among black South Africans had dropped over the past four years but blacks still lagged far behind whites in the employment stakes, Stats SA’s labour force survey has found. The unemployment rate for black men had dropped from 31,5% in September 2001 to 26,6% last September, according to the survey, released in Pretoria on Tuesday.