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/ 13 January 2006
A man has been jailed on assault charges after a prosecutor, police officer and courtroom bailiff became seriously ill after shaking hands with him. During a December 21 court appearance on a traffic charge, John Ridgeway pulled out a vial of an unknown liquid, rubbed his hands with the contents and insisted on shaking hands with the three people, authorities said.
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/ 13 January 2006
In the usual course of a day, there is very little about Graeme Smith to remind one of Uma Thurman or Michelle Pfeiffer. Smith is somewhat taller than both women, and is no doubt much more comfortable against short-pitched fast bowling. And yet this week the three seem indistinguishable.
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/ 13 January 2006
It’s tipped for Oscar honours and stars one of the country’s biggest screen hunks — but gay western romance <i>Brokeback Mountain</i> is unlikely to be seen by those in Australia’s own "cowboy country". The film will not be shown in parts of north and central Queensland state when it opens later this month because it has "limited release" status.
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/ 13 January 2006
Nikon, the iconic Japanese camera maker, has put another nail in the coffin of traditional photography with plans to stop selling most of its film models in favour of hot-selling digital cameras. Nikon said it will end production of all but two of its eight single-lens reflex analogue models and axe all of its non-digital compacts, signalling the end of its more than 50 year history of selling film cameras.
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/ 13 January 2006
Fed up with the daily grind? Eager for something different? A little glory, perhaps? Well, how about helping a quest to understand the life and death of stars? And how about the reward of making your name immortal? Scientists are looking for people with keen eyesight, lots of patience and spare time on their home computer to help them sift through the results from an extraordinary space mission.
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/ 13 January 2006
In a vote for the most stylish campaign headquarters, the Independent Democrats Cape Town mayoral candidate Simon Grindrod would win hands down. Rosie’s coffee bar is a hipster’s delight, all retro furniture and burnt orange accents that echo the party livery. In the background, campaign manager Ali Mizra is learning to pull a decent espresso while new computers are installed.
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/ 13 January 2006
There are no clear written or recorded guidelines that specify the conditions under which the government can authorise the use of South African Air Force jets for the deputy president, the Mail & Guardian learned this week. This despite presidential spokesperson Murphy Morobe’s insistence that the deputy president family trip to Dubai last December was in line with Cabinet guidelines.
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/ 13 January 2006
Petro Props, developers of a Sasol filling station in Libradene on the East Rand, intends to apply for an urgent high court order on Tuesday to stop the whistle-blower, Nicole Barlow, from interfering with the development. If the action succeeds, Barlow could also face a damages claim of millions of rand.
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/ 13 January 2006
The United States and Europe formally declared an end on Thursday to two-and-a-half years of negotiations over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme and pledged to take the Iranians before the United Nations security council. Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, said the Iranians had crossed a threshold by their ”dangerous defiance of the entire international community”.
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/ 13 January 2006
The African National Congress is facing internal rebellion in some of its traditional strongholds ahead of the local government election. A growing number of party members in at least three provinces have indicated they will break ranks and stand as independent candidates.