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/ 25 November 2005
Give Phumzile respect Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s trip, which was duly approved and authorised, is one of the prices we must pay to ensure that she is safe, and can continue to contribute significantly to South Africa’s development. She is the country’s second citizen — let’s accord her the respect she deserves. It is mischievous […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Approximately two-thirds (68,97%) of top South African companies believe the internet is an effective recruitment channel and almost half (46,81%) are using online recruitment as part of their overall recruitment strategy, a CareerJunction survey has revealed. This is an increase of 22,81% since 2003.
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/ 25 November 2005
Nowadays, being on a board — particularly of a publicly funded cultural institution — appears to be just another means for some to keep up, or catch up, with the Khumalos, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 25 November 2005
b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is a film, incessantly displaying a preoccupation with its own storytelling structure and cheekily blowing the lid off other movies’ tropes and wiles, writes Peter Bradshaw.
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/ 25 November 2005
Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was charged on Friday with committing "obscene acts with children" in Vietnam and could face more serious charges that carry the death penalty, prosecutors said. Nguyen Van Xung, deputy director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial prosecutor’s office, said that Glitter, who stands accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl, could later be charged with child rape.
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/ 25 November 2005
Burundi’s last active rebel group launched mortars at the capital Bujumbura in an attack hours after the country’s army claimed to have killed 41 insurgents in recent weeks, the military said on Friday. The National Liberation Forces fired three 60mm shells on Bujumbura’s eastern Mutanga and Mutanga south districts late on Thursday, without causing casualties.
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/ 25 November 2005
The JSE was softer in quiet trade at midday on Friday, with stocks just drifting weaker as the JSE ran out of steam in the absence of any fresh direction. The United States was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, and with markets open half-day on Friday, many US players would be absent, having taken a long weekend.
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/ 25 November 2005
A senior government official has conceded that a major Independent Electoral Commission tender for indelible ink, used in last year’s national elections, might have been marred by conflict of interest. In addition, a Mail & Guardian investigation suggests the tender requirements were breached.
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/ 25 November 2005
A new chapter in Soweto’s history will open on Saturday at 3pm, when a locally based community TV station goes on air for the first time. Armed with a special events broadcasting permit to coincide with World Aids Day, Soweto Community Television is embarking on a UHF free-to-air broadcast that ends on December 20.
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/ 25 November 2005
Parliament’s chief financial officer, Harry Charlton, has been abruptly suspended from his post, causing bewilderment and suspicion among parliamentary staff, members of Parliament, and opposition parties. Sources at the legislature say Zingile Dingani, the secretary to Parliament, called Charlton, to a meeting last Friday. After the meeting Charlton was immediately escorted off the premises.