I’ve always wondered how the Department of Arts and Culture actually comes up with the amounts allocated to the National Art Council or any other institution. They often appear to be arbitrary, bureaucratic thumbsucks, writes Mike van Graan.
"Speculating publicly about the permutations of a back-line game plan ahead of a Test against the All Blacks is something we haven’t seen very often. But then again, we haven’t seen a Springbok side like the present one in eight years, either. Saturday’s Test at Carisbrook is a decider in more ways than one," writes Rob Davies.
Josiah Tungamirai, Minister for Black Empowerment and Indigenisation in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government, has died while receiving treatment at a clinic in South Africa, state radio announced on Friday. Family members said the retired Air Force of Zimbabwe commander had been having problems with the rejection of a kidney transplant.
The Cape High Court has ordered e.tv to show prosecutors a programme on the murder of baby Jordan Norton before it goes on air. Acting Judge Dumisani Zondi made the ruling on Thursday after an application by the Western Cape directorate of public prosecutions to block the broadcast of the documentary.
Merck & Co might consider settling some lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx, whose links to heart trouble have spawned thousands of lawsuits and a $253-million jury verdict, a spokesperson for the company’s legal team said on Friday. The company has previously said it would fight all personal-injury litigation over the drug’s harmful side effects.
Josiah Tungamirai, Minister for Black Empowerment and Indigenisation in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government, has died while receiving treatment at a clinic in South Africa, state radio announced on Friday. Family members said the retired Air Force of Zimbabwe commander had been having problems with the rejection of a kidney transplant.
John Bolton, Washington’s new ambassador to the United Nations, has called for wholesale changes to a draft document due to go before a UN summit next month aimed at reshaping the world body. Bolton has proposed 750 amendments to the draft and called for immediate talks on them.
Eritrea has ordered a United States aid group operating in the country to halt its activities saying it was ”uncomfortable” with the group’s continued presence. Scott DeLisi, the US ambassador to the Horn of African nation said that Asmara had called on the United States Agency for International Development to wind-up its operations.
Last weekend was a special one for Ras Uria, a Unisa law student and member of the Twelve Tribes (of Israel). It was the anniversary of the birth of Marcus Garvey, the African-American who advocated the return of the descendants of African slaves to Africa.
Kaizer Chiefs played to a goalless Premier Soccer League )PSL) draw against Ajax Cape Town on Thursday on the same FNB Stadium pitch that has landed them in hot water. The R145 000 fine and punitive measure by the PSL to play home games against Mamelodi Sundowns and Black Leopards without spectators seemed to weigh heavily on Chiefs.