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/ 14 October 2005
There was a time not so long ago when talk of the country’s big three meant Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows. How times have changed. Mamelodi Sundowns, who lost 1-2 to Swallows on Wednesday, have replaced the once-mighty Dube Birds as part of the troika ruling the roost in the local game.
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/ 14 October 2005
The Pretoria High Court is to hand down judgement on Friday in an application by one of two city advocates for a separation of their sex-crimes trial. On Thursday, Dirk Prinsloo accused his former girlfriend Cezanne Visser of having ulterior motives in seeking to implicate him in indecent acts with two children.
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/ 14 October 2005
A South African relief mission has arrived in Pakistan and will be deployed to Bagh on Friday to give medical assistance following a massive earthquake in southern Asia. ”Our flight over was quite difficult, but we are ready to start working,” said Rescue South Africa chief executive Ian Scher.
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/ 14 October 2005
Mike van Graan asks if we can move on to real transformation, now that we have generally replaced white people with black people at the trough of public funds.
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/ 14 October 2005
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Guardian likened watching Night Watch to being hit over the head with a large frying pan while heavy metal music blasted in the background. Shaun de Waal disagrees.
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/ 14 October 2005
Fourteen badly burnt young elephants rescued from a wildfire in the Pilanesberg National Park are caught in a tug of war between conservationists about whether they should be put out of their misery. The National Council of SPCAs sent a high-level delegation of five veterinarians to check on the elephants after one of them died of its injuries.
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/ 14 October 2005
It is extraordinary how many of the decisions we make are fuelled by fear. Persuading people to be afraid of something or other is one of the most effective of marketing tools. Every car advertisement these days has its inbuilt motorists-beware message.
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/ 14 October 2005
A series of reported mob justice and vigilante incidents has gripped South Africa in recent weeks, fuelling the perception that the once popular "Township Act" for dealing with political spies and hooliganism is on the upsurge. In one weekend, mob justice incidents left at least four people dead and three injured.
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/ 14 October 2005
Culling, it seemed, was the only viable option. The pesky brutes didn’t react well to sterilisation, and relocating them was out of the question. No, wholesale slaughter it would have to be. They simply used up too much land — one really couldn’t expect to roam expansive territories nowadays — and besides they were hugely destructive to the environment.
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/ 14 October 2005
Inquiries about the investigation into Brett Kebble’s murder drew a blank on Friday with the police unwilling to comment. ”I’m not allowed to talk to the media,” said Director Charles Johnson, head of the Johannesburg task team investigating the murder of the mining magnate.