Three men arrested and released in connection with a series of abductions and rapes in Northampton, near London were not South African, British police said on Friday. ”I must make it absolutely clear that the three men arrested and released on bail today [Friday] on the suspicion of rape are not South African,” said Northampton police spokesperson Sarah Thompson.
Trade union Solidarity said on Friday that a lack of cooperation was causing unnecessary delays in the investigation into last September’s explosion at oil and chemicals group Sasol’s Secunda plant. The explosion killed 10 people and injured more than 300 others.
The JSE was back in the black in noon trade on Friday as buyers returned following three days of profit-taking. Retailers put in a strong showing following solid results reported by Truworths on Thursday. At 12.03pm, the all share and all share industrial indices were 0,76% and 0,61% stronger respectively.
If our film critics are going to be with us for life, asks Muff Andersson, should we not think about forcing them to go on regular upgrade programmes?
Outside of making a tough statement about South Africa’s language issues <i>Zulu love letter</i> breaks new ground in creating in representation a language for a character who is both black and deaf, writes Muff Andersson.
He’s the archetypal screen tough guy, but Al Pacino hates guns, drinks only coffee, writes Simon Hattenstone.
<i>Acid Alex</i> is the autobiography that traces a life lived across a South African terrain that might not be familiar to that many of us, writes Chris Roper.
Author, Letepe Maisela, is a champion of black economic empowerment, but the empowerment in <i>The empowered native </i> is anything but economic, writes Sabata-mpho Mokae.
Israeli troops pushed through a barricade of flaming cars and fanned-out throughout the small Gadid settlement on Friday, a day after youths holed up on a synagogue rooftop pelted soldiers with acid, oil and sand in the most violent protest against Israel’s Gaza pullout.
Montpellier was the place to be on Wednesday. Not for the sun, or the sandy beaches, nor the fine cuisine and local wines. And not even because this beautiful southern town is reputed to have one of the most attractive populations in France, thanks to its three universities. No, there was a football match taking place, and it wasn’t the usual second-division fare served up by the locals.