Mike van Graan brings us the the top ten contestants of i-Dolts, the unreal TV series hoping to find the best exponents of mediocrity in a sea of talent.
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.
A 48-year-old schoolteacher was shot dead in Ekhombe, in the Nkandla area, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday. ”Teressa Mbanjwa was found dead in her cottage around 8am on Wednesday with her head smashed beyond recognition. It is suspected that she was shot at close range the previous night,” Captain Vusi Mbatha said.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation apologised on Thursday for not showing Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka being booed at a rally in Utrecht in KwaZulu-Natal on Women’s Day. ”The SABC apologises unreservedly to the public for not airing the footage,” the public broadcaster said.
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.