There’s an angry crackle from the 10 cylinders up front as I push down on the accelerator. In just 66 milliseconds, the Sequential M gearbox (SMG) hooks fourth gear. BMW’s fourth-generation M5 was launched to the media three weeks ago at the Phakisa race track in Welkom, and sensibly so.
A simpler design meant to evoke New York’s classic skyscrapers was on Thursday unveiled for the Freedom Tower, the signature building planned to rise from the site of the World Trade Centre, destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 2001. The latest version of the tower will be sturdier than the two previous designs, set on an impregnable concrete and steel pedestal.
When it comes to churning out hits, most musicians stick to the same recipe that gave them sweet success the first time around. If a rapper’s shoot-em-up tales sold eight million albums, there’ll be more on the follow-up. If a starlet’s skimpy outfits and booty-shaking lured fans to the record stores five million times, count on similar apparel and moves the next time.
South African teachers are being lured to Britain by unscrupulous British recruitment agencies, a post-graduate dissertation for the IMM Graduate School of Marketing suggests. ”The vast majority of British recruitment companies recruiting in South Africa are guilty of gross unethical misconduct,” said the researcher, Guy Mulvaney.
The final immigration regulations coming into effect on Friday will help remove the problem of fraudulent marriages, the Department of Home Affairs said on Thursday. A foreigner wanting to obtain permanent residence by marrying a South African citizen should have a marriage in good faith for at least five years before the status was granted to them.
To walk or not to walk, one of cricket’s most enduring questions, was given a new spin here on Thursday when Adam Gilchrist gave himself out in Australia’s Triangular Series victory against Bangladesh. The wicket-keeper surprised captain and non-striker Ricky Ponting when he exited after a ball from Tapash Baisya flew to Khaled Mahmud at first slip.
Venus Williams believes her blistering path to her fifth Wimbledon final is the perfect response to the army of critics who had written her off as a spent force. The 25-year-old American ruthlessly destroyed defending champion Maria Sharapova 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 in Thursday’s semifinal with a brutal display of power-hitting that was aimed at her detractors as much as the Russian.
Coastal dunes surround an inland lake that is home to hippos, huge carp and barbels. A host of other rare fauna and flora dwell here in an ecologically unique paradise for nature lovers, budding botanists, fishing fanatics and bird-watchers alike. You’d be forgiven for thinking this describes some coastal haven in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Max Mosley, the FIA president, intensified his criticism of Michelin as motor racing’s governing body deferred a decision on what penalties would be given to the seven formula one teams that failed to start the United States Grand Prix. Mosley said that he was not ruling out the eventual adoption of a single tyre supplier.
A proposed property development on the slopes of Table Mountain above the historic Bo-Kaap, where house prices are sky-rocketing, has elicited a fatwa (an Islamic decree issued by a recognised authority) from the Muslim Judicial Council banning any construction at the Tana Baru Muslim burial site and shrine.