When European settlers landed in South Africa, they hardly saw the locals as cutting-edge scientists and health practitioners. In fact the indigenous people harboured a treasure trove of remedies for all kinds of diseases, knowledge of how to farm effectively and principles of good nutrition.
The George W Bush administration may like to see Iran face sanctions for its nuclear aspirations, but the political mood at the United Nations suggests that such punishment is not what the world community is ready for. ”We don’t think it will be helpful to bring the issue to the Security Council,” the Chinese ambassador to the UN, Wang Guangya, told reporters recently.
Women’s month is a good time for us guys to strike back at that part of the women’s movement that says it is acceptable for women to slap men who have made them sufficiently angry. For a society striving for less violence, it is amazing how blasé we are about women smacking men who arrive late, cheat on them or generally behave like assholes.
Three high-level South African creatives, all of whom have returned from overseas agencies, are set to launch a new creative shop in Cape Town. Noel Cottrell, Andrew Whitehouse and Justin Gomes have teamed up to form FoxP2, an agency that aims to rival Net#work BBDO.
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The situation in Frankfort calmed down on Tuesday after more residents were arrested for public violence, eastern Free State police said. Police spokesperson Superintendent Motarafi Ntepe said 64 people have been arrested since violence broke out on Sunday in Namahadi township over alleged poor service delivery.
The leadership ills of South African rugby are a product of the weakness of the sport’s organisation at provincial level, Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile said on Tuesday. ”I have never seen such weak provinces [and] provincial leaders as we have today. I don’t know what’s going on,” he said.
A Capetonian hopes to become the world’s fastest blind driver by setting a land-speed record next month. Accompanied by a navigator, Hein Wagner is to attempt the feat at a Mafikeng airstrip on September 8 — hoping to make his way into the Guinness World Records book.
Loch out! Hundreds of stunned tourists were duped into thinking they had seen Scotland’s famous Loch Ness monster, the television pranksters behind the stunt revealed on Tuesday. The legendary creature, said to live in the Highland lake’s murky depths, has attracted Nessie-hunters to the shoreline for decades.
A day after failing to meet their deadline, Iraqi leaders expressed confidence on Tuesday that they will overcome differences over key issues such as the role of Islam and the power of regional governments and finish the new Constitution by next week. Negotiators now have until August 22 to try to draft the charter.