Finance Minister Trevor Manuel accused Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille of being a ”useful idiot” in the hands of people who lost out on arms deal contracts. He was responding to De Lille, who called for further investigations into the country’s multi-billion rand arms acquisition programme.
Hello Kitty, the moon-faced, mouthless white cat which comes on dolls, credit cards, laptops and vacuum cleaners as a global icon of cuteness has now advanced into the world of chess. Unlike the staid traditional black and white, the two camps facing off on the Hello Kitty chessboard are pastel pink and blue.
In one instant, Rickey May thought a bomb had gone off outside his home. In the next, he realized a car had crashed through his home’s brick wall and landed on top of him in his bed. ”It was something pretty wild to wake up to,” May said on Monday from his hospital room at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
In making its presentation on the Convergence Bill on Tuesday, Saudi-held mobile firm Cell C noted that there is a conflict in the lack of separation of the roles of policy formulation versus policy implementation and proposed that such issues be dealt with by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa).
The International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) said on Tuesday it is teaming up with a major international pharmaceutical manufacturer to develop an HIV/Aids vaccine using new technology. Once pre-clinical evaluations are completed, GlaxoSmithKline and the IAVI intend to carry out clinical trials.
A retired public school teacher who was so frugal that he bought expired meat and secondhand clothing left ,1-million for his alma mater, Prairie View A&M — the school’s largest gift from a single donor. Whitlowe Green (88) died of cancer in 2002. He retired in 1983 from the Houston Independent School District, where he was making 000 a year as an economics teacher.
A strike by taxi drivers in KwaZulu-Natal entered its second day on Tuesday with more reports of intimidation and violence. Provincial transport MEC Bheki Cele said he had received reports from various officials that strikers had resumed their strategy of stoning buses and non-striking taxis.
Hoping to build upon the power of its internet leading search engine, Google is believed to be developing an online payment system that that would pose a stiff challenge to online auctioneer eBay’s industry-dominating PayPal service. Google declined to comment, but the company’s silence didn’t muffle the buzz about a service that would set up a showdown between two internet powerhouses.
The JSE Securities Exchange was in negative territory in noon trade on Tuesday, with lower metals prices putting resources stocks under pressure. The losses came despite a softer rand. By 11.58am, the all share index shed 0,24%. Resources retreated 0,45%, with the gold and platinum mining indices losing 1,31% and 1,16% respectively.
Thrills and spills are to be expected at United States theme parks, but the Cox family are seeking to push themselves to the absolute limit as they hang by their arms six metres off the ground in a stunt watched by hundreds of onlookers. In each show, park visitors can compete against each other in a progression of eye-popping stunts.