Bloggers — those internet-based writers without rules — are fighting back against criticism that their work is unreliable, libelous or just poorly done. More than 300 bloggers are taking part in a two-day conference that’s heavy on teaching techniques used by journalists in what bloggers term ”the mainstream media”.
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad on Friday defended criticism of President Thabo Mbeki’s numerous foreign trips by saying they are meant to build ties for Africa’s economic and social recovery. Speaking after Mbeki’s audience with Pope Benedict XVI, Pahad said all the visits consolidated the country’s political and economic initiatives.
At least 58 people were killed and 44 wounded on Friday when a suicide attacker exploded a car bomb near a vegetable market in a mostly Shia Muslim town south of Baghdad, hospital officials said. The slaughter in Suwayra was part of a fresh wave of insurgent violence in Iraq that has killed more than 250 people.
United States officials believe that new satellite photographs of North Korea show intensive preparations for a possible nuclear weapons test, it was reported on Friday. The prospect of a nuclear test by North Korea has alarmed its neighbours, who have spent the past two years trying to head off a confrontation between Pyongyang and Washington.
A renowned South African sports journalist and senior writer at the Sapa news agency, Larry Lombaard, remained in a critical condition but had been stabilised in a Johannesburg hospital on Friday evening. On Friday morning a passer-by heading for work found him lying severely injured on a Johannesburg street.
Mpumalanga education head Faith Sithole prepares to file High Court interdict to fight her dismissal. JUSTIN ARENSTEIN reports OUSTED Mpumalanga education head Faith Sithole will file for an urgent High Court interdict to reverse her dismissal, her attorneys said on Wednesday. Sithole was fired from government “in the interests of learners and the general public” […]
A TV learning channel, aimed at improving matric resuilts, was launched in Mpumalanga on Thursday. LANDIWE DLAMINI reports A TELEVISION learning channel aimed at improving the dismal matric pass rate in Mpumalanga was launched by provincial education MEC Craig Padayachee in Middelburg on Thursday, African Eye News Service reports. Padayachee said more than 120 schools […]
Northern Province is appealing for help after an arson attack caused extensive damage at Mphuma High School. NOMSA SHONGWE reports THE education department in the Northern province is appealing for help for Mphuma High School, where arson last week caused damage of R250 000, African Eye News Service reports. Spokesman Rapule Matsane said the province […]
A new bridge in Mpumalanga means that children will be able to attend school in all weather. NOMSA SHONGWE reports THE recent floods in Mpumalanga cut at least 1 200 children off from their school when a stream they can usually walk across flooded its banks. Children from Mandlesive High School live in Msogwaba tribal […]
The Human Rights Commission down plays racial tensions at Mpumalanga’s Ben Viljoen High School despite a stone throwing incident between black and white students. SIZWE SAMAYENDE reports THE Human Rights Commission played down racial tensions at the troubled Ben Viljoen High School in Mpumalanga on Friday, even after white and black pupils threw stones at […]