A mass exodus of Poles from cities, towns, and villages all over the country began on Tuesday, with up to two million determined to get to Rome to witness the funeral of the only Polish pope. As many as two million Italians are also expected, as are representatives from many other nationalities.
Saudi forces overpowered a group of gunmen on Tuesday night after a ferocious three-day battle in which officials said they had killed two of the kingdom’s most wanted men. As the confrontation ended, an interior ministry spokesperson said at least 10 militants had been killed ”and I would expect it to be more”.
It has inspired numerous expeditions, several mysterious deaths and plenty of books. But 60 years after Nazi officers hid metal boxes in the depths of Lake Toplitz, a new attempt is being made to recover the Third Reich’s fabled lost gold. An American team will make an underwater expedition to the log-infested bottom of the lake.
Saul Bellow, the Nobel laureate who wove memoir from his Jewish upbringing and his adult life in academia into what came to define the United States’s post-war literature of opportunity, has died aged 89. The creator of Herzog, Humboldt’s Gift and other novels had been in declining health for some time.
Big business has urged the South African government to be bolder about economic growth at a meeting of the two parties held at Tuynhuys in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Working in a partnership — of business and the government — Africa will be highlighted "as a place to do business", said Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa.
They have big names and huge equity, says Harry Herber, but vernacular media brands in South Africa are still sold short. What does this say about marketing efficacy in the country?
Was his appearance in a linen suit and Panama hat on the cover of Lifestyle the worst sort of vanity? Not that he minded, but David Bullard swears it wasn’t his idea.
Newspapers are raking in the bulk of the advertising spend in the travel sector. Joseff Talotta finds out why magazines are losing out.
Matthew Buckland looks at what the net does in the advertising arena that traditional media can’t, and argues it goes beyond branding, allowing people to transact with the advertiser and buy the product right there and then at the online shop.
Are the decisions of South Africa’s courts influenced by politics, culture or race? Toni Erling looks at the question in light of a defamation action brought against the Mail & Guardian.