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The law treats guilt like pregnancy — in court you can’t be half guilty. But life is more complicated, making for a poor fit when the messy compromises of existence are dragged under legal scrutiny. When the Sunday Times previewed corruption-accused Schabir Shaik’s entry to the witness box, the paper speculated on which Shaik would emerge.
The recent appointment of Lazarus Zim as CEO of Anglo American South Africa and the subsequent reshuffling of reporting lines have rightly raised questions about his overall influence and responsibility. It also makes one wonder if white executives now see the globe as their new playground. Another question raised was why was Zim not offered a seat on Anglo’s newly-created executive board?
The JSE Securities Exchange rallied to yet another record high on Friday, boosted by a weaker rand. Lack of sellers further helped the local bourse. By 12.02pm, the all share index advanced 0,43% to 13 598,83 after earlier trading at a best ever 13 626,86. Industrials were up 0,22%.
The story so far: her hull holed by an iceberg, the ferry begins to sink. Todd and Janet declare their true feelings. DeShawn commits a faux pas when talk turns to prosthetic limbs and the Battle of Midway. The second instalment of the three-part sporting <i>Dictionary of Received Ideas</i> is presented, and the engine room floods.
It’s not exactly secret, but it might as well be — a former nuclear shelter has become an operations centre for Symantec, the world’s largest internet security vendor. If there is a war in cyberspace, then this is the frontline. The bunker, designed to house 30 people for 60 days, is a relic of Cold War politics.
b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Motorcycle Diaries is Walter Salles’s fervent, dreamily reverent tale of Ernesto ”Che” Guevara’s legendary gap year, and tells of Che’s pre-revolutionary existence, in its pristine state of idealism, passion and sheer vibrant youth. Peter Bradshaw reviews.
They try to kill goats by staring at them, attempt to walk through walls by concentrating on lining up the atomic particles in their own bodies with the atomic spaces in the wall writes Albert Scardino.
MPs will, for the first time, consider resolutions calling for the sacking of several magistrates convicted of crimes, or who persistently demonstrate incompetence in their work. Parliament’s test of the existing system emerged against the background of intensifying controversy over reforms to the oversight of judicial officers.
Frank Williams will be absent from the trackside at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and, though this is not a unique occurrence for the 62-year-old team principal, it is certainly highly unusual. ”Saving money,” he said wistfully with a faint smile by way of explanation, and he is right.
Stuart Baxter need not worry too much about his team scoring goals in the last round of the 2006 African Nations and World Cup qualifiers. The Bafana Bafana coach has unearthed a gem in the young and talented Katlego Mphela. The 20-year-old striker, who now plays for Strasbourg in the French league, scored three goals over the weekend.