The horror and trauma of being in Pollsmoor Prison, awaiting trial, has left him feeling like a ”piece of human garbage”, convicted paedophile Wiliam John Creasey told the Wynberg Regional Court on Tuesday. After his tearful outbursts on Monday brought his trial to a halt, he assured defence attorney Van Zyl Loots that he was sufficiently recomposed to proceed with his testimony in mitigation of sentence.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday suggested that the easiest way to deal with mercenaries in Africa was to shoot them. ”Mercenaries, you just shoot them. This is a simple matter, it’s not a big problem,” he said in response to a question at a news conference.
"And from the moment I rolled the throttle open words such as ‘overweight’, ‘underpowered’ and ‘slug’ were ripped from my lexicon — I suppose you could say it was disemvowelled." Gavin Foster puts the DL 650 V-Strom Suzuki to the test and finds that there’s no question about who has the finest engine in the range of two wheelers.
A black economic empowerment deal announced by financial services group Sanlam on Wednesday will enable the group to break into new markets, according to Sanlam Financial Director Flip Rademeyer. He said it would also allow the group to expand access to financial services to a broader market.
AngloGold Ashanti CEO Bobby Godsell recently called for "black Oppenheimers". "We need enriched individuals and we need symbols or role models of dramatic success in the black community," he writes in <i>Voices for a New Democracy</i>. Who is "we"? That "we" is not us. It is white capitalists who need black capitalists.
The Belgian Parliament has passed legislation to introduce a currency transaction tax, otherwise known as a "Tobin Tax", after its original promoter 30 years ago. This is a step forward for the global Tobin Tax movement. Belgium follows Canada, which passed Tobin Tax-enabling legislation about five years ago, and is the first move towards getting a handle on speculative currency dealing.
Crumbling masonry, peeling paint and dusty patches where once were manicured lawns … The University of Khartoum has worn poorly under the searing Sudanese sun — as much as the language that the buttoned-up colonialists who built it came to spread. There are no official statistics for the number of English speakers in the country, but it is safe to say that they are few and far between. Change is in the air, however.
Deep-fried Oreos, the US Presidential debates, methods of restraining one’s spouse, little-known <i>Star Wars</i> facts, quotes from <i>King Kong</i>, kidnappings in Iraq, David Hasselhof and country music, PC protection advice and a pinch of porn. There’s something for everyone this week in Fraser’s bag.
”Measuring political risk is not a science — it’s more a matter of perception. But even using scientific measurements, South Africa looks pretty good,” writes Allister Sparks. ”I don’t see any political risk in South Africa. What many people overlook when evaluating risk is that South Africa had an undemocratic state, but not an undemocratic society,” writes Moeletsi Mbeki. Read their respective stances.
Sony will begin selling a computer and home-server system in Japan with a 1 000 gigabytes of hard-drive storage — enough to record seven TV channels for a week straight, the company said. Vaio Type X, set to go on sale on November 20, will sell for about 520 000 yen ( 700), said Sony spokesperson Shinji Obana on Wednesday.