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/ 22 October 2004

Mbeki, DA racism spat continues

The spat between President Thabo Mbeki and the Democratic Alliance over his reply to a question in the National Assembly on Thursday continued on Friday, with both Mbeki and DA leader Tony Leon referring to the matter in their respective weekly newsletters.

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/ 22 October 2004

Who wants to go to space?

<i>Star Trek</i> star William Shatner and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin’s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said on Friday. Branson said more than 7&nbsp;000 people have registered their willingness to pay the R1,3-million fare.

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/ 22 October 2004

The Sims come to life

Frans and Marian Sturkenboom shared their 29th wedding anniversary with a handful of onlookers, a few journalists and the entire world wide web, in a curious case of life imitating a computer game. The family is posing as a human version of <i>The Sims</i>, a popular game where players control a virtual family.

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/ 22 October 2004

EU vice-president wishes for Castro’s death

Loyola de Palacio, the Spanish vice-president of the European Commission, was on Friday quoted by press reports as saying she hoped Cuban leader Fidel Castro would die as soon as possible. ”I hope he dies one day, and I hope to see it,” transport and energy commissioner de Palacio told Spanish journalists Thursday in Brussels.

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/ 22 October 2004

Oscar Wilde musical closes after one performance

Like the career of its subject, London’s latest musical began in a blaze of publicity, set tongues wagging and ended, prematurely, in disgrace. Oscar Wilde: The Musical opened on Tuesday at the 500-seat Shaw Theatre. It closed the next day after receiving excoriating reviews and selling just five tickets for its second performance.

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/ 22 October 2004

‘All not forthcoming’ in Gold Fields bid

South Africa’s Old Mutual Asset Managers (Omam) is still weighing its options regarding the bid by Harmony Gold for Gold Fields, Omam resources fund manager Patrice Rassou said on Friday. A key issue for Omam is that the fund manager feels that not all the information has been forthcoming from Gold Fields and Harmony.

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/ 22 October 2004

Foreign chambers have confidence in SA

Foreign business chambers falling under the Bilateral Chamber Consultative Committee — an umbrella body representing 21 private-sector business groupings — have a high level of confidence in the South African economy. This was the message delivered on Friday to the National Assembly trade and industry committee.