American newspapers were embroiled in another scandal on Tuesday following the resignation of two publishers prompted by an investigation into fraudulent circulation figures intended to increase advertising revenues. The publishers of New York Newsday and its Hispanic sister paper, Hoy, stepped down when an investigation exposed deceit stretching back several years.
The United States is losing interest in the Middle East peace process with the result that the prospects of creating a viable Palestinian state are gradually disappearing, a new British government assessment of the Palestinian crisis warns. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that the peace process, along with Iraq, is a priority of his foreign policy and a key to winning support in the Arab world.
Moviemaker Disney has until August 12 to notify the Pretoria High Court whether it intends defending a R15-million claim for damages for allegedly infringing the copyright on the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Disney Enterprises, Nu Metro Home Entertainment, the David Gresham Entertainment Group and David Gresham Records all received summonses and the particulars of the claim last week.
Seven awaiting trial prisoners killed a policeman and escaped from the Theunissen police cells in the northern Free State on Tuesday, police said. Inspector Stephen Thakeng said the men apparently overpowered and strangled Inspector Johas Tesa (35) when he visited the cells.
If you haven’t been watching the shorts slots on TV then the concept of Sho’t Left will most likely be completely alien to you. It’s a minibus taxi term that means, basically, ”pull over here” and has been adopted by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and South African Tourism as a catchphrase encouraging us to explore our own backyard.
The tourism industry, a nascent economic powerhouse, is the latest to catch black economic empowerment (BEE) charter fever. It has given itself six months to draw up a BEE charter to ensure more blacks are brought into the industry. Fourteen mandarins have been appointed to lead the process. The future of tourism, it seems, is sunny, but not pale.
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Dubai is usually shopping — quality gold and electronic goods at bargain prices, made even cheaper by the fact that it’s all tax free — you never think about the fact that it is in the desert, right? If you can tolerate the heat, don’t mind the bigger-is-better mentality and have money to burn, Dubai is the place for you.
Anthony Tamba is helping to rebuild his brother’s house on the outskirts of Tubmanburg, a provincial town 60km north of the Liberian capital, Monrovia. He and his family were tired of living in one of the many camps for internally displaced persons on the edge of Monrovia, so they decided to start moving home instead of waiting for the launch of the government’s community resettlement programme.
Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town creative director Conn Bertish looks like a male model best suited to commercials, but the boy’s got brains to match his good looks. Bertish’s creative streak has secured his agency the International Gold Flame Award at an annual ceremony held in Mauritius for the best international low-budget commercial flighted on television.
"Let’s start off with something totally apolitical. Take a look at an interesting article that shows a rather different view of South Africa than the one you might be used to. <i>Read Marxists Destroy New South Africa</i>. (And before any readers whine at me, I’m not right-wing, I’m an anarchist. So my take is fairly simple.)" Read Fraser’s take on what offers online.