I was party to recently hammering the Sunday Times on e.tv. The reason was the paper’s reportage on poison in the cocaine that allegedly killed Brenda Fassie, and its response to her manager, who objected to how he had been quoted. What wasn’t clear at the time of the e.tv show are some ”behind-the-scenes” points.
World leaders, looking for quicker, more effective responses to wars in Africa and other crises, are expected to offer training and equipment for more than 50 000 peacekeepers over the next five years, United States officials said. They said President George Bush’s administration is negotiating with congress for -million in funding over the next five years for the plan.
For the ageing university professor, his success with young women was down to one thing: oodles of charm. To the authorities, there was a more plausible explanation for the exploits of the 68-year-old lothario Ezio Capizzano, who videoed some of his romps; he was trading sex for better grades.
Two far-right Israeli ministers quit Ariel Sharon’s government on Tuesday in protest at his plan to pull Jewish settlers out of the Gaza Strip, robbing the prime minister of his majority in the Parliament. The government’s survival is now dependent on the opposition Labour party fulfilling a pledge to provide Sharon with a parliamentary safety net to carry out his ”unilateral disengagement plan”.
Iraq’s new government was given international legitimacy on Tuesday night when the United Nations security council voted unanimously to support the transfer of sovereignty from the United States-led occupation. George Bush and Tony Blair both welcomed the vote as the beginning of a new era of international consensus over Iraq.
Critics support new Iraq resolution
An investment of R10 000 in M-Net shares in 1993 would have fetched just under R150 000 last year, or so the <i>Sunday Times</i> has noted. Can M-Net sustain its growth path? The station’s CEO, Glen Marques, speaks
to Kevin Bloom about the challenges facing the company.
A defamation action in Ontario is causing a stir among media organisations worldwide. This is because the defendant is not a Canadian newspaper but <i>The Washington Post</i>, and the substance of the defamation action has little, if anything, to do with Ontario.
The Choice on the Termination of Pregnancy Act has survived yet another challenge by the "pro-life" movement, this time concerning the right of minors to terminate their pregnancies without the permission of their parents or guardians. The Pretoria High Court has found that a woman’s constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy extends to girls under the age of 18.
Niall Ferguson is professor of history at New York University, and rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated intellectuals in the United States. His new book and television series, <i>Colossus</i>, is an attempt to persuade the US that it must take its imperial role seriously, becoming in the 21st century what Britain was in the 19th.
A society free of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, appeared distant this week after a group of women’s rights activists accused medical personnel of carrying out the practice. The activists made the allegation in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, after a meeting of former circumcisers organised by Equality Now.