China, the most populous nation on Earth, could find itself dealing with the combined frustrations of as many as 40-million single men by 2020 because its one-child policy is creating a shortage of female babies. An expert, Li Weixiong, said the dearth of women would lead to a dramatic rise in prostitution and the trafficking of women.
The ousted leader of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, urged his followers on Monday to resist the ”occupation” of their homeland peacefully, and said that he still considered himself president. Aristide denounced the rebels as drug dealers and terrorists and repeated the claim that he had been kidnapped by the Americans.
The body of Spalding Gray, who used his experience of playing a bit role in a Hollywood film to create the memoir Swimming to Cambodia, was recovered from the East River in New York on Monday, two months after his disappearance.
Michelangelo’s statue David may be clean in time for his 500th birthday this year, but experts are concerned that his left ankle may not be strong enough to keep him standing forever. A team of experts at Bologna University has begun analysing tiny cracks in the marble masterpiece’s left ankle since restoration work began on the statue last September.
President Robert Mugabe’s government has terrorised almost every single opposition member of Zimbabwe’s Parliament with violence, intimidation and jail, according to a new report. More than 90% of the MPs have experienced jail, violence or the threat of it.
Up till now BMW have pretty made the serious dual-purpose market their own. But now the Big Red H has come back with a new version of the popular XL 650 V Transalp motorcycle, and the guys at Honda South Africa tell us that their sights are squarely set on the sector of the market dominated by BMW’s 650 single.
Passports have been filled with new and exciting visas. Three weeks leave has become more like six or eight weeks leave. Media planners and buyers are having a ball, and its costing media owners plenty. As far as Harry Herber sees it, there isn’t much difference between agency staff accepting media owners’ "incentivised" offers or their free overseas trips.
The ANC is going to win the third democratic elections, so say the media and analysts. This is true. So how is the media going to cover a competitive contest where the result is already known? Tawana Kupe thinks the media should alert the elite it so loves to the dangers of endemic poverty.
Election year 2004 promises to be a tough test for radio. Independent SABC news and current affairs commentary has the "philosophical" backing of senior management. Graeme Addison inspects what this could mean in the race to elect the third democratic government in South Africa.
Restraints protect the employer at the expense of the employee – they restrict the employee’s freedom of trade in some way. Our courts will not overturn a restraint of trade agreement just because it is unfair, says Toni Erling, but there are instances where an employee might have an out.