Peter Jackson’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings and an army of New Zealanders reigned supreme over the Oscars on Sunday, sweeping 11 trophies and making Academy Awards history. Meanwhile, Jackson said on Sunday he still wanted to tackle more hobbit tales.
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”In 1955 the Freedom Charter was signed in Kliptown, near Soweto. It was the product of a dream of ”houses, security and comfort”. Forty-nine years later the only reminder of that dream is in the area’s Freedom Charter informal settlement. Voter apathy is rife in Kliptown where residents complain that politicians break their promises.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) ticked up during the morning session on Monday, with the key driver of the market being the resources sector. Platinum stocks sparkled on the JSE as the US dollar platinum price forged to fresh 24-year highs.
Michael Eisner probably won’t lose his job at the annual Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting this week in Philadelphia but his foes intend to make sure he at least feels nervous about the possibility.
South Africa’s oversold forward book was eliminated on February 18, South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni announced on Monday. He said the squaring-off of the forward book is a "significant milestone" that has allowed the country to deal with one of the sad consequences of an unfortunate part of South Africa’s history.
Power Technologies (Powertech), a subsidiary of the Altron Group, on Monday announced the sale of 25,1% of the equity in its subsidiary Battery Technologies to Kagiso Trust Investments. CEO of Powertech Norbert Claussen said: "Powertech welcomes the joint venture with Kagiso, a company with impeccable credentials."
A Port Elizabeth man is recovering from a horrific ordeal in which he was forced to watch a woman being repeatedly raped and, severely injured after being stoned and stabbed, he had to crawl through salt pans to seek help, Eastern Cape police said.
The South African government said on Monday it was still not aware of any plan for ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to seek asylum. ”We are not aware that President Aristide is making his way to South Africa,” said foreign affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
US goes in as Aristide flees Haiti
Zimbabwe’s ruling party is training children as young as 12 to torture and kill its political opponents, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday. The BBC’s investigative programme Panorama said it had interviewed dozens of veterans of training camps for youth militias loyal to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>""It would not be possible to ask every job applicant whether he’s a homosexual, but if someone wants to promote the homosexual lifestyle and influence others, we would object to that." Drew Forrest scourges African Christian Democratic Party leader Kenneth Meshoe with the cat-o’-ten-tails.