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/ 12 February 2004
He is one of Germany’s hottest young novelists. And, until last week, few in Germany’s literary world doubted that Thor Kunkel’s latest novel, Final Stage, was going to be anything but a rip-roaring success. The novel had all the right ingredients — sex, a lot of sex, Nazis, more Nazis, and a spectacular romantic finale.
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/ 12 February 2004
Much of South Africa’s commercial law is years out of date and this has severe implications for auditors, accountants, directors and investors, says South African Institute of Chartered Accountants executive president Ignatius Sehoole. "South Africa is very slow to respond to the legislative requirements of a changing marketplace," he said.
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/ 12 February 2004
"Pirate software fans, ahoy. Remember the laughable campaigns about home taping killing local music? Yeah, right. The truth is something else entirely." And Bush, Blair, Mugabe, chemistry students, the Minister of Education, Mel Gibson and Condoleezza Rice also fall under the knife of Ian Fraser.
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/ 12 February 2004
George Orwell listed four writers’ motives: sheer egotism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse (the desire to record things as they are, for posterity) and political purpose (the desire to push the world in a certain direction). I have a much simpler reason for writing: to be in control.
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/ 12 February 2004
Australia drew first blood in the Spar Challenge hockey series when they beat South Africa 2-1 in an exciting first Test played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Wednesday night. The win exacted a measure of revenge for the visitors, who were beaten 4-3 in the four-Nation tournament in Athens at the weekend.
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/ 12 February 2004
The odds are heavily stacked against the South African national under-23 soccer team, AmaGlug-Glug, who will face Zambia in the Athens Olympics second-leg qualifier in Zambia on February 21. They failed to take advantage of the cash-strapped Zambians and instead were beaten 1-0 in front of their vociferous fans last month.
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/ 12 February 2004
The manne clicked last week. The pres chose Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for his Cabinet because of her millinery sense, amply on display at last year’s opening of Parliament. After all, she hasn’t remained in office for her deft handling of the HIV/Aids pandemic or ability to sweet-talk our doctors, nê?
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/ 12 February 2004
French public prosecutors said on Wednesday they had opened a money-laundering inquiry into suspect transfers totalling about €9-million (about R78-million) into Paris bank accounts held by the wife of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The Bank of France and an anti-laundering agency noticed payments of about €1-million a month entering Suha Arafat’s accounts.
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/ 12 February 2004
It is a tale of two weddings and a billionaire. In one of India’s poorest states, Uttar Pradesh, a six-day celebration estimated to cost more than £50-million (about R626-million), started this week for the nuptials of two sons of one of India’s wealthiest men. The venue is a huge site dominated by a floodlit lake and complete with a London orchestra and a replica of the White House.
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/ 12 February 2004
Required to score 237 runs for victory, Border defeated Griquas by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining in their Standard Bank Cup fixture played at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, on Wednesday.