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/ 3 November 2003
Desperately short of space for new housing and offices, the city that boasts one of the world’s most unspoiled skylines is considering lifting a 30-year-old ban on skyscrapers.
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/ 3 November 2003
Ra-ra skirts are back in fashion, the housing market is heading for a crash, and a Republican administration is blaming a powerful Asian economy for stealing American jobs. Welcome to the 1980s.
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/ 3 November 2003
Buffalo City Municipality is set to change racially offensive names of zones in its massive Mdantsane township. The sections of Mdantsane are currently numbered from NU1 to NU17. ”The term NU 1 to NU 17 stands for native unit and is offensive,” said mayor Sindisile Maclean at the unveiling of the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme.
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/ 3 November 2003
When the apartheid assassin known as Prime Evil was sentenced to 212 years for crimes against humanity, the black South Africans outside Pretoria’s supreme court cheered and danced. Never again would Eugene de Kock walk the streets. That big blank face with the thick spectacles would stay caged until the day he died.
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/ 3 November 2003
A rally in memory of Yitzhak Rabin eight years after his murder turned into the largest left-wing demonstration since Ariel Sharon came to power as more than 100 000 people at the weekend gathered under banners denouncing occupation and demanding peace.
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/ 3 November 2003
Those who buy cars because they actually enjoy driving them will be pleased to note the arrival of the new Peugeot 206 Gti 180. The Flying Frog is powered by a development of the proven two-litre, 16-valve 100 kW engine fitted to the current 206 Gti, upgraded to increase both power and torque.
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/ 3 November 2003
Chrysler’s PT Cruiser has finally grown into the car it deserved to be in the first place. The Mercedes-Benz-derived four cylinder 2,2 litre turbodiesel delivers 89 kW of power at 4 200 rpm and a very generous 300 Nm of torque from 1 600 to 2 600 rpm. Top speed is claimed to be 183 kph.
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/ 3 November 2003
The White House was under intense pressure last night to justify the mounting American death toll in Iraq after insurgents inflicted the deadliest strike against the occupying powers since President George Bush announced the end of major hostilities.
God chose me
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/ 3 November 2003
Suddenly everyone’s beatable. The World Cup is wide open. Saturday night’s sensational performance from Wales in Sydney has given all eight sides left in the competition new hope. Sure, the All Blacks got up in the end to win 53-37 but it was hearts-in-mouths time for 60 minutes. And when you consider that hosts and holders Australia could only edge past Ireland thanks to a narrowly missed David Humphreys drop-goal, the Webb-Ellis trophy really is up for grabs.
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/ 3 November 2003
Nobody can say that we South Africans don’t know how to enjoy the outdoor life, and when we hitch up our caravans we don’t hang around. Eugene Herbert proved that this week when he set the Guinness World Record for towing a standard caravan with a standard production vehicle.