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/ 22 October 2003
Facts are stupid things, as Ronald Reagan once observed. They can also be extremely difficult to pin down, particularly when they concern the ever controversial former president. That is what CBS television has found since taking the risk-laden decision to make a mini-series about the life of the US actor turned president.
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/ 22 October 2003
A day after taking charge of his own defence, the man accused of masterminding last year’s US sniper shootings yesterday cross-examined a policeman who let him slip away from the scene of the crime for which he is on trial.
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/ 22 October 2003
If you thought your job was bad, spare a thought for the fart-sniffers who had to do it for Science. Or how about melting down nuclear missiles to make medals and peddling them on the Net? For good (and not so good) ideas, read here. Ian Fraser investigates a range of unconventional business ideas this week.
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/ 22 October 2003
The number of people seeking refuge as a result of environmental disaster is set to increase dramatically over the coming years. Ironically, given current attitudes, industrialised countries will resist accommodating them, and yet they will have become refugees as a direct result of the way the West lives.
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/ 22 October 2003
The week before last the SABC announced that its 13 public broadcasting services (PBS) radio stations would be "rejuvenated" as part of a strategy aimed at raising the brands’ profile among listeners and clients. The strategy calls attention to the repeated complaints of private broadcasters that the SABC enjoys mono-polistic bargaining powers.
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/ 22 October 2003
Some people argue that competition authorities in developing countries should not regulate mergers, as this diverts resources that will be better used to chase down cartels. Others argue that we should turn a blind eye to mergers that lead to domination of domestic markets, because increased scale will better equip industry to penetrate international markets.
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/ 22 October 2003
Joyce Sibiya (50) rests on one of the eight beds in the pristine ward at Ethembeni Care Centre near Richard’s Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. It is here that she is treated for her Aids-related infections. Her three children remain at home. Without Sibiya, these children would be orphans without resources.
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/ 22 October 2003
39 years after David Pooe, Enos Mabuza and Richard Maponya founded the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) in Orland, it is still a black organisation trying to find its feet in a white-dominated economy. But the chasm within it and other organised business bodies is no longer as much about colour as it is about the bottom line.
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/ 22 October 2003
There was a picture in The Guardian the week before last of Damien Hurley, the little boy named after a character in a horror film, whose own beginnings were frightening enough. Who could forget how his father, Hollywood producer Steve Bing, erupted in indignant fury at Liz Hurley, when one of her ovum had the gall to force itself upon one of his spermatozoa.
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/ 22 October 2003
When the Boks play Georgia, things could hardly be more different than the game against England. Firstly, they can confidently expect to win by 60 points, perhaps more. Secondly, they’re now on the opposite side of Australia to Perth and can expect to see far fewer replica jerseys in the crowd. And thirdly, who said there’d be a crowd?