The editor of fashion magazine Elle, Cynthia Vongai, has resigned after a column was published in a daily newspaper crediting her and not the original author. ”I did not credit the source of the article before publication in the Sowetan due to an inadvertent mistake,” she said.
South African jazz guitarist Sandile Shange died in an automobile accident in Durban on Saturday. Shange was a regular performer on Durban stages, most notably that of the Rainbow jazz club, since the Eighties, appearing with luminaries of the jazz scene like his friend Darius Brubeck.
The number of juveniles in SA prisons has increased from 4 093 in 2002 to 4 449 this year, according to the Department of Correctional Service’s annual report. This figure includes 221 14-year olds. The report, presented in Parliament on Monday said there are currently 4 449 sentenced and unsentenced children in prisons.
South Africa has condemned an Israeli airstrike on a suspected militant base in Syria, saying it would inflame the situation in the volatile region. "I think we are sitting on a powder keg right now," said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=21507">Syria opts for diplomacy</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=21482">Israeli jets hit Syria camp</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/CContent/l3.asp?ao=21475">Israel strikes back</a>
Militarily weak, threatened with sanctions and bordered by neighbours who are hostile or under US influence, Syria has chosen diplomacy in response to a weekend Israeli air strike on its territory.
Israeli jets hit Syria camp
Israel strikes back
A new national daily English-language newspaper, ThisDay, will hit the streets of South Africa’s major cities on Tuesday. With its headquarters in Johannesburg, it is emerging after more than a year of planning and the appointment of some of the key staff as long as six months ago.
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday extolled the virtues of music as a way to bring peace as he opened a three-day festival here of chants from the world’s different religions. Greeting the crowd of 2 000 gathered at a New Delhi park, the 68-year-old Buddhist monk said such performances of sacred music ”are useful ways to promote positive qualities”.
The Ugandan army says it has rescued 876 abductees from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the past two months. The abductees were rescued between 4 July and 5 September, at a time when the LRA was under increasing pressure from Uganda’s armed forces and associated local pro-government militia groups.
What the heck kind of a name is ”Henry Nick” anyway? The young white prince found wandering in the forests of Mpumalanga, who turned out to be neither young, white nor, in fact, a prince, claims that he has finally discovered the true story of his heritage.
British Airways has turned up the heat on regulators by warning that it could make another attempt to merge with American Airlines if a tie-up between KLM and Air France gets the green light. The airline is concerned about fair treatment on the lucrative transatlantic market.