The South African government has officially asked a US court to dismiss apartheid reparations litigation before it. In a strongly-worded letter from Minister Penuell Maduna to United States District Judge John E Sprizzo, the South African minister asked Sprizzo, a federal judge, to dismiss two apartheid reparations lawsuits.
The SA National Parks (SANParks) Board has put on hold plans to remove the statue of former Transvaal president Paul Kruger from the Kruger National Park, SABC TV news reported on Tuesday.
Ariel Sharon yesterday shrugged off President Bush’s requests to halt construction on a security fence through the West Bank, vowing that work on the controversial wall would continue.
The cost of living in the eurozone has soared in comparison with the rest of the world, according to a new portrait of living costs around the globe. The survey, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sampled the prices of a host of goods and services, ranging from a carton of milk to the cost of hiring a babysitter.
Saddam Hussein last night declared that his two sons, Uday and Qusay, had died as martyrs for Iraq when they were killed in a gun battle with US forces last week, and pledged America would be defeated.
You may not know this but the Antarctic is only around 3 000 kilometres south of Port Elizabeth. It’s close enough to go snooping. Why? Well apart from going somewhere which hopefully will never have a Big Mac sign – it’s the site of a mystery known as Lake Vostok.
I was highly amused at the frighteningly self-obsessed and shocked statements by most of the local wannabe "human shields" who left for Baghdad, only to run home with their little frightened yellow quivering tails between their legs a week or so later.
For those interested in online web trends, as well as the serious war watchers, here are some subjects that tend to be overlooked by the media — perhaps because they’re not simple or sexy enough for quick soundbites.
If you’re one of the people living with any kind of debt, in effect you’re no longer a free citizen, you’re just a controlled powerless slave of the system. The same pretty much applies if you perpetually buy new products or believe adverts.
Let me be the first in local media to tell you about a comet that is truly frighteningly big. It’s also in our section of the galaxy. Forget anything you might imagine about a cute little falling star — this is the size of a planet.