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/ 2 November 2001
Journalism,much like advertising and politics, is full of people who try to appear important while doing stupid things. Life, on the other hand, is full of people who appear stupid while doing important things. Your newspaper has built up a solid reputation as a first class award-winning pedlar of conceit. Mention a topic and the […]
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/ 2 November 2001
Chievo Verona have enjoyed a fairy tale ride to the top of the Italian league Paddy Agnew in Rome A couple of seasons ago, when Hellas Verona clashed in a second division derby with little Chievo Verona, the fans of the better-known team taunted their upstart rivals with a derisive banner: ”When donkeys can fly, […]
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/ 2 November 2001
The Constitution could be the killer, write Marianne Merten and Barry Streek Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s ingenious plan to save the New National Party may founder on the rocks of complex legal technicalities that will prevent NNP councillors pulling out of the Democratic Alliance without losing their seats. African National Congress and NNP legal teams are […]
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/ 1 November 2001
oë Wicomb, the South African writer now resident in Scotland, won the 2001 M-Net Book Prize in the English category (worth R50 000) for her novel <i>David’s Story</i>, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 1 November 2001
The Kora All Africa Music Awards could be good for local music — if we knew how to exploit them, writes Thebe Mabanga.
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/ 1 November 2001
The 27-year-old daughter of a Malian diplomat has left Angelique Kidjo, Youssou N’dour and Salif Keita gasping for breath, writes Valentine Cascarino.
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/ 1 November 2001
PEDZISAI RUHANYA, Harare | Thursday ZIMBABWE’S Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, Christopher Mushowe, has acquired a masters degree in Public Administration, but he failed the exam. High Court judge Elizabeth Gwaunza slammed the vice-chancellor of the University of the Zimbabwe, Professor Graham Hill, for awarding Mushowe a pass mark, even though he failed the […]
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/ 1 November 2001
THE Nigerian government on Wednesday decided that the country’s budget for 2002 should be based on a price of $18 per barrel of crude oil, as against $22 for the current year, a minister said. The government plans to spend about 843-billion naira ($7,5-billion) in 2002, with capital expenditure accounting for 414 billion naira ($3,7-billion), […]
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/ 1 November 2001
Paris | Thursday REFUGEES and farmers struggling to survive in a parched climate may one day bless a Namibian desert beetle which collects droplets of fog on its back in order to survive. The tenebrionid beetle thrives in one of the most hellish places on Earth thanks to microscopic bumps and troughs on its back, […]
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/ 1 November 2001
Cape Town | Thursday AN application that the trial of five Pagad members for the murder of Cape ganglord Rashaad Staggie be declared a mistrial will continue in the Cape High Court on Thursday, SABC radio news reported on Wednesday. Defence lawyers for the five members of People Against Drugs and Gangsterism (Pagad) asked presiding […]