TWENTY years after his violent death at the hands of Islamic extremists for making peace with Israel, former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s life is being revived on cinema screens across the country. “The Days of Sadat,” which follows his evolution from revolutionary to president of the republic, opens this week to Egyptian audiences who five […]
SUDANESE Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail tried to reassure Canada’s Talisman oil company on Thursday, saying his government appreciates its efforts in oil operations and services to people around the oilfields, in remarks to the press. He said the government had not received official word from Talisman that it was planning to sell its shares in […]
POLICE in northern Tanzania were holding 17 people on Wednesday and had seized nine tonnes of marijuana, state-owned radio Tanzania reported on Wednesday. Quoting regional police commander Paul Ntobi in Mara, the radio said that the suspects were arrested in four villages, following a swoop launched after a tip-off by local citizens. Ntobi said some […]
THE Nigerian police have handed over more than 80 Black Maria vans to the prison service in an effort to end delays in the trial system, police said on Wednesday. For years, the judiciary has complained of the failure of the police to bring trial suspects to court for hearings. The prison service says it […]
Bruce Whitfield Greg Morris, the former Specialised Outsourcing MD, fingered in the highly critical Umgeni Water report, has added his voice to the growing list of concerns around the document’s credibility. Contrary to his boss Dave King’s largely positive response to the document, Morris has criticised elements of the report. He says he was implicated […]
French broadcaster Jrme Clment explains why he objects to the concept of reality TV ‘Loft Story plays on viewers’ emotions in the most perverse way,” says Jrme Clment, head of the television channel Arte France. “It’s a lie from start to finish. It claims to show us a slice of real life, but in fact […]
Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION This was Idi Amin with bells and whistles. Debora Patta’s Third Degree interview with Lieutenant General Andrew Masondo must go down both as a classic and a benchmark. This was hardball television interviewing the way it should be: uncompromising, to the point, gratifyingly obdurate. In about 15 bizarre and often hilarious minutes […]
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is to share a stage with Mick Jagger, U2 and a bevy of models in a charity concert in Barcelona.
Neal Collins Ian Wright will lead a 16-strong squad of England veterans to South Africa later this month as Britain pitches in to help the victims of the Ellis Park disaster. The team will play a charity match at King’s Park rugby stadium in Durban on June 28 with the proceeds going to the families […]
Michael Vlismas in Tulsa golf On a steamy Monday evening in the week of the 101st United States Open, a man with a strange accent booked into the Doubletree hotel in Tulsa. “It’s like Goose with an N,” he explained to the check-in clerk, who had never heard of him, nor had any interest in […]