Percy Callaghan and Mike Loewe The dismissal of a kitchen worker at a Rhodes University residence for taking a bit of left-over jam has outraged sections of the university but the human resources department is standing firm. Eunice Onceya (47), a diabetic, widowed mother of five, said she took about 30g of jam to spread […]
A freak ‘single cause’ accident was blamed when an Air France Concorde crashed in flames last year. But a number of avoidable errors may have played a part in the disaster, writes David Rose It is an indelible image, heavy with symbolism: the photograph taken on July 25 last year at the moment Concorde became […]
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The Film and Publication Board has passed the video version of the French arthouse film <i>Romance X</i> for general distribution without cuts. The film, which features several scenes of explicit nudity and sex will carry an age restriction of 18, which means that it may only be rented or sold to adults.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Noupoort | Thursday A TEENAGER from Moreleta Park in Pretoria has died in a “detention camp” at a Christian care centre in Noupoort for drug and alcohol addicts, apparently after being chained by his neck in a disciplinary cell, Beeld newspaper reports. The centre, run by clergymen, has accused the police of “unprofessional […]
THE Anglo American-Oppenheimer family deal to delist South African diamond giant De Beers is a “wonderful opportunity for South Africa,” South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Tito Mboweni said on Thursday. Speaking on independent radio station 702, Mboweni said that the SARB would buy as much of the $3.5bn inflows as possible and would use […]
TIMBER production in Congo is expected to reach 850_,000 tons this year as compared with 650_000 tonnes in 2000 because peace has returned after years of civil war, a top forestry official said on Wednesday. The forecast of a 200_000 ton rise in production is based on resumed logging in the central Niari and Lekoumou […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Windhoek | Thursday NAMIBIAS politically influential Council of Churches (CCN) wants to meet President Sam Nujoma after he called Christianity a “foreign philosophy”, the council’s general secretary said on Wednesday. The CCN’s request comes after a recent meeting between Nujoma and farmers where he also accused 19th century Finnish missionaries to the desert […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki’s office has rejected criticism of the president’s leadership and his policies on race, Aids and Zimbabwe by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The institute, in a report issued in London, said Mbeki’s ”shaky stewardship” of South Africa had helped to create a ”regional leadership […]
SOUTH Africa’s High Court on Wednesday approved a scheme of arrangement for holders of diamond giant De Beers’ first preference shares, the company said in a statement. The court order followed a vote on May 4 by first preference shareholders who approved an offer from the Anglo American-led consortium bidding for De Beers. The consortium […]