Glenda Daniels crossfire Incontestably the African National Congress is the best party to rule. But last weekend’s advertisement in a Sunday newspaper highlights a potentially catastrophic weakness in the party and among its allies a propensity for dredging up phantom enemies. The full-page advertisement says the media is a platform for rightwing forces consisting, we […]
Nawaal Deane After a five-year suspension an inspector in the Department of Public Works in East London is being charged for allegedly defrauding the department of R450 000. But the suspension has cost the department close to R400 000 because Dennis Maart, a building inspector, is still on a full salary and it has taken […]
David Macfarlane The National Development Agency (NDA) could have to fork out R2,5-million as the price of getting rid of its CEO, Dr Thoahlane Thoahlane. And while embattled NGOs around the country are applauding the unexpected and sudden departure of Thoahlane a few days ago, they also point to serious ongoing problems at the agency. […]
Martin Spring London calling If stock markets give an early signal of economic recovery, as is widely believed, then the performance of the Tokyo bourse in recent months suggests that the world’s second- biggest economy will soon start to pick up speed. There are two reasons why Japanese shares are outperforming. One is that the […]
DAVID MACFARLANE, Johannesburg | Friday THE National Development Agency (NDA) could have to fork out R2,5m as the price of getting rid of its CEO, Dr Thoahlane Thoahlane. And while embattled NGOs around the country are applauding the unexpected and sudden departure of Thoahlane a few days ago, they also point to serious ongoing problems […]
TWO armed robbers have been lynched in Kinshasa, the daily Le Palmares reported on Wednesday. The pair were among six bandits who robbed a home in Bumbu, a working-class district of the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, making off with money and electrical appliances, the paper said. Youths in the area captured the two robbers […]
A PRETORIA High Court judge on Thursday accused Communications Minister Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri of lying when she claimed that a senior advocate appointed by her had merely attended proceedings of the SA Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra) as ”an interested member of the public”, Beeld newspaper reports. Judge Hekkie Daniels made the remark during argument by […]
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Peter Bradshaw picks his top ten from this year’s Cannes film festival.
Cannes, France – Members of the jury for the 54th Cannes film festival said on Wednesday awards would favour emotional films as opposed to intellectual ones. ”We don’t have to make movies for the intellect. I would like us to choose films that talk with talent, emotion and professionalism,” Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann told a packed news conference on the festival’s opening day.