IRAN Zambia have decided to resume diplomatic ties, broken off in 1993, at ambassador level. “The Islamic republic of Iran, in line with its policies to promote ties with world countries, especially the third world and African nations, is intending to resume ties with Zambia,” the foreign ministry said. Zambia severed ties with Iran and […]
AN apparent assassination attempt involving a 10-minute frenzy of grenades, rockets and gunfire against Itihi Ossetoumba Lekoundzo, defence minister of the Republic of Congo (ROC) was reported to have taken place on Wednesday in Brazzaville. Lekoundzo escaped harm, and there was no word of any injuries or deaths. Military officials linked the attack to disgruntled […]
NAMIBIA’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a complaint with the South African Broadcasting Monitoring and Complaints Unit after a television crew allegedly ”tricked” President Sam Nujoma into an interview, the Namibian reported on Wednesday. Foreign affairs permanent secretary, Mocks Shivute said in a statement that Nujoma granted the Special Assignment team an interview after […]
EDUCATION minister Kader Asmal’s Working Group for the National Institute for Higher Education has called for submissions for a university to be established in Mpumalanga. The submissions should identify programmes and skills that need to be developed in the province, including the role that the existing education infrastructure such as colleges could play. Working Group […]
Fiona Macleod Conservation officials have opened an inquiry into the sale of a tame silver-screen star called Dandylion to a “canned” hunting operation in the Free State. The lion was sold by wildlife dealer John Brooker, who came into the spotlight in early June when the Mail & Guardian exposed plans to hunt Baixinha, a […]
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opera Barbara Ludman Andrew Botha’s take on Rigoletto is so lavish one could almost believe one was back in the bad old days. In the early 1980s Pact staged operas regularly at the Civic Theatre with glorious sets, fabulous costumes and unimpressive voices, except for foreign singers brought in to sing the leads. There are, […]
A local environmental project is teaching people in under-resourced areas how to make the most of what they have Barry Streek This week 22 Cape Town teachers went on a five-day permaculture process course at a Khayelitsha school as part of a pioneering new approach to incorporate environmental education in schools. The course, conducted by […]
Philip French Not all great movie meals are enticing banquets and one of the most famous of all is as nightmarish as it’s funny. It’s one of the four celebrated meals in Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, a personal favourite among his pictures made in 1925. In one of them, Chaplin pretends to be a […]
BOXING Deon Potgieter Harry Simon, the first Namibian to win a boxing world title, is looking to further entrench his name in history by challenging for a world title in a higher weight division. Not only is Simon, the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) junior-middleweight champion, moving up in weight, he’s also moving up in quality. […]