Torgeir Fjeld and Denise Pheiffer They made a brave effort, but were simply too short to make it to the finals. A South African under-14 team of players from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha won their group in the world’s biggest football tournament for kids, but were knocked out in the final rounds by Brazilian side […]
David Le Page South African law enforcement agencies are increasing their capacity for electronic monitoring of Internet communications, in large part to curtail the transmission of child pornography. The Scorpions said this week that they are in constant contact with the FBI over technical methods for monitoring and intercepting electronic communications. They are also working […]
Howard Barrell, Belinda Beresford and Barry Streek The government failed to satisfy market hopes that it would provide fresh details on its privatisation plans when it unveiled its policy framework for restructing state enterprises in Pretoria on Thursday. But Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe said there were good reasons for the government’s reticence. “No […]
Primedia and AME prove that corporate giants and the South African film industry are not perfect casting Andrew Worsdale Joseph Losey (director of The Go- Between, The Servant and many other fine movies) once said, “I am frequently told that my films don’t make money. Since I have averaged one film a year for 30 […]
When Lucas Nthani left his Mamelodi home in response to an “urgent” phone call little did his family know that call was a death trap. They believed their son was safe, only to be informed later by a community member that Nthani had been shot and killed by faceless assassins shortly after he left his […]
Shaun de Waal Not quite the movie OFTHEWEEK ‘This film is based on a true story,” we are told portentously, in white letters on a black screen, at the start of Wolfgang Petersen’s mari-time disaster flick The Perfect Storm. Such an announcement often serves to lend a little dignity to melodrama (life is so often […]
Peter Dickson Four months after being suspended for allegedly running over and killing a teenager who had been dragged behind a patrol van, three Barkly East policemen are to be tried for culpable homicide and additional charges ranging from assault to attempting to defeat the ends of justice. The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) has announced […]
Laws banning cellphone use by drivers are not yet being implemented Evidence wa ka Ngobeni, Pule waga Mabe, and Ntuthuko Maphumulo Traffic officials across the country have yet to implement the government’s tough new laws banning the use of cellphones while on the road and lowering the drinking limit for drivers. The new National Road […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi The embattled Law Society of the Transvaal this week deferred a long-awaited election of its office bearers to 2001 in a move that could stall the transformation of one of the last remaining apartheid-era institutions in South Africa. The society’s bizarre decision comes in the wake of mounting calls for change from many […]
Grant Shimmin olympics On Wednesday, August 16, Sam Ramsamy, president of the country’s National Olympic Committee (Nocsa), will read out a list of track and field athletes at a press conference and, barring injuries to members of the teams within the overall squad which necessitate calling up a replacement, South Africa’s Olympic travelling party will […]