Iden Wetherell President Robert Mugabe can be forgiven for feeling rather besieged this week. He is on the receiving end of importunate members of Parliament reminding him of their sterling work on the electoral front and promises made of preferment. He is deeply hurt by the lyrics of songs belted out by opposition supporters at […]
innovations A new privacy-issues battle has erupted on the Internet over the use of a surreptitious yet invasive device called the “Web bug”, which allows online advertising companies to track your surfing habits without your knowledge. Unlike the more widely recognised “cookies”, which you can disable in your browser, the “Web bug” is virtually undetectable. […]
Dave Simpson CD OFTHEWEEK Mexico and pop generally go together like Cliff Richard and a bottle of tequila (worm included). History throws up only Los Lobos of La Bamba fame (who were actually from Los Angeles), and Gram Parsons’ Flying Burrito Brothers – as Mexican as a beef dripping sandwich. Mexican pop has existed for […]
Karen Rutter LIFESTYLE People are quick to use the word “charming” when describing Kalk Bay village. Especially people who write for glossy magazines or take tours around the Cape Peninsula. “Picturesque” is another word that pops up, while “quaint” is a firm favourite in the adjective line-up. All of which is quite true when viewing […]
Barry Streek With 24,3-million hectares under its control – about 20% of the surface area of South Africa – the state is far and away the country’s biggest landowner. Even then, that figure excludes vast tracts of state-owned land, such as land owned by parastatals like Transnet and the 2,9- million hectares owned by the […]
The Cape Comedy Collective has prospered in a town notorious for fab ideas and feeble follow-through Guy Willoughby ‘Is South African comedy Joe Parker?” the question was raised unexpectedly by Sam Pearce, co-director with stand-up comic Mark Sampson of the year-old Cape Comedy Collective (CCC), during a hip-hop interview around the present/future of Kaapse laughter. […]
Judicial history was made when Sibusiso Radebe the alleged mastermind behind the Miracle 2000 pyramid scheme was granted R1m bail, the highest ever set by a South African court. Radebe was released on condition that he reports every day to the Midrand police station. He also may not leave the greater Johannesburg and Nelspruit areas. […]
OPPOSITION parties slammed Mpumalanga Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu on Thursday for allowing provincial director general Coleman Nyathi to resign instead of firing him on corruption charges. Nyathi resigned voluntarily but unexpectedly on Thursday morning, citing “personal problems” surrounding his citizenship. Both Home Affairs and the police Aliens Control Unit are currently investigating indications that Nyathi and […]
SOUTH African magnet maker Tridelta Magnet Technology Holdings has been placed into provisional liquidation with the listing of its ordinary shares suspended, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Tridelta’s share was last quoted down 40 percent at three cents. It went into free-fall on July 19, when the company issued a cautionary notice saying that it was […]
THE Pietermaritzburg Regional Court has dismissed a high profile rape case against Johannesburg tycoon Jonty Sandler, who had been accused of raping a security guard at gunpoint in a Drakensburg hotel. Magistrate Fred de Beer threw out the case on the grounds that the evidence presented against Sandler in court this week boiled down to […]