Jane Martinson AUnited States judge has dealt a blow to Napster by ruling that the upstart song- swapping company should stand trial for alleged copyright infringement. If found liable, the firm, which employs only 18 people, could be liable for millions of dollars in damages. The decision against Napster, in a case brought by the […]
Donna Block The rand was slaughtered this week as local investors fled the markets amid fears that the political and economic chaos playing itself out in Zimbabwe will spread into South Africa. The currency started to recover on Wednesday when President Thabo Mbeki, taking questions from MPs in Parliament, promised that the government would make […]
Jubie Matlou Moutse Community Radio is a station in transition. Serving the sprawling rural villages of Dennilton in Mpumalanga, it started out as the modest operation of a group of rural women, but has become a political football as others jostle for a share in its success. The station, ordered to broaden its appeal, has […]
Chris McGreal in Jui The pretence of peace dissolved in Sierra Leone this week as Foday Sankoh’s rebels fought their way to within 40km of Freetown and advanced along the main road into the capital. The assault sent United Nations peacekeepers fleeing again, with thousands of refugees. But the government’s newly rearmed forces claimed to […]
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At the age of 30 and with just three films to his name, Paul Thomas Anderson has already been granted the heady power of the Final Cut. He tells John Patterson how he cruised into the top flight of Hollywood directors
SOUTH Africa will send soldiers to Democratic Republic of Congo to act as an advance team to facilitate the deployment of four battalions of UN monitors there, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. “It will be more of a headquarters group that will enable support for the UN mission,” Mbeki said in a special address […]
THE National Olympic Commission on Wednesday announced the South African track and field team to compete at the Sydney Olympics in September. Men: Matthew Quinn (100m, 200m) Lee-Roy Newton (100m, 4×100,) Marcus LaGrange (200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m) Paul Gorries (200m, 4x100m) Hendrik Mokganyetsi (400m, 4x400m) Arnaud Malherbe (400m, 4x400m) Jopie van Oudtshoorn (400m, 4x400m) Gideon […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Thursday 6.30pm. THE number of illegal immigrants coming into South Africa has spiralled over recent years and the home affairs department does not have sufficient money to repatriate them. Over the past six years, the number of illegal aliens sent home had risen from 70000 a year to more than […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Thursday 10.00am A 2-0 victory for Sundowns over African Wanderers in a Castle Premiership match at Loftus Stadium moved the former closer to the title and the latter closer to relegation. Goals by captain Daniel Mudau and French-born Alain Amougou secured maximum points for the defending champions against opponents who have […]