THE Cape Times faces a R3-million defamation claim for publishing on its front page a prominent photograph of a man being detained by police for questioning at the Cape Town International Airport in connection with the bomb blast at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in August last year. A High Court summons has been served, and […]
SOME 100 bodies have been found dumped in four wells in war-torn central Angola, public television reported on Friday. The bodies were found Thursday in wells in the Chipeta region of Bie province, the television station reported, broadcasting pictures of the scene. Angolan authorities blamed the killings on the rebel National Union for the Total […]
SOUTH AFRICA plans to proceed with legislation incorporating the Geneva Conventions into law. In a statement marking the 50th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949, the government said it accords a ”high priority” to the observance of international humanitarian law. Last year, South Africa signed the Statute of the International Criminal […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 3.50pm. A ZAMBIAN separatist leader who fled to the South African High Commission in Lusaka last week after being linked to a rebel attack in Namibia has been arrested, Zambian police said Saturday. Imasiku Mutangelwa, leader of the separatist Barotse Patriotic Front (BPF), was detained at the high commision late […]
THE government and the 12 public sector trade unions are on a collision course after government’s announcement on Thursday afternoon that it will not revise its latest wage offer.The state’s offer, tabled earlier last week, provides for teachers and the lowest-paid public workers to receive a 7% pay rise. 13
Lauren Shantall She’s this year’s Vita award star and everyone wants a piece of her, myself included. With our interview at the announcement bash at Sandton’s Civic Gallery constantly being interrupted by fans, photographers and friends – I start to wonder why Jo Ractliffe isn’t enjoying the limelight a tad more. But no, a somewhat […]
Charlotte Raven Body Language It’s not often that one is moved by watching TV and I am no exception. But the other day I was, by – of all things – Bjrk’s new video. All Is Full of Love, directed by Chris Cunningham, is an intimate, affecting portrait of the sexual love between two robots. […]
Cameron Duodu Letter from the North At exactly 11 minutes past 11am on August 11 Britain went bananas. An eclipse of the sun was seen in full totality in parts of the country. Cornwall and Devon were supposed to be two of those places, and great preparations were made by camp site managers and hoteliers […]
While international attention has focused on England’s bid war with Germany for the 2006 soccer World Cup, South Africa is favoured by many, writes Vivek Chaudhary It was on a dusty pitch surrounded by metal fences and with watchtowers rather than floodlights at each corner that Danny Jordaan learned the art of organising football tournaments. […]
John Matshikiza With the Lid Off I recently attended a seminar about the state of the South African film industry and where it should be going. We do a lot of talking about this topic, instead of getting on with the business of conceiving, and ultimately finding the way to make, these things that we […]