The Durban High Court has ruled that the eThekwini municipality can go ahead with controversial plans to rename several of the city’s streets and landmarks. South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Friday that the court rejected an application by the Democratic Alliance to force the municipality to put a hold on street name changes.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Friday it hoped to reach consensus this week on how to elect its next leader, a decision that could rule out national President Thabo Mbeki. ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe told a news conference delegates were debating a number of non-binding proposals on how to resolve the leadership debate.
Lynley Donnelly reports on what people can expect at the MTN Durban Fashion Week from Indian-born fashion designer, Vikram Phadnis.
One solution to South Africa’s land-reform problem is to make available some of the ”huge tracts” of state-owned land around the country, says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. ”This land is currently unproductive, under-utilised and under-resourced,” she said in her weekly newsletter, published on the DA’s SA Today website on Friday.
A blanket ban on political rallies in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, has been lifted although demonstrations will still need prior authorisation, police said on Friday. the temporary banning order was issued on February 21, with authorities claiming that protests could lead to an outbreak of rioting.
In Mexico they can’t get enough of telenovellas, in China it’s the weather forecast, but around the globe the biggest audiences tune in to reality TV and football.
The release of Apple’s much-ballyhooed iPhone on Friday is expected to give a boost to the emerging market for multipurpose cellphones and possibly even help rival ”smartphone” devices. The global market for smartphones will this year reach 10% of the one billion cellphones sold worldwide according to analyst firms Canalys and IDC.
Don’t think of the Minisode Network as a brand-new website. Think of it as a long-overdue public service. Who among us hasn’t felt the double-edged sword of our media age: so much video from TV, DVDs, the internet and even cellphones … but too little time to watch it all? The Minisode Network has a solution.
The JSE was firmer in the morning, but started retracing at about midday on Friday. However, traders expect the market to strengthen near the day’s close. At noon, the all-share index was down 0,69%. Resources weakened 0,99%, while gold and platinum indices fell 1,15% and 1,52 % respectively.
Facing stirrings of Republican revolt over Iraq and domestic policy disappointment, United States President George Bush can at least point to the Supreme Court for an enduring legacy. The US’s ultimate constitutional arbiter has tilted rightwards under Bush — a shift that could endure for decades.