Ah, the final Sunday of the Premiership. Glorious spring. This year, sadly, there’s not that much to play for. Chelsea have romped off with the title, paying a mere £600-million for the privilege of becoming the second side ever to retain the Premiership. Sunderland have finished bottom by a record-breaking margin, even if they get something at Villa Park on Sunday.
That the second Test at Newlands was one of the dullest in living memory cannot be held against Hashim Amla, or dim the glow of his first hundred in the grown-up version of the game. The strategic circumstances and anti-atmosphere of this most pointless of series will fade, but Amla’s step across the threshold of cricketing adulthood will not.
Western Cape local government minister Richard Dyantyi has ordered Cape Town mayor Helen Zille to reconstitute her mayoral committee to include her African Christian Democratic Party deputy mayor as one of the 10 committee members, not as an additional post.
Police were still searching on Thursday night for two Boeremag treason trial accused who escaped from the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday. ”No there is nothing yet. We are still searching and will alert the media if there are any developments,” said Director Sally de Beer, national police spokesperson.
About 694-million people worldwide over age 15 are now using the internet, about 14% of the total population in this age group, according to a survey released on Thursday. The report by research firm comScore Networks claims to be ”the first true estimate of global online audience size and behaviour” using consistent methodology.
Fifteen inmates of Durban’s Westville prison have gone to court to force the prison to provide them with HIV/Aids treatment, including anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs.
According to papers they have filed in the Durban High Court, 78 inmates of the Medium B prison have died of Aids-related diseases in the past year.
Fierce homesickness transports one to the priorities of childhood, when simply being in the presence of love and familiarity is enough. In the great tiled intestine of the underground station, all along the platform the passengers bunched like bacteria. The world was present, a jaded deputation of economic refugees seeking a middle-class dream in London. But home was absent.
Dineo and Chilli M anchor Yfm’s popular <i>Essential Rush</i> show. They spoke to Jocelyn Newmarch about the best and worse investments they have ever made, savings plans, financial advice they would give their children and their personal finance tricks.
Many people feel extremely uncomfortable having the "tough talk" before they walk down the aisle. It may feel as if seeing a lawyer to draw up a marriage contract in case of divorce will put a bad omen on the marriage. The reality is that a marriage contract is not only about divorce but can have consequences throughout married life.
The problem with being a first-time investor on the JSE is that you generally need a lump sum to invest in order to make it financially viable. With minimum brokerage fees of about R100 each time you buy and sell, you would need to buy R5Â 000-worth of a single share in order for it to be cost-effective, and then you would have exposure to only one share.