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/ 24 November 2005
Kenya’s opposition on Thursday demanded that embattled President Mwai Kibaki dissolve Parliament and call snap elections after he fired his Cabinet in response to the embarrassing rejection this week of a new Constitution he backed. At the same time, debate raged over the firings, with some saying the step was illegal.
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/ 24 November 2005
Minerals and Energy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks has launched a R106-million scheme to help the gold manufacturing jewellery industry in South Africa. Aimed at reducing ”the current high cost of financing gold working capital” in South Africa, the scheme is part of the offsets of the Hawk and Gripen fighter aircraft component of South Africa’s controversial arms deal.
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/ 24 November 2005
France coach Bernard Laporte has a simple plan to counter South Africa: keep hold of the ball. Laporte says that because of the Springboks’ counter-attacking speed, along with their physical strength, Les Tricolores must keep possession at the Stade de France on Saturday. ”We will need to be very wary and make sure we keep hold of the ball,” Laporte said on Thursday at the French training camp.
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/ 24 November 2005
Journalists in several Arab capitals on Thursday staged protests over reports that Unied States President George W. Bush wanted to attack Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera’s Doha headquarters. Dozens of staff turned out for a symbolic sit-in at the Doha headquarters, with similar protests at the channel’s foreign bureaux.
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/ 24 November 2005
No stone will be left unturned in the search for the truth behind alleged abuses in the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday. Mbeki urged members of the country’s intelligence services to aid inquiries, led by the inspector general and minister of intelligence, into these ”disturbing matters”.
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/ 24 November 2005
Former <i>Weekly Mail</i> advertising executive Marilyn Honikman recalls flogging ad space in the early days of the newspaper.
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/ 24 November 2005
<i>Weekly Mail</i> recruits were poverty stricken, persecuted and despised, writes Anton Harber, but those who stayed afloat are now shaping the news.
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/ 24 November 2005
On June 14 1985, just six weeks after the death of the <i>Rand Daily Mail</i>, the first edition of the <i>Weekly Mail</i> rolled off the presses.
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/ 24 November 2005
Former editor Howard Barrell reflects on a time of sometimes painful transition at the <i>M&G</i>.
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/ 24 November 2005
"Interns came from all walks of life, with their own histories, bringing different life experiences to the courses, holding conflicting ideologies."