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/ 15 October 2004
Non-racialism is still emblazoned across our Constitution, is dusted off when electioneering and is lauded at the funerals of white strugglers such as Oom Bey and Ray Alexander, but racial ghettoes and polarisation appear to be on the increase, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 15 October 2004
The nationwide strike that began in Nigeria on Monday over increased fuel prices was suspended on Friday. The suspension marks the end of the first stage of the strike, planned to be held in stages until the government reverses the September increase in prices of petroleum products.
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/ 15 October 2004
The president of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland said on Friday his administration will only negotiate with Somalia if it is for the recognition of their respective states’ sovereignty. ”Somaliland’s independence is sacred and efforts to discuss Somaliland uniting with Somalia are futile and a waste of time,” the president said.
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/ 15 October 2004
British Foreign Office minister Baroness Simons held talks with Libyan officials on boosting ties between London and Tripoli, the official Libyan news agency Jana said on Friday. At a meeting on Thursday, Simons handed over a message from Prime Minister Tony Blair for Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi.
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/ 15 October 2004
The Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial was adjourned to Monday morning after the state’s first witness completed his testimony on Friday morning. State advocate Billy Downer, SC, said they had no further witnesses for Friday but were prepared with a full week of witnesses for the coming week.
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/ 15 October 2004
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said his acquittal on charges of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe could serve as a basis for national reconciliation. ”On a positive note this judgement may have set a good basis for national reconciliation and a national solution for the crisis in the country,” he said at a press conference in Harare.
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/ 15 October 2004
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Jason Bourne’s on the run again, this time from both the CIA and the Russian Mafia. The plot is fast; the tonal keynote is grim determination, but it’s well worth a look-see. Shaun de Waal reviews.
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/ 15 October 2004
"The Gorilla has a personality of its own, which sets it apart from the herd." An extract from an essay by author Ivan Vladislavic that looks at South Africa’s strangest creature — the motorcar steering lock.
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/ 15 October 2004
"The reason we have a separate shelf is not because we’re special, but because we’re an underclass." Publisher Michelle Matthews explains the thinking behind her new imprint devoted to South African women’s writing.
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/ 15 October 2004
About 30 hawkers, mostly women, were chased off the streets of Johannesburg during a joint operation by metro police and the South African Police Service in Yeoville on Thursday. The head of the Traders Crisis Committee, Edmund Elias said: ”The hawkers, mostly elderly women who have been trading here, were terrified.”