Swapna Prabhakaran THE man who pulled the lever on about 1 500 people did so with a clean conscience, because he knew those he hanged had been sent to him by a judge. Chris Barnard, now dead, told British television in the 1980s that: ”It didn’t bother me because the person was sentenced to death […]
Wonder Hlongwa and Mukoni T Ratshitanga THE Inkatha Freedom Party has closed three of its 14 national offices, amid a cash crunch caused by falling membership fees. Senior IFP officials say the party, due to hold its annual conference in Ulundi this weekend, has been hit by poor management and administration and a breakdown in […]
NAOMI CAMPBELL IN SA INTERNATIONAL supermodel Naomi Campell arrived in South Africa on Friday. Campbell is in the country to begin her advertising campaign for a South African retail store. She will leave the country on Tuesday after a four-day shoot. TRC TO PROBE BUSINESS THE Truth Commission has belatedly decided to probe the role […]
Suren Pillay GANGSTERISM has been at the centre of much debate and discussion of late. Gang leaders have become peace crusaders and peace crusaders are breaking the law. Social scientists, community workers and clergy have argued convincingly that gangsterism is a historical response by working-class communities to unemployment, poverty and loss of self-esteem. Sociologists say […]
These considerately crafted little numbers come from Waldeck Studios — a 3-D design company founded by artist Ian Waldeck. The company designs and crafts anything from sculptural objects to architectural components, to the odd pair of handcuffs. These particular toys were commissioned, says Waldeck, by a friend in engineering, who asked him to assemble something […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM TRANSPORT parastatal Transnet has approved a record R1,5-billion in capital expenditure for SA’s seven commecial sea ports in 1997/98. SA’s ports have long suffered from limited funding for new construction. Portnet CE Ivor Funnell said on Wednesday the sharp increase of R1,44-billion in Portnet capital investment is largely the result of increased demand […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Llewellyn Hebert clocked a superb 48,17sec to win the 400m hurdles at the Nice Grand Prix meeting on Wednesday. Olympic silver medallist Samuel Matete came second, clocking 48,37sec. Herbert’s victories over world number one Bryan Bronson three days earlier and Matete on Wednesday have added to his status as a serious […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African Football Association CEO Danny Jordaan says Safa needs about R7-million before the World Cup finals in France next year. Some of the money will be used for transport and accommodation, but some will be ploughed back into development programmes. “The national team players of tomorrow come from these provinces and if […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM The trade and industry department’s standing advisory committee on company law has called for public debate on the issue of low-voting N shares, with possible changes to the Companies Act and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange rules in the pipeline. N shares are a type of security similar to ordinary shares, but with lower […]
BRITISH POLICE ARRIVE TO HELP THREE senior British police chiefs have spent the past three weeks in South Africa as consultants to the SA police, and have recommended that the quality of policing is more important than the number of policemen. They have also advised that “getting the public involved” is the vital secret. They […]