A Freedom Front Plus (FF+) motion to have all Cabinet members confined to Robben Island for a period of 10 years before they take up their appointments was defeated in Parliament this week. Griep du Pisanie of the FF+ had tabled the motion with what he termed the best of intentions.
Nasa is to rotate the moon through 180°. “We are doing this for entirely scientific reasons,” said Nasa senior director, Dr Lytton J Vasselberg, “but there will be certain aesthetic advantages as well.” Scheduled to begin in June 2007, a series of explosions will slowly rotate the lunar planet over a series of years.
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/ 25 October 2005
Property management companies are facing tough times as competition in the sector increases. Although the low-interest rate-induced property boom, coupled with the strong thrust towards black economic empowerment, has created huge opportunities in a fast-growing market.