After the release of the story in the weekends paper that there is infighting in the World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC), the chairman of the LOC, Irvin Khoza, came out to say that all the stories of there being problems within the members of the LOC are not true and that relations between him and the committee’s chief executive Danny Jordan are strained. Irvin Khoza was clearly very upset when he was making his statement and then he went on to call a reporter a “kaffir”. Read the rest of this entry »
It first started with the word that South Africa would not be able to host the World Cup in 2010 because their stadiums would not be built in time, or because there is just too much crime in South Africa. The list was endless with reasons for South Africa failing to deliver and that Australia were on standby to host the World Cup. All that was quashed and people got on with what they had to do to make 2010 a success. Now it seems like those entrusted with making 2010 work are now fighting amongst themselves! A report in the Sunday Times yesterday headlined ‘2010 Turmoil‘ left me stunned. When I saw this, I thought to myself, “Here we go again, what now?” Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday, South Africa lost one of its greatest stars in actress Ashley Callie as a result of her head injuries she sustained in a car accident.
In The News would like to pass on its condolences to the Callie family and may her soul rest in peace. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
The Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, today released the proposed school oath which is meant to be recited every morning by school children across South Africa. Personally I think this is a good idea and it has been long overdue. The oath the minister read out today is now open for public comment. People could comment about the content, suitability and the language the oath is in.
It will be interesting to see how people from across the country react to this oath. But the minister is expecting not much resistance from anyone. But as we all know, not everything goes as smoothly as thought. Read the rest of this entry »
The In The News team would like to wish Ashley Callie (who plays the role of Lee Haines in South Africa’s soap opera, Isidingo) a speedy recovery after her car accident on Friday night. It is encouraging to hear that she is doing well in her recovery and we hope her and her family all the best.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
It seems like there is no getting rid of the ‘politics’ in sport in South Africa. Not too long ago all the talk was about Jake White and the Springboks, now over the last couple of days the focus has been on the South Africa national cricket team. To sum it up, the national cricket selectors picked the team they wanted to tour Bangladesh but the president of Cricket SA, Norman Arendse, had other ideas and picked his own team that he thought should go on the tour. As expected in such a situation, trouble flared. Read the rest of this entry »
I was amazed after reading an article in the Sunday Times headlined UK visas to cost South Africans R1000 . This surely is not a good sign for South Africans as South Africans are now being made to look like criminals. The reason the UK is now insisting on South Africans to have visas is because they say there are too many ‘fake’ South African passports being given out by the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa. The term ‘fake’ is not too correct to use in the context as the passports being issued out are genuine in the sense that they are legitimate but the owners of the passports would probably have paid to have these passports made for them. A foreign national in South Africa could find someone who works in the Department of Home Affairs or someone who has an inside link and pay them x amount of rands and have a genuine South African passport made for them which they can then use to travel around the world as they please. Read the rest of this entry »
With all the power problems being experienced in South Africa, is it right for Eskom to be sued? On Tuesday, the Democratic Alliance said that the government should tell people about its position with regards to the losses being incurred due to the current power losses.
It is no secret that businesses are suffering from the loss in electricity but can they now go ahead and sue or claim their losses from the government? Looking at it from a general consumer point of view, consumers are experiencing losses when the power goes. For example, when the power goes and then comes back, if one is not vigilant enough to switch off all appliances and pull the plug out of the socket, the appliance can be damaged when the power comes back. I am not an electricity expert and do not know what causes this to happen but from experiences I have seen appliances being damaged when the power comes back. Further more, food maybe damaged if the power is gone for too long. Fridges can only be cold for so long without power and once they start to get warm all the perishable foods in the fridge will go bad thus resulting in further losses for the consumer. Read the rest of this entry »
We recently received this letter from a concerned reader and would like to share it with you. When I first saw this advert being aired on TV, I was also in shock and could not believe that they asked the players to promote beer. I believe someone got this all wrong and this advert should never have been aired.
Dear Sir
I do not know whether you are the right person to address this e-mail to, but I hope you will be able to assist that the message get passed on to the correct addressee.
It is out of concern that I bring to your attention my utter disappointment in the Castle Lager advert screened on television during half -time when Bafana - Bafana played against Tunisia. Read the rest of this entry »
At about 8:45pm on Friday (1 February 2008), the city of Cape Town was plunged into darkness. I was unfortunate to be in Cape Town at that time. I initially thought that it was a matter of load shedding in the area I was in. But after receiving several phone calls and text messages from people in Cape Town, all of them were saying that they are also plunged into darkness. I thought to myself that this could not be correct and something must be wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
