Archive for 'General' Category
Reitz 4 ‘pardon’: In defence of Prof Jansen’s decision
3 November 2009 by JuanitaBy Dr Colleen Aldous
Professor Jonathan Jansen has demonstrated a form of emotional intelligence that South Africans should be looking to as being exemplary. As a South Africa however, I hang my head in shame and disappointment, as I did when the Reitz racial incident occurred. Because instead of being him being revered and held in [...]
A tale of pirates and pay-as-you-go
29 June 2009 by PhilipHold your horses - the landing and activation of the Seacom cable, which was due for 27 June, isn’t happening. And it’s all because of piracy. Not the download-all-your-software-and-DVDs-for-free piracy, but the gun-toting, hostage-taking, high seas type of brigandry.
Seems the cable laying ships had to halt their work around the Horn of Africa due to [...]
Repent, for the end is nigh
23 June 2009 by PhilipWhat is it about the human race that makes us such gluttons for gloom?
We’ll gladly believe that the wrong word or a negative thought can cause our favourite sports team to lose, or that job offer to fall through, or our car to break down. But when someone voices positive hopes for better things we [...]
Air France crash - an isolated incident?
11 June 2009 by PhilipCould there be more to the Air France Airbus A330 crash than Airbus holding company EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) and other airlines are revealing?
This week has seen a string of Airbus aircraft troubles.
On Wednesday, an Airbus A320 experienced engine trouble shortly after taking off from the Canary Islands and was forced to [...]
Softly, softly catchee web surfers
10 June 2009 by PhilipSo the SEACOM fibre-optic undersea cable has landed in South Africa and is set to come online at the end of June.
This is the cable that promises to bring vastly cheaper bandwidth and increase broadband penetration across the country, and the rest of southern Africa for that matter.
What bothers me is that Telkom, Neotel and [...]
Sex or politics?
8 June 2009 by JuanitaWe’re always interested in readers want to see on IOL - and in my case, interested in which news stories you read.
This week past, I was surprised that more readers weren’t as interested in President Jacob Zuma’s maiden State of The Nation as they were in what happened during the last minutes of crashed Flight [...]
Just R1 could help catch a criminal
3 June 2009 by SusanDo you know who SA’s most wanted criminals are?
Well, for the first time the hunt for our country’s 12 most wanted has gone global. You can see their mugshots on www.crimeline.co.za.
The operation is called International Fugitive Round-up and Arrest, or INFRA and will run throughout June. It involves Australia, South Africa, Britain, Canada and [...]
Black day on Long Beach
1 June 2009 by SusanHundreds of people went down to Long Beach, Kommetjie in their pyjamas, jeans and wetsuits to try and save fifty five false killer whales that had beached themselves. Volunteers from four NSRI stations and marine scientists were on hand to try push the whales back to sea, but their efforts were in vain, with most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A rate cut won’t heal all - but it sure will help
27 May 2009 by PhilipOur economy is in the toilet. Economic growth has shown the sharpest decline since 1984 and we’re now officially in a recession. National Treasury director-general Lesetja Kganyago says we’ll be lucky if the economy achieves zero growth for the whole year.
This only makes for tougher times for all of us.
What scares me is that in [...]
When your first time is up for sale
21 May 2009 by JuanitaWhy, oh why do people think they can sell *anything* on the Internet?
Because they can. And we have the proof:
This teenager sold what some people consider her most valuable possession - her virginity.
My favourite quote from the story? “… it was a one-off and I did it for good reasons.” Um, yes. And what’s more, [...]
