No image available
/ 11 November 2003
Although Saudi men can have up to four wives under Islamic law, 30% of Saudi women at marriage age cannot find husbands, official statistics revealed on Tuesday. The study revealed that the number of women who have exceeded the marriage age — determined socially as 30 — reached 1 813 000 by the end of 2002.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
One of the world’s leading electrical companies, Schneider Electric, has been implicated in a R16-million bribery case in the Lesotho High Court. The alleged bribery relates to the construction of the now-completed Lesotho Highlands Water Project. French-based Schneider boasts operations in 130 countries.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
European and Asian countries joined together on Tuesday to demand that the United States drop its duties on imported steel or face the possibility of billions of dollars in retaliatory measures against products ranging from oranges to Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
After closing Kenya’s six public universities, the Kenyan government has announced it will only negotiate with lecturers if they call off their strike. On Monday, the six universities were closed indefinitely after the strike began. Police were posted around the universities, but students remained calm.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
Security was very tight at the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday at the hearing of Israeli national Lior Saat, alleged to have murdered Shai Avissar, the estranged husband of socialite Hazel Crane, who was murdered on Monday. Members of the media were forbidden to sit on the press bench in court.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=23332">Murdered socialite feared for her life</a>
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
There has been encouraging response to a call for expressions of interest in developing a new ship repair facility at Cape Town, says port planner Billy Cilliers. The facility, to be sited at the eastern end of the harbour, is expected to reaffirm the port’s position as the leading ship repair centre in Southern Africa.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
A top UN official on Tuesday described the 17-year-old rebel war in northern Uganda as the worst forgotten humanitarian crisis on earth. ”The conflict in northern Uganda is the biggest forgotten, neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today,” said Jan Egeland, UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
SA President Thabo Mbeki says his government has taken a cue from the European Union’s model to inject funds to poor regions and social groups. Mbeki said that at its lekgotla in July the Cabinet had focused on the "critically important issue of the struggle against poverty and had observed that South Africa was characterised by two parallel economies".
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
Inkatha Freedom Party national council secretary Sue Felgate died after a long battle with cancer at her home in Ulundi on Tuesday morning. She was the party’s first white member.
No image available
/ 11 November 2003
Over 13-million South African adults have no bank accounts and a comprehensive survey of households suggested on Monday that this was ”a vast opportunity to bank the unbanked”.