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/ 2 December 2005
The Western Cape government is not investigating claims that two senior Cape Town newspaper journalists have been secretly working for the premier’s office. The two journalists have been suspended by their employer, the Cape Argus, pending the outcome of an investigation launched by its editor, Ivan Fynn.
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/ 2 December 2005
Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood cried foul on Friday after a slump in its performance in the latest round of parliamentary polls, which were marred by violence and widespread voter obstruction. None of its 49 candidates involved in the third and final phase of voting had won outright.
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/ 2 December 2005
To an accompanying lament of bagpipers, the body of soccer legend George Best returned home on Friday for a massive state-style funeral that is expected to bring Belfast to a standstill. The ceremony is expected to attract more than 100 000 along the streets of his native Protestant east Belfast.
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/ 2 December 2005
A large earthquake measuring 6,4 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan late on Friday. The northern region of Tohoku felt ”a strong jolt” from the quake, which happened at 10.13pm local time, according to the meteorological agency. The quake happened 40km underground, the agency said.
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/ 2 December 2005
As long as there are taxpayers, there will always be room at the inn for the Zulu king, his wives, children, grandchildren and wives-to-be, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 2 December 2005
Gavin Jantjes, keynote speaker of the upcoming Sessions Ekapa 2005, tells Stacy Hardy his reasons for leaving the country in 1970 and why he has decided to return.
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/ 2 December 2005
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has distanced itself from a Mail & Guardian report that Jacob Zuma confessed to senior trade union and communist leaders that he had sex with the woman he is reportedly alleged to have raped.
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/ 2 December 2005
Seven major conservation and wildlife NGOs in South Africa say culling elephants in the Kruger National Park must be considered. A report from the South African National Parks board in July this year proposed culling between 5 000 and 7 000 elephants, but several wildlife groups have opposed the proposal.
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/ 2 December 2005
Aid officials warned on Friday that almost all of the hundreds of thousands of tents they distributed to survivors of Pakistan’s massive earthquake last month aren’t adequate for the harsh winter, while Pakistan announced soldiers have built 30 000 shelters for the 3,5-million people who lost their homes.
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/ 2 December 2005
Four men who allegedly defrauded Absa of R15,4-million last year handed themselves over at the Johannesburg Central police station on Friday, the National Prosecuting Authority said. The men allegedly defrauded Absa in April last year by operating a ”crossfire” or ”kite-flying” scheme.