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/ 18 October 2006
Ellerine Holdings advised on Wednesday that it expects growth in headline earnings of between 70% and 75% and headline earnings per share of between 25% and 30% for the year ending in August. Ellerine’s results for the 12 months include 12 months of Relyant Retail, which was acquired on May 7 through the issue of 42,9-million new ordinary shares.
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/ 18 October 2006
The United States will accept 10 000 Burundian refugees from Tanzania from now until 2008. Tom Casey, a State Department spokesperson, said they were planning to offer resettlement to a group of Burundian refugees who have been in western camps in Tanzania, some of whom initially fled from Burundi in 1972.
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/ 18 October 2006
A fresh wave of atheistic books has hit the market this autumn, some climbing onto best-seller lists in what proponents see as a backlash against the way religion is entwined in politics. ”Religion is fragmenting the human community,” said Sam Harris, author of Letter to a Christian Nation, number 11 on the New York Times non-fiction list on October 15.
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/ 18 October 2006
No one is likely to adopt Hermina. At 14 she is too old and she also has a younger brother. So, because their father disappeared some years ago and their mother died last year at 32, probably of HIV/Aids, the pair rely on the generosity of others. They live in their mother’s tiny corrugated iron and wood home in Soweto but the family next door has taken them under their wing.
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/ 18 October 2006
More than 4 500 tonnes of substances contaminated by more than 500 tonnes of toxic sludge dumped in Abidjan in August have been collected since a clean-up began in mid-September, an Ivorian official said on Tuesday. The waste was dumped in Abidjan on August 19 and 20 by Ivorian company Tommy.
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/ 18 October 2006
The dirty dancing of teenagers at school functions and prom nights is getting educators across the United States hot and bothered, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> reported on Tuesday. The teenage dance craze of "freaking" — where couples rub and grind against each other — has been branded as simulated sex by school officials and has led to concern across the nation, the paper reported.
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/ 18 October 2006
When you get down to it, the requirements for a proper 4X4 are relatively simple. You need good ground clearance, large wheels, very short overhangs to prevent the front and rear ends digging in at the bottom of steep slopes, suspension that can follow the contours of the ground without leaving the vehicle stranded, and decent underbody protection to look after the fragile bits over rough terrain.
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/ 18 October 2006
So there I was, sitting in the Lear Jet with my two colleagues and Elvis Presley, looking forward to driving the new Hummer, and wondering how on earth lesser mortals tolerate the long check-in queues ACSA forces them to endure. Okay – it wasn’t really Elvis, but an affable Scottish lookalike called Danny Fisher, who General Motors was flying down from Durban to perform at the launch of their two new brands.
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/ 18 October 2006
Two teachers who were arrested for allegedly forcing a 12-year-old pupil to drink his own urine have been suspended by the KwaZulu-Natal education department. Spokesperson Christi Naude said that Philile Mpanza and Willem Kriel had been suspended ”with immediate effect” pending the outcome of an investigation.
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/ 18 October 2006
Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been found across South Africa, the Medical Research Council (MRC) said on Tuesday. ”The national health laboratory services have analysed the laboratory data for the past 18 months and have shown that these cases are present in every province,” the MRC’s Dr Karin Weyer told the South African Broadcasting Corporation.