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/ 21 January 2007
The KwaZulu-Natal minister for education, Ina Cronje, expressed concern on Sunday over the closure of at least four farm schools in the province. She said her department met on Saturday with the agriculture department’s provincial minister, Mtholephi Mthimkhulu and the members of Congress of South Africa Trade Unions to discuss the farm schools’ problems.
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/ 21 January 2007
A 35-year-old Muizenberg woman was wounded in the stomach on Sunday morning when her ex-husband shot her outside a church, Western Cape police said. Inspector Bernadine Steyn said the woman was shot in the parking lot of the church in Marina da Gama just before 10am.
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/ 21 January 2007
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has expressed his deep disappointment at South Africa’s vote to block a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an end to human rights abuses in Burma, saying it was a betrayal of his country’s ”noble past”.
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/ 21 January 2007
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams gestured ”number one” with her index finger after rolling back the years to gatecrash the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday. The unseeded Williams crushed eleventh seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-2 in front of an adoring crowd at the Rod Laver Arena after passing the sternest test yet in her comeback from injury.
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/ 21 January 2007
Three decades ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets across the country to protest the government’s removal of subsidies on basic commodities in an explosion of violence that shook the regime to its core and appeared to end any further talk of economic reform.
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/ 21 January 2007
The European Commission is set to decide this week whether to propose tough new emissions limits on new car models after the automotive industry failed to meet voluntary targets. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas is eager to set binding limits on new passengers cars but needs the backing of his colleagues in the European Union’s executive arm to go ahead with the proposal.
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/ 21 January 2007
Veteran New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan rode his luck and came to the rescue as the Kiwis made 218 in their triangular one-day series clash with Australia here Sunday. McMillan’s vigorous 89 enabled his side to recover from 136 for seven and post a competitive total after winning the toss and electing to bat.
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/ 21 January 2007
Kenya’s John Kelai won the Mumbai Marathon on Sunday as thousands of the city’s residents ran alongside top athletes from Africa and Australia. Kelai clocked a time of two hours, 12 minutes and 27 seconds to beat out Ethiopians Gashaw Melese with 2:12,32 and Tariku Jufar in 2:12,49.
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/ 21 January 2007
The police do not fear a renewed treason threat from the harbourers of Boeremag fugitives Herman van Rooyen (33) and Rudi Gouws (28). The pair were recaptured on Saturday after escaping from court last year. ”Although we have made no further arrests, people should not worry as we have the core group of 22 men believed to have been behind the treason plot,” said a a police spokesperson.
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/ 21 January 2007
A Russian business delegation is due in Zimbabwe on Sunday to sign a deal worth -million for the construction of mini hydro-power stations. The delegation, from Russia’s Turbo Engineering, was expected to sign the deal this week for the construction of 17 power stations on small dams around country.