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/ 19 February 2008
At least 11 people are thought to have died after Madagascar was hit by Cyclone Ivan, a senior humanitarian official said on Monday, and the storm is also threatening Mozambique. Ivan, one of the largest cyclones ever to hit Madagascar, was packing winds of more than 200km/h when it hit the Indian Ocean island’s east coast.
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/ 19 February 2008
United States President George Bush on Tuesday recognised the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans. Bush said during an African tour in Dar es Salaam that the United States would soon establish full diplomatic relations with the majority Albanian country.
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/ 19 February 2008
Absa increased full-year headline earnings per share by about 19% and played down the potential impact of a slowdown in the domestic economy. Absa said on Tuesday that headline EPS rose to R14,01 in 2007 from R11,81 while headline earnings increased to R9,413-billion from R7,872-billion.
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/ 19 February 2008
A Johannesburg restaurant manager has been charged with indecent assault after allegedly having sex with a street child at the weekend, a media report said on Tuesday. The man, who may not be named, apparently offered to pay the 16-year-old boy to have sex with him.
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/ 19 February 2008
A Pretoria High Court judge ruled on Monday that a murderer and robber did not deserve life imprisonment because of his disadvantaged background. Acting Judge Legodi Phatudi sentenced 35-year-old Jeffrey Mogatla of Mamelodi East to 40 years imprisonment, of which he effectively has to serve about 19 years — for the murder and robbery of Mariana Bothma.
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/ 19 February 2008
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton traded charges on Monday over Obama’s uncredited use of a friend’s lines in a speech, one day before the presidential contenders meet in a critical showdown in Wisconsin. Pointing toward Tuesday’s primary, the two camps battled over a recent Obama speech using words from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
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/ 19 February 2008
The Spice Girls would love to perform for former South African president Nelson Mandela, but said on Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his planned 90th birthday celebrations in June. The Spice Girls met Mandela in 1997 when he invited them to his Pretoria residence for a chat and photos.
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/ 19 February 2008
President Pervez Musharraf’s leading lieutenants appeared to have lost their seats in early results in Monday’s Pakistani election, dealing a blow to the retired general’s hopes of clinging to power. Early winners included the Pakistan Muslim League (N) of the former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who was polling strongly in Punjab.
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/ 19 February 2008
Is there anything that has not yet been said or contested about skills shortages? Most literate South Africans are aware of the shortage of teachers, engineers, ICT professionals and artisans. Almost as many have some insight into strategies like Jipsa (through Asgisa), and the recapitalisation of the further education and training colleges.
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/ 19 February 2008
The UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) will launch a new programme this year specifically designed to develop women leaders in South Africa. Dr Marjolijn Dijksterhuis, director of the new Women in Leadership Programme, says it is designed for women with proven leadership capacity who want to develop to their full professional potential.