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/ 21 January 2008
Four skydivers had to bail out of a light plane over Grahamstown after the engine failed, a media report said on Monday. Commercial pilot Alexander Hammerschmidt (42) was the toast of the EP Skydiving Club after he was forced to perform an emergency landing on a dirt road at about 11am on Sunday.
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/ 21 January 2008
A new South African airline called Redair has been given the rights to operate five weekly round-trip flights from Cape Town or Durban to Stansted in the United Kingdom, a media report said on Monday. Andy Cluver, the chief executive of Civair, said he hoped the airline would start operating this year.
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/ 21 January 2008
Swiss top seed Roger Federer recovered from his major scare in the previous round to cruise into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight sets victory over Tomas Berdych on Monday. The 12-time Grand Slam champion overcame the Czech 13th seed, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 in one hour 59 minutes.
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/ 21 January 2008
While political protests blight Kenya, Ghana will polish its image as a tourism and investment destination when it hosts the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament, which started on Sunday. Staging Africa’s most prestigious sporting event will cast a positive international spotlight on the small but stable West African state.
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/ 21 January 2008
It is almost inconceivable that the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) Monetary Policy Committee would raise interest rates in the current atmosphere, according to strategist for Investec Securities, Brian Kantor. "I would not have raised the last two times. It is quite clear now that the last increase was over the top," he said,
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/ 21 January 2008
Almost 60% of Australians are either members or want to join the ‘mile-high club’ — where membership is gained by having sex on an aircraft. Asked whether they would consider making love at altitude, almost half of the 1 110 surveyed by a travel website said they would but had not yet satisfied their desire.
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/ 21 January 2008
If you believe the market correction, which has seen the JSE all-share index down by 10% in the past five weeks, has provided a buying opportunity, Maya Fisher-French brings us some South African money managers’ best picks for 2008.
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/ 21 January 2008
Should ANC president Jacob Zuma’s innocence or guilt be decided by the courts? We might not all be law experts, but we fully understand the Constitution, because it is a product of public participation and represents the will of the people. We also expect the newly elected national executive committee to possess a minimum basic understanding of this supreme law of the land, writes Pule Malefane.
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/ 21 January 2008
Fears of more rain in the coming days have sent aid agencies into a panic as the humanitarian disaster caused by the floods in Mozambique unfolds. The United Nations says the floods could turn out to be the worst in recent memory. Seven people have died and up to 70Â 000 have been displaced by the floods that have come earlier than forecast.
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/ 21 January 2008
When you’re talking about Bin Laden, any action against him will be free, if we know where he is, if we have good intelligence. The methodology of getting him will be discussed together and we’ll attack the target together.Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf speaks to Anthony Paul about Bhutto, the Taliban and the country’s upcoming elections.