The parents of murdered Stellenbosch student Inge Lotz are suing her ex-boyfriend Fred van der Vyver for R4-million each, said Dani Cohen, spokesperson for the Lotz family on Monday. Van der Vyver was acquitted of the murder of Lotz. Juanita and Jan Lotz called Inge ”their sunshine child and an angel. She was the apple of their eye” said Cohen.
An emergency move by the United States Federal Reserve to cut its discount rate has continued to weigh on markets, sending the JSE below the 30 000-level by midday on Monday. The Fed’s move to cut its discount rate, its lending rate to financial institutions, to 3,25% from 3,5%,
Share prices are tumbling and the yen is rising, but Japanese businessman on Monday got one thing to cheer — underwear to tame their bulging waistlines. Wacoal announced on Monday it was making a full entry into the men’s market with undergarments especially for men with a bit of flab.
Cash-flow problems and logistic headaches are blighting preparations for Sudan’s census, a cornerstone of the fragile peace ending a devastating civil war and paving the way for key elections. The largest civic exercise in national history will go ahead from April 15 to 30 despite complaints about disorganisation.
Everton lost ground in the race for a Champions League place on Sunday when they lost 1-0 to struggling Fulham at Craven Cottage, a ground where the Merseysiders have not mustered a point in 42 years. Fulham, second-last in the standings but now only three points from safety, won a scrappy game in the 67th minute.
Extremists have to be excluded from dialogues between Muslims and Jews, the South African Union for Jewish Students’s Ilan Solomons said during the Cook for Peace event held at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Sunday. ”Extremists are always those small vocal percentages that create the stereotype of an entire nation,” said Solomons.
The items are like a march through some of the most famous moments in 20th-century American history, some of them real, some of them cinematic: from the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald to the filming of Citizen Kane. But destiny is calling for the owner of the 850 lots that went under the auctioneer’s hammer over the weekend in a casino in Las Vegas.
Former Springbok captain Corné Krige has slammed the South African Rugby Union’s part in the contractual issue surrounding Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. De Villiers is still in limbo regarding his contract as Springbok coach, and will only sign it after a controversial clause on selection is removed
A South African woman has accused Indian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo of raping her while on leave, a media report said on Tuesday. SA police detained three Indian army officers working with United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation on March 12.
The Airbus A380, the world’s biggest passenger plane, took off Tuesday from Singapore’s Changi Airport for its inaugural commercial flight to London, the jet’s first European destination. Flight SQ308, operated by A380 launch customer Singapore Airlines, departed Changi Airport’s new Terminal Three at 9.19am.