A Cape Town nurse who was detained in Saudi Arabia would soon be brought back to South Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. Dannelene Noach (54) reportedly went missing in November last year from a hospital in Riyadh.
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Tuesday called on Israel to stop its ”aggression” to create the right climate for negotiations as the United States sought to salvage a stalled peace effort. Abbas said ”peace and negotiations are our strategic choice” but fell short of announcing a resumption of peace talks.
Three men convicted of killing a 15-month-old baby on her mother’s back in 2006 were each given two life sentences in the Johannesburg High Court, a media report said on Tuesday. Khensani Mtileni, 15-months-old, was killed by a stray bullet during a shoot-out between the cash-in-transit robbers and security guards
Transport was the area of highest growth in the South African economy between 2004 and 2006, a Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) survey has found. This was a result of accelerated purchases of motor vehicles, Stats SA said on Tuesday in releasing its Income and Expenditure Survey for 2005/2006.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela personally congratulated 23 students who were awarded the Mandela Rhodes scholarship for 2008 on Tuesday in Johannesburg. The 89-year-old Mandela slowly entered the room of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation where the students were anxiously awaiting the moment they would meet him.
Hundreds of South African women demonstrated at a commuter taxi rank on Tuesday, calling for an end to harassment for wearing miniskirts. The protesters, wearing miniskirts themselves, marched to the central Johannesburg taxi rank where a young woman wearing a miniskirt was attacked and sexually assaulted last month by taxi drivers.
South Africa’s advanced nuclear reactor technology programme will include United States-based Westinghouse Electric as a partner and a new shareholders’ contract is expected by the end of the month, an official said on Tuesday. South Africa is currently testing elements of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and wants to build 24 to 30 reactors for its own energy needs.
Egypt arrested scores of members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, stepping up sweeps targeting likely Brotherhood candidates in local council elections due in April, the Brotherhood said. The Islamist group, Egypt’s strongest opposition force, said 87 Brotherhood men were picked up in raids.
India ended their tour of Australia on a high note when they beat the hosts by nine runs on Tuesday to win their best-of-three finals series 2-0. Sachin Tendulkar scored a superb 91 and paceman Praveen Kumar went on to capture four wickets as the tourists followed up Sunday’s six-wicket win in Sydney with a thrilling victory at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Apple is expected to give details this week of how outside programmers can create software for its iPhone, a move aimed at spurring demand for the multifunction device. Apple also said it will unveil new iPhone features aimed at businesses, potentially stepping up competition with Research in Motion’s popular Blackberry devices.