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/ 21 November 2007
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), who downed tools at a 2010 World Cup soccer stadium in Mpumalanga, were back at work on Wednesday afternoon. This comes after construction workers at the Nelspruit 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium went on strike over wages and bonuses on Wednesday morning.
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/ 21 November 2007
A police officer was killed and eight others seriously injured in a South African Air Force helicopter crash in the Free State on Wednesday, the military said. Seven other people suffered minor injuries. The Oryx helicopter was carrying 19 people when it crashed at about 11.40am near the Lesotho border.
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/ 21 November 2007
Zimbabwe will soon issue new bank notes, for the second time in as many years, to try to control rampant inflation and curb black-market trade, central bank Governor Gideon Gono said on Wednesday. The Southern African country is in the grips of a severe economic crisis and battling the highest annual inflation rate in the world, at nearly 8 000%.
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/ 21 November 2007
A number of kulula.com crew members went on a tongue-in-cheek swimming outing on Wednesday. The outing was an ”act of defiance against the bizarre claim by the Labour Department that kulula.com doesn’t hire crew who cannot swim”, said Comair spokesperson Glenda Zvenyika.
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/ 21 November 2007
The leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition said on Wednesday that talks with his government over electoral reform have made progress, but added that ensuring implementation will be crucial. He also said the Movement for Democratic Change might shun next year’s election unless it is sure President Robert Mugabe will not rig it.
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/ 21 November 2007
A 101-year-old British pensioner has posed topless for a nude calendar to raise money for a local football team, a report said on Wednesday. Nora Hardwick will be Miss November in the calendar, aimed at raising money for her children’s team, Ancaster Athletic, in her village in Lincolnshire, eastern England.
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/ 21 November 2007
Zimbabwe’s participation in South African franchise cricket for the 2007/8 season has been finalised and details were released in Johannesburg on Wednesday by Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola. In terms of an agreement, Zimbabwe will play as a seventh franchise in the MTN domestic championship and the Standard Bank Pro20 Series.
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/ 21 November 2007
huge blaze in an empty warehouse on London’s 2012 Olympic Park last week was started when an oxy-acetylene torch ignited insulating material, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) said on Wednesday. Black smoke billowed across the city last Monday, briefly sparking security fears. The ODA has ruled out any suspicious circumstances.
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/ 21 November 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>The battle for the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) enters a climactic phase this week with the party’s two leagues and nine provincial branches each nominating their final candidates. With less than a month to go before the ANC elective conference, the nine provinces are to hold special meetings to consolidate nominations.
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/ 21 November 2007
People convicted of alleged political offences before June 16 1999 will be able to apply for a presidential pardon during a three-month ”window of opportunity” from January 15, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. He said consideration had been given to using presidential pardons to deal with the so-called ”unfinished business” of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.