Three pupils at an East London school have been suspended after filming themselves performing sex acts in a classroom, the Dispatch Online reported on Tuesday. The 36-second cellphone video was circulated among pupils at Greenpoint High School, as well as at other schools in the city.
Several patients virtually fled an East London hospital after the admission of eight people suffering from extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the Dispatch Online reported on Tuesday. The patients with deadly XDR-TB were brought in from Jose Pearson TB Hospital in Port Elizabeth.
Fast-food chains in South Africa have grown at an average of 12 units yearly, with four new restaurants opening per year. This is according to the results of the Standard Bank Franchise Factor survey to determine the contribution made by the franchise industry to the economy of South Africa.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged visiting Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday to keep fighting Israel, state television said. The United States and Israel accuse Iran of ”interference” in Iraq, through backing Shi’ite militias, and of sponsoring terrorism, including the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon’s Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah group.
South Africa and Qatar agreed to ”remain engaged” with Iran and other parties in dealing with the nuclear situation in that country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. Qatar, like South Africa, is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
South African high jumper Jacques Freitag and his training partner, Zeegfriedt Veenemans, will have to attend a diversion programme before charges of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm can be withdrawn against them. The two men appeared in the Hatfield Community Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Lloyd Gedye kicks back at the Bohemian in Johannesburg and chats to The Bang and Tidal Waves.
Food prices increased by an average of 7,88% between December 2005 and December 2006, the National Agricultural Marketing Council said on Tuesday. The increase was more than the 3% to 6% inflation target of the South African Reserve Bank. Food items such as super maize meal increased by 36,16%, frozen chicken by 27,9% and frozen peas by 21,3%.
British police are probing whether a key aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to ”shape evidence” in a cash-for-honours investigation clouding his last months in office, a report said on Tuesday. The Guardian newspaper report came despite efforts to gag the media from reporting the contents of an alleged email thought to be central to the inquiry.
Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown and fellow director Graham Maddock appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of fraud and theft involving more than R200-million. The two men were denied bail and will appear in court again on March 15 for a bail application.