The eldest of the 15 South Africans who are being held in the Democratic Republic of Congo was barely in the country for 24 hours before being arrested, News24 reported on Friday. It said the project manager of the group, Eric Rademeyer, dodged arrest by being on a few days leave in Malawi.
The Competition Commission on Thursday referred a complaint of anti-competitive behaviour against Sasol to the Competition Tribunal. Profert Limited’s complaint against Sasol Chemical Industries was referred on the grounds that the latter was found to have contravened the Competition Act, commission spokesperson Liziwe Konyana said.
A sex theme park designed to enhance its visitors’ lovemaking skills will open in the heart of London within months, the academy’s director announced on Wednesday. "Amora: The Academy of Sex and Relationships" is hoping to seduce up to 600 000 visitors through the doors in its first year.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to a scientist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer, it was the egg, British newspapers reported on Friday. he key to the age-old question apparently lies in the fact that genetic material does not change throughout an animal’s life.
The former Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were on Thursday convicted on fraud charges stemming from one of the most infamous scandals in corporate history. Jurors in the trial returned their verdict after just five days and two hours of deliberations, despite dozens of charges and often complex financial detail during the trial.
The arrest last week of South African and other security operatives in Kinshasa has less to do with an attempted coup — as Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials allege — than the operatives’ remote link to veteran opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi, say Western diplomats in the Congolese capital.
Turkish authorities were on Thursday investigating a large fire that destroyed the cargo terminal at the country’s biggest airport, responsibility for which was claimed by radical Kurdish militants. The police sealed off the badly damaged building at the Atatürk International airport and were examining tapes from security cameras, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Eight people have been arrested in connection with the death of several people on trains in Gauteng recently, the police and Metrorail said on Thursday. The group was arrested on the West Rand and in Pretoria and would face charges of attempted murder, Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said in a statement.
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been comatose in a Jerusalem hospital since suffering a stroke in January, will be moved next week to a rehabilitation clinic, an official said. ”Sharon is going to move to the Sheba Medical Centre at the beginning of next week,” Yael Bosem Levy, a spokesperson for the Hadassah hospital said.
Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer was arrested after a woman complained that he had indecently exposed himself, Press Association, citing police sources, said on Thursday. Dyer (27) had been released on police bail without charge pending further investigation, sources said.