South African power utility Eskom on Monday announced that unit one at the Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape had started delivering electricity to the national network again. The unit, which had been out of service since November 2005, returned to service last Wednesday, Eskom said.
A major Japanese television network apologised on Monday after almost 160 people were struck with vomiting and diarrhoea after following a weight-loss plan it broadcast. A May 6 show on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) introduced a diet of rice mixed with white kidney beans that had been roasted for about three minutes and ground into powder.
A director of the liquidated Bathong travel agency, David Phokeng, was arrested on Monday in a bid to make him co-operate with the liquidation inquiry. Bellville magistrate Mannie van Reenen ordered the arrest after the attorney acting for the liquidators, Bernhard Kurz, complained that Phokeng regarded the hearings as a joke.
Jurors began a third day of deliberations on Monday in the fraud trial of former Enron chief executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, after a weekend break. The deliberations, in what is seen as the biggest corporate fraud trial in recent years, could lead to big prison terms for Skilling (52), who faces 28 counts of fraud and conspiracy, and Lay (64).
Wallabies winger Wendell Sailor on Monday requested that the ”B” sample of his drug test be analysed by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority in the hope the findings will clear his name. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said the controversial NSW Waratahs winger had informed them of his decision, which had a deadline of late on Monday.
Deutsche Boerse, operator of the German stock exchange, refused on Monday to budge on the terms of its offer to merge with Euronext, indicating it would not increase its bid or be drawn into a bidding battle with the New York Stock Exchange for the pan-European rival.
About 80 families in Bulawayo lost electrical appliances after a freak surge of electricity was pumped into their homes, Harare’s Herald newspaper reported on Monday. ”The voltage was just too high because my stove turned red hot in a few seconds,” said resident Paulos Ncube, whose television, radio and stove were damaged.
The final report of the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the mandate and location of the Scorpions was handed to President Thabo Mbeki on Monday. Mbeki appointed the commission, headed by Judge Sisi Khampepe, last year to probe the rationale for establishing the Scorpions and placing it under the control of the National Prosecuting Authority.
Zimbabwe’s biggest labour federation on Saturday threatened to call massive demonstrations against the government over poor salaries and worsening living conditions for workers in the country. Meanwhile, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change also said it will push ahead with plans for anti-government protests.
The KwaZulu-Natal health department’s recent appeal for retired nurses to return to work to help alleviate staff shortages was condemned as unsustainable and "an abuse of the elderly" by delegates at a recent provincial health forum. The shortage of nurses dominated the forum’s agenda.