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/ 22 February 2006
The current Transnet workers’ strike will continue if management refuse to engage unions constructively, the United Association of South Africa (Uasa) said on Wednesday. ”We are receiving conflicting messages from the trade and industry minister [Alec Erwin],” said Uasa official Leon Grobler.
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/ 22 February 2006
Flag carrier Thai Airways International said on Wednesday it would launch direct flights from Bangkok to Johannesburg in October due to rising demand. ”Johannesburg is the hub of air travelling in Africa. It is a good connection and we can get passengers from North and East Africa,” said Wallop Bhukkanasut, Vice-President of the airline’s sales and distribution department.
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/ 22 February 2006
Kenya’s tea production fell in January to 17 800 tonnes, half that recorded in the same month last year, owing to a searing drought that has put millions across East Africa in the danger of starvation, the Tea Board of Kenya said on Tuesday. Production was expected to drop again in February and March as a result of the prolonged dry spell predicted by meteorologists.
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/ 22 February 2006
President Yoweri Museveni has warned Ugandans not to be influenced by foreign meddlers, in a speech that closed an election campaign criticised by human rights groups for government harassment of the opposition. Opinion polls suggest Museveni could have difficulty capturing a majority in Thursday’s vote.
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/ 22 February 2006
The Seychelles has banned foreign ships licensed to fish in its territorial waters from removing fins of captured sharks, in a move to conserve marine life. The fins are highly prized by gourmets in many parts of East Asia, particularly southern China, and attract high prices.
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/ 22 February 2006
South Africa’s consumer price index excluding mortgage rate changes (CPIX) for metro and other areas, which is used by the South African Reserve Bank for its inflation target, rose by 4,3% year-on-year in January after increasing by 4% in December, Statistics South Africa said.
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/ 22 February 2006
Gary Neville hit back at the Football Association after being fined £5 000 pounds and warned about his future conduct following
his over the top celebrations at Manchester United’s late winner against Liverpool last month.
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/ 22 February 2006
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will set up a special panel to investigate the doping scandal involving the Austrian Nordic ski team at the Turin Olympics, IOC president Jacques Rogge said on Tuesday. The IOC could take sanctions against the Austrians even without any athletes testing positive for banned substances.
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/ 22 February 2006
Police in the Zimbabwean capital Harare arrested 43 demonstrators who tried to march to President Robert Mugabe’s offices on his birthday to demand a new Constitution. The 43, all members of the National Constitutional Assembly, were late on Tuesday being detained at Harare Central police station.
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/ 22 February 2006
United States speedskaters Chad Hedrick and Shani Davis have revealed the full enmity of their bitter feud, a rivalry that helped cost them Olympic 1 500m gold. Italy’s Enrico Fabris won in one minute, 45,97 seconds on Tuesday, beating 1 000m Olympic champion Davis by ,16 of a second with 1 500m world record-holder Hedrick third in 1.46,22.