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/ 7 November 2007
A delay in the government’s support for the establishment of the South African biofuels industry has hampered growth and delayed investments, business research group Frost and Sullivan said on Wednesday. A new analysis by the company found that South African biofuels markets could earn revenues of -million in 2010.
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/ 7 November 2007
The death toll has dropped to 12 in the devastating fire that gutted a Nkandla old-age home in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday night, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday. Earlier reports said that 15 people had died. Radio news reported that a cigarette may have caused the fire.
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/ 7 November 2007
More than 1 000 labourers on Wednesday walked off the job at a South African soccer stadium work site, the latest in a string of disputes disrupting the nation’s preparations to host the Soccer World Cup in 2010. The National Union of Mineworkers said its workers had downed their tools to press demands for bonuses and improved safety conditions.
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/ 7 November 2007
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an inquiry into the suspected dumping of 18 tonnes of highly radioactive minerals into a river in Katanga province. The minerals, including 17 tonnes of copper ore with a level of radioactivity 50 times the tolerable limit, were seized last month in the southern Katanga mining town of Likasi.
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/ 7 November 2007
It was supposed to be a geek palace for some of the brightest people on the planet. Dissonant angles, sloping floors, an exterior that suggested some sort of implosion — these were just the sort of challenges that inspire the great brains sheltered therein.
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/ 7 November 2007
People who open false cases and are convicted of the crime will pay police back for investigating the case, Durban central police station Commissioner Bala Naidoo said on Wednesday. ”If they don’t pay my money back, I will go back and arrest them,” said Naidoo at a press briefing in Durban.
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/ 7 November 2007
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in the Moses Kotane municipality in the North West Province said it was shocked to learn that the mayor intends to use public money to hire a personal chef. The union said it had tabled a demand that the position be cancelled.
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/ 7 November 2007
South Africa have omitted leading wicket-taker Shaun Pollock from their starting XI for the first Test against New Zealand starting in Johannesburg on Thursday. The absence of Pollock, who also averages 32,31 with the bat, leaves South Africa with a telling lack of batting depth.
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/ 7 November 2007
The JSE, ranked among the top 20 exchanges worldwide in terms of market capitalisation, will celebrate its 120th birthday on Thursday, it said in a statement on Wednesday. ”Today [Wednesday], the JSE’s total market capitalisation is over R6-trillion with approximately 400 companies listed,” said Russell Loubser, CEO of the JSE.
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/ 7 November 2007
Three new signings at fullback and the return of Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Pierre Spies after a layoff are the outstanding features of the Bulls’ Super 14 training squad that was announced on Wednesday. The Bulls have also named six locks in their search to fill the huge boots of this year’s captain, Victor Matfield.