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/ 26 October 2007
A terrible tragedy has befallen the Soweto Canoe and Recreation Club barely one month after it was recognised nationally for its efforts to promote the sport among Soweto children. A 16-year-old paddler, Luzuko Sidzumo, this week drowned when his canoe capsized on the Orlando Dam, police said on Thursday.
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/ 26 October 2007
Tottenham Hotspur have sacked their Dutch manager, Martin Jol, the Premier League club said in a statement on Thursday. ”We can confirm that the board has this evening asked Martin Jol, the club manager, and Chris Hughton, the first team coach, to stand down from their positions with immediate effect,” the statement read.
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/ 26 October 2007
The World Cup last week then the EDF Energy Cup this? Not quite, but Butch James will barely have time for the Springboks’ victory tour of South Africa before he is back on a plane heading for Europe. After signing a two-year contract with Bath this summer, the flyhalf is expected to be in the squad when the Heineken and European Challenge cups start on November 9.
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/ 26 October 2007
Power failures hit parts of the country on Friday morning after ”unplanned” failures at Eskom. ”Eskom started implementing load shedding this morning [Friday] after losing electricity imports from the Cahora Bassa [hydroelectric project in Mozambique],” said the company.
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/ 26 October 2007
Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has fuelled speculation of a possible comeback by bluntly accusing his successor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of peddling false statistics to hide rising inflation and unemployment. Khatami said Iran’s economic woes did not tally with the rosy picture painted by the government.
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/ 26 October 2007
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For the first time in its 20-year history, the third place play-off game was better than the Rugby World Cup final. A joyous Argentinian side swept aside host nation France at the Parc des Princes 24 hours before South Africa finally quenched the English flame and put the light out on that team’s four-year reign as champions.
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/ 26 October 2007
One person has died and two others were seriously injured in separate shootings in Durban late on Thursday night. Spokesperson Superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen said detectives were investigating the possibility that two of the shootings — which took place in the Hillcrest area — could have been linked.
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/ 26 October 2007
With Limpopo still to be accounted for, Eastern Cape provincial government departments are leading the field when it comes to poor accounting, according to figures released by the Auditor General on Friday. Eleven of the province’s 12 departments received qualified audit reports for the 2006/7 financial year, and three of the 11 got an ”adverse” rating.
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/ 26 October 2007
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has launched an intelligence academy named after him, saying it would produce officers able to counter growing threats from Western powers. Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980, is fighting isolation from the West, which accuses him of human rights abuses.
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/ 26 October 2007
The African National Congress (ANC) called on Thursday for the head of opposition leader Helen Zille over claims that taxpayers were made to foot the bill for an investigation into a political opponent. In its latest attempt to unseat Zille as Cape Town mayor, the ANC tabled a statement in Parliament urging her to resign.