When writing up your will you need to elect an executor, someone who will manage your affairs when you die to ensure the wishes in your will are carried out. This might involve the sale of your assets and management of your investments until the estate has been wound up. The executor has signing power over your cheque book and no one else has control during the winding up of the estate. Who do you trust enough to do this for you?
Guns, machetes and looted public funds are the real instruments of power in Nigeria, where politicians backed by unelected ”godfathers” use hired thugs to win office, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 after three decades of almost continuous army dictatorship, but civilian governments have routinely abused basic human rights.
Africa is a long way off a common monetary union as the continent continues to struggle to harmonise economic policies, South Africa’s central bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday. The Organisation of African Unity first mooted the idea of an African Central Bank and common currency in 1963.
Renowned golfer Gary Player said on Tuesday he was disappointed that his integrity and support for human rights had been brought into question by his removal from the guest list for the Nelson Mandela Invitational golf tournament. Player’s company was involved in the construction of the Pun Hlaing Golf Club in Rangoon.
South Africa Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday he would not speak on domestic monetary policy in a speech to a banking conference before an interest-rate decision later this week. ”I have been instructed not to speak about monetary policy here at home … there’s a meeting starting tomorrow [Wednesday], so I can’t speak about that,” he said.
The drug-dealing case against Brett Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti and four others has been postponed to March next year. Agliotti, Stephanos Paparas, his father Dimitrio Paparas, and Stanley Poonin appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Clinton Ronald Nassif (39) was added to the list of accused in the case and appeared in court.
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Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has blamed his successor, John Connolly, for Australia’s shock World Cup exit last weekend at the hands of old enemy England. Connolly replaced Jones two years ago and there has been no love lost between the pair, particularly since Jones signed up as an adviser to South Africa for this year’s tournament in France.
All tennis players are aware that some men’s matches are fixed, British star Andy Murray said amid rising concern from tennis officials and betting companies. ”It is pretty disappointing for all the players, but everyone knows that it goes on,” Murray told BBC radio in a report made available ahead of Tuesday night’s broadcast.
United States sprinter Marion Jones handed over her five medals from the 2000 Olympic Games to an official of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) on Monday. Once the world’s fastest woman, Jones was hailed as the queen of the Sydney Games, where she won three gold medals, including the 100m, as well as two bronze medals.
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Argentina are expecting their World Cup semifinal against South Africa in Paris on Sunday to be a bruising, no-holds barred encounter. The Pumas won through to the last four of the tournament for the first time with a narrow 19-13 win over Scotland in the quarterfinals at the Stade de France last Sunday.