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/ 26 September 2007
South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu expressed concern about the situation in Burma on Wednesday, describing the country’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as his only pin-up. ”I think we ought to celebrate the incredible courage of our sisters and brothers in Burma,” he said.
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/ 26 September 2007
The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across East and West Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies highlighted the situation in Ghana, Sudan and Uganda.
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/ 26 September 2007
Moroccan Sidi Kaddour Maksouri (123) is the world’s oldest living man, the newspaper al-Ahdate al-Maghribia reported on Wednesday, challenging the Guinness World Records book’s presentation of 112-year-old Japanese Tomoji Tanabe as the world’s oldest male.
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/ 26 September 2007
Zimbabwe has ordered 120 000 tonnes of wheat from South Africa to ease food shortages, the country’s state security minister said on Wednesday. The Southern African country, once a regional bread basket, is experiencing acute shortages blamed on President Robert Mugabe’s policies.
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/ 26 September 2007
The businessman who complained about an alleged cash donation to the South African Communist Party that went missing appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Charles Modise’s court appearance relates to charges of alleged fraud, forgery and defeating the ends of justice in relation to tenders awarded to him.
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/ 26 September 2007
An urgent court interdict ordering workers on the Gautrain rapid rail link back to work was granted on Wednesday, Bombela Civils Joint Venture said. Bombela has issued a number of ultimatums to workers to cease the unprotected strike action and return to work or face dismissal.
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/ 26 September 2007
World governments vowed on Wednesday to hold Burma’s military rulers to account for a bloody crackdown on mass street protests, as the United Nations Security Council prepared to meet in emergency session and European Union officials began drawing up new sanctions.
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/ 26 September 2007
The recently launched pension fund and funeral cover for domestic workers should not be confused with the benefits offered by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), the Department of Labour said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Kgomotso Sebetso stressed that the pension fund is a private initiative.
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/ 26 September 2007
Work on Cape Town’s 2010 soccer stadium in Green Point looks set to start again on Thursday, says project director Andrew Fanton. All work stopped at the site last Wednesday when about 1 200 workers employed by contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO went on strike over a travel allowance.
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/ 26 September 2007
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has welcomed a statement made by Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin that Richards Bay could soon replace Durban as the country’s busiest multipurpose harbour, and potentially become one of the largest ports in the world if a planned expansion strategy is adopted.