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/ 25 September 2007
President Thabo Mbeki is about to act against police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi, the Cape Argus reported on Tuesday. An inquiry into claims that Selebi had links with crime syndicates would be Mbeki’s second major step following the suspension of National Prosecuting Authority head Vusi Pikoli, the newspaper said.
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/ 25 September 2007
Fresh rainfalls and slow relief have deepened the humanitarian crisis caused by record floods in Africa that have affected more than 1,5-million people and killed at least 300, aid agencies warned on Tuesday. The worst floods in three decades have now affected 22 countries and displaced hundreds of thousands.
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/ 25 September 2007
Violent protests against the cost of bread have prompted the Moroccan government to annul a 30% price hike linked to soaring global grain costs. Protesters clashed with police and cars were torched and buildings damaged in the demonstrations on Sunday in Sefrou, 200km east of the capital, Rabat.
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/ 25 September 2007
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Clint Eastwood may direct an upcoming Hollywood film based on former South African president Nelson Mandela and his appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, United States media reported on Tuesday. The drama will see Morgan Freeman portray Mandela, entertainment journal Daily Variety reported.
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/ 25 September 2007
Research done at the University of Cape Town shows that advertisers do not pay more for a white readership, despite the findings of a South African Human Rights Commission report seven years ago. A paper published on Tuesday finds that, allowing for socioeconomic differences, there is no discounted advertising rate for a black audience.
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/ 25 September 2007
The deregulation of South Africa’s liquid-fuels industry seemed no closer on Tuesday as the Department of Minerals and Energy kicked off the first Energy Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, which is expected to set the tone for the review of the country’s energy policies.
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/ 25 September 2007
South African author Nadine Gordimer has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to add her voice to protests against the military junta in Burma.
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/ 25 September 2007
The strike in the motor-components industry is expected to come to an end on Tuesday evening when a wage agreement between the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa and the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) will be signed. An RMI spokesperson said the strike will end when the two parties sign an agreement in Randburg.
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/ 25 September 2007
The wife of former Australian cricket champion Shane Warne says their marriage reconciliation is over after he mistakenly sent her an incriminating SMS. Simone Callahan, who reunited last December with the spin bowler known also for his womanising, told a woman’s magazine she caught Warne cheating on her while he was in London.
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/ 25 September 2007
South Africa is placed fifth on the latest Mo Ibrahim Foundation Index of African Governance with a score of 71,2 while top-ranking Mauritius scored 86,2. The index rated the performance of 48 nations against a series of criteria including security, human rights, economic stability, just laws, free elections, corruption, infrastructure, poverty and health.