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/ 24 September 2007
The Mail & Guardian Online asked some South Africans what Heritage Day is all about.
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/ 24 September 2007
Need an alibi for a tricky situation, something to get you out of the house, or into someone else’s? Just log on to one of the increasingly available internet sites that offer the latest in e-business, an alibi service. Already up and running in the United States, Britain and Belgium, sites are now being launched in Switzerland and France.
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/ 24 September 2007
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New Zealand, Australia and South Africa may not have been at their destructive best but all three southern hemisphere giants have kept up their unbeaten World Cup records. Little Tonga pushed South Africa, and scored three tries, before they were edged out 30-25 in a pulsating clash in Lens on Saturday.
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/ 24 September 2007
Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in western Afghanistan last week were freed in a raid by Nato-led forces early on Monday, Italy’s Defence Ministry said. The soldiers were wounded during the raid to free them, one of them seriously, the ministry said, adding that they had been taken to a hospital.
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/ 24 September 2007
Five veld fires that were raging in Mpumalanga had been put out by Monday morning, Working on Fire said. ”The five fires have been contained,” said provincial coordinator Jacques Benade. ”It is now overcast in Mpumalanga, there is moisture. We are fortunate that temperatures are lower than yesterday [Sunday],” he said.
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/ 24 September 2007
A Nigerian militant group whose attacks have slashed crude production in Africa’s oil giant apparently announced an end to its voluntary ceasefire and vowed a fresh campaign of violence in the restive southern region.
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/ 24 September 2007
Mamelodi Sundowns were eliminated from the African Confederation Cup race after crashing 3-1 to Tout Puissant Mazembe Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sundowns fell behind after seven minutes and trailed by three goals midway through the second half.
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/ 24 September 2007
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, showed an unexpected streak of stubbornness on Sunday in his stand-off with the United States over the Blackwater shootings, insisting that action had to be taken against the private security firm. Al-Maliki said Blackwater posed ”a serious challenge to the sovereignty of Iraq and cannot be accepted”.
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/ 24 September 2007
An explosion killed two people and injured 11 when it tore through shops early on Monday in the capital of Serbia’s breakaway Kosovo province. The explosion scattered glass and debris from a dozen shops on Pristina’s Bill Clinton Boulevard. Part of a building collapsed.
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/ 24 September 2007
Once known as East Africa’s green ”City in the Sun”, Nairobi is so choked with traffic that Kenya’s architects suggest moving to a new capital and angry business leaders say the booming economy is under threat. A combination of bad drivers, ramshackle vehicles, overloaded trucks, potholed roads and corrupt traffic police make one of Africa’s biggest cities resemble the dodgems on a good day.