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/ 21 September 2007
A man accused of snatching another man’s false teeth straight from his mouth during a fight has been charged with robbery. Robert Henry Stahl (62), was charged on Thursday with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury, a misdemeanour. If convicted of robbery, he could face two to eight years in prison.
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/ 21 September 2007
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The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship has been whittled down from 12 teams to just four, and by 10pm on Saturday evening, it will be known which two teams will battle it out in the final at the Wanderers on Monday. The first semifinal, pits Pakistan against New Zealand, and the second, between Australia and India, should be a cracker.
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/ 21 September 2007
A mass grave containing 21 bodies was found outside Rustenburg on Friday in a search for five bodies of Umkhonto weSizwe cadres, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the bodies of children, young women and men were discovered in Lethabong village in North West.
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/ 21 September 2007
The son of Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula smelled of liquor when he allegedly drove into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision earlier this year, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday. Siyabonga Nqakula was also unsteady on his feet, the victim, Yaseen Moses, told the court.
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/ 21 September 2007
Two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University early on Friday, and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman, officials said. At the university’s main entrance, swing-arm gates were down to prevent people from driving on to campus.
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/ 21 September 2007
Kroonstad blogger Juan Duval Uys (39) stepped free from the dock of the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday, after a charge of crimen injuria, laid by Independent Democrats politician Simon Grindrod, was withdrawn. Uys said that he in turn had laid charges of crimen injuria and harassment against Grindrod.
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/ 21 September 2007
Chile’s Supreme Court said on Friday it had ruled to extradite Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori to face charges of embezzlement and human rights abuses during the 1990s. Fujimori (69) has been in Chile since November 2005, when he was arrested on an international warrant.
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/ 21 September 2007
Construction at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town remained at a standstill on Friday as an unprotected strike by workers continued. Striking workers had been locked out of the site, said Building, Construction and Allied Workers’ Union spokesperson Eugenia Peter.
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/ 21 September 2007
Water quality in Durban’s harbour has started to improve following the release of chemicals from a blazing chemical storage depot, a senior Water Affairs and Forestry Department official said on Friday. The chemicals were released into the harbour for three hours on Tuesday night during the blaze.
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/ 21 September 2007
The African National Congress is intent on turning South Africa into an authoritarian state, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille warned on Friday. ”The evidence is now overwhelming: the ruling party is increasingly authoritarian, intolerant of criticism and hostile to the principles of an open society,” she said.