Violence in Darfur has forced 25Â 000 more people from their homes and is straining the capacity of camps swollen with refugees fleeing conflict in western Sudan, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United Nations said there are more than 200 000 Darfuri refugees in neighbouring Chad and 140 000 Chadians displaced by the Darfur conflict.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads on Wednesday to Tripoli for strategic talks with Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi, ahead of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as head of state. Sarkozy announced he would make the ”political trip” to Tripoli after French efforts contributed to the release of six foreign medics held in Libya since 1999.
Two rugby players were killed, another may be paralysed and three other people were injured in a road accident in the Free State on Tuesday. Captain Magda Muller said six people were en route from Soutpan heading in the direction of Welkom when their vehicle overturned after a tyre burst.
The Wallabies have been promised a cash bonus of Aus 000 ( 000) per player if they win this year’s World Cup, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) announced on Wednesday. Each of the 30 members of the squad will be given Aus 000 if they make the semifinals.
President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe’s Parliament on Tuesday with plans to push through laws that will allow him to appoint his successor without an election, and force businesses to give a controlling stake to ruling party loyalists and others chosen by the government.
New club record signing Darren Bent opened his account for Tottenham Hotspur as the English club won a second match on their South Africa tour, beating Orlando Pirates 2-1 in Cape Town on Tuesday. Bent, who joined Spurs for £16,5-million from Charlton, opened the scoring with a 12th minute strike.
Universities, which now supply about 98% of all new teachers for the schooling system, have in the past few years qualified fewer than a third of the teachers needed to replace those leaving the profession. We know that teacher shortage is acute in some learning areas (such as literacy, mathematics, science and technology) and in some geographical regions (particularly in rural schools).
True freedom will come the day the aphorism “talk is cheap” becomes literally true. With that in mind I checked out the various pre-paid cellphone packages to see who offers the best deal. Virgin Mobile is a recent addition to the cellphone family. It shook up the market last year when it based all its offerings on per-second billing.
The National Credit Act came into affect on June 1. The Act is aimed at curtailing reckless lending and encourages debt counselling for people who find themselves in a debt trap. Owing to changes brought about by the Act, consumers will now have to be far more aware of their credit risk, because this will determine the rate at which they can borrow.
Football fans could not believe their eyes when the “man in black” for the Kaizer Chiefs versus Santos match turned out to be a woman. No, they weren’t in dreamland, Deidre Mitchell (31) was refereeing the game. If anyone had any doubt about Mitchell’s ability, the flawless and professional manner in which she handled the match saw them eating humble pie.