Angry Newcastle supporters have attacked Kieron Dyer’s car and house after the midfielder made it clear he wants to leave the club. The England international was booed when he appeared as a substitute in Sunday’s friendly win over Juventus, and fans then verbally abused Dyer and banged on the windows of his car as he left the ground after the match.
British Airways (BA) was hit with almost £270-million in fines on Wednesday as it reached settlements with United States and United Kingdom authorities for price-fixing on fuel surcharges. Archrival Virgin Atlantic Airways blew the whistle on BA last year after individuals at the two carriers discussed proposed changes to fuel surcharges for long flights.
Four prison officials have been dismissed for serious misconduct and another resigned after they were seen taking bribes, prison authorities said on Wednesday. The Correctional Services Department said video footage gathered for the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Special Assignment showed them accepting bribes.
The United Nations food agency on Wednesday appealed for -million in expanded food aid for Zimbabwe and pledged to assist about 3,3-million starving citizens of that country. Zimbabwe is in the throes of a chronic economic crisis with the world’s highest rate of inflation and four in every five people jobless.
Vigilante farmer patrols do not control the Zimbabwe-South African border, Limpopo police said on Wednesday. The statement came after a Sky News report into vigilantism against border-crossing aired earlier this week. The report apparently showed South African farmers capturing Zimbabweans trying to cross the border.
South African companies are beginning to follow their international counterparts in blocking workers’ access to popular social-networking site Facebook. They cite concerns over productivity, but some experts defend the site, saying it holds huge potential as a business tool.
All six ministers from Iraq’s largest Sunni bloc tendered their resignation from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s coalition government on Wednesday following a month-long spat. The decision by the National Concord Front effectively ends any claim by the Shi’ite-dominated coalition to be a government of national unity.
Reckoning with former leaders who were involved in apartheid crimes should be dealt with politically and not by the National Prosecuting Authority, former transport minister Mac Maharaj said on Wednesday. Speaking at a Cape Town Press Club luncheon, he said such matters could not be ”shunted off to a bureaucracy to handle”.
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