Lambs to the slaughter. That’s about the situation facing Chad when they square off against South Africa in an Africa Cup of Nation’s qualifier at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Saturday afternoon. Chad lost 3-0 to group 11 leaders South Africa in their first-ever meeting in March earlier this year.
She’s as much an emblem — and a tourist draw — as tartan, bagpipes and shortbread. And now Nessie’s back. An amateur scientist has captured what Loch Ness monster watchers say is among the finest footage taken to date of the elusive mythical creature reputed to swim beneath the waters of Scotland’s most mysterious lake.
Sixty-three percent of child deaths in South African hospitals could be avoided, the South African Human Rights Commission heard on Thursday. ”Thirty-one percent of those children died during their first 24 hours in hospital,” Dr Mphele Mulaudzi told a commission hearing in Johannesburg.
Fifty-four percent of South African drivers claim to have been on the receiving end of aggressive or threatening driving behaviour in the past 12 months, a recent study has found. A total number 1 986 respondents from Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town were asked about various acts of road rage experienced, ranging from persistent honking of horns to actual physical violence.
A fashion designer was shot dead by hijackers while visiting the Gauteng provincial legislature, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. ”This is truly shocking and sad. It shows that we have a far way to go in ensuring safety in the inner city despite the CCTV cameras and the extra policing,” said the DA’s Jack Bloom.
The Education Department must do something about school security, a school principal pleaded on Thursday after the ”horrific” stabbing of one of his pupils with a pair of scissors. Another three school pupils have died in violence throughout the country this week, including an eight-year-old hacked to death by two classmates.
Former president Nelson Mandela has told outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair he looks forward to welcoming ”a young man like you” to the club of retired presidents when Blair leaves office on June 27. However, Mandela warned Blair that some of its members — himself chief among them — ”only became active after stepping down from public office”.
The Labour Court in Cape Town on Thursday granted an order interdicting unions from calling on immigration officers to join Friday’s national strike. Judge Deon Nel also ruled that the statutory essential-services committee should hold a hearing not later than June 15 to decide whether the officers are essential-services workers.
The media on Thursday scored a major victory following a ruling by the portfolio committee on home affairs exempting print and broadcast media from provisions of the controversial Film and Publications Bill. The Bill is aimed primarily at cracking down on child pornography.
The kidnapping, rape and murder of six-year-old Michaela Garoenisha Ganchi was not a serious enough case for a life sentence to apply, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Thursday. Ronald Ambrose Jones (27) was found guilty of kidnapping, two counts of indecent assault, rape and murder for the 2005 killing.