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South Africa outclassed England to take their place in the World Cup semifinals after a nine-wicket victory on Tuesday. The defeat ended England’s hopes of making the cut and South Africa join Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in the semifinals.
Eighteen gold miners have been confirmed dead and another 30 are still trapped one day after an illegal mine collapsed in western Ghana, police said on Tuesday. Attempts to rescue the 30 men still trapped in an abandoned mineshaft are being hampered by a lack of earth-moving equipment, they said.
A meningitis outbreak that has swept across south Sudan since the start of the year has killed 661 people, while dozens more have died from measles and cholera, a report said on Tuesday. More than 11 000 people have contracted meningitis since the start of 2007.
The severed head of a chihuahua dog was discovered inside a parcel at the Kwaggasrand Postnet, west of Pretoria, on Tuesday afternoon, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said. The parcel containing the head of the six-year-old dog was addressed to somebody in Springs.
Africa should act fast in finding ways to deal with the effects of climate change, a panel of experts said on Tuesday in Johannesburg. Methods to preserve water should top the list, panel member Pauline Dube said. ”If we don’t take steps fast to preserve water, we are headed for a crisis.”
The gunman who killed 32 people and then himself at Virginia Tech university on Monday was identified by police on Tuesday as Cho Seung-Hui, a South Korean studying at the university. Police said Cho (23) was studying English literature. They gave no motive for the shooting rampage, the worst in United States history.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday the withdrawal of ministers loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has not weakened his government and he will name technocrats to replace them soon. In the biggest Cabinet shake-up since al-Maliki took office a year ago, six Sadrist ministers pulled out of the government on Monday.
The United States’s principal deputy undersecretary for defence, Ryan Henry, met South African government officials on Tuesday to inform them of plans for the US military’s new Africa command. Henry is on an African tour to convince governments on the continent that there is nothing sinister about the proposed command.
At least 60 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have been detected this year in the Southern African kingdom of Swaziland, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Swaziland’s TB programmes manager, Themba Dlamini, said that none of those with the disease had died but added that they had all been placed in isolated wards in hospital.
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Hundreds of England’s Barmy Army fan club added more life to the highly charged atmosphere at the Kensington Oval for Tuesday’s World Cup clash with South Africa. England need a win to sneak into the last four, while a victory for South Africa would put the Proteas into the semifinals to join Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.