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Scotland Yard is poised to send a team of murder detectives to Jamaica to review the investigation into the killing of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer. Up to five detectives specialising in serious crime are waiting for the order to board a plane to Kingston to join the investigation.
South Africa’s trade balance improved in February but remained in deficit, while credit growth surged and petrol prices are to jump, backing the case for the central bank to resume raising interest rates. South Africa’s current account gap has weighed heavily on the economy and currency over the past year, partly due to huge oil imports, robust consumer spending and a penchant for luxury imports.
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Paul Collingwood’s late flurry with the bat and four wickets from Andrew Flintoff gave England a 48-run win over rank outsiders Ireland in their World Cup Super Eights match on Friday. Collingwood smashed 90 including three sixes to help England add 65 runs in the last five overs and amass 266 for seven.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate in presidential elections next year, papering over internal divisions about the country’s economic meltdown and shrugging off international criticism of the clampdown on opposition activists.
Artillery fire rocked Mogadishu for a third day on Saturday as Ethiopian and Somali troops backed by helicopter gunships resumed a major offensive against Islamist insurgents and clan militiamen. Scores of civilians have been killed in what the International Committee of the Red Cross says is the capital’s worst fighting for more than 15 years.
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Bangladesh believe they can pull off the apparent mission impossible at the World Cup and beat Australia in their Super Eights match later on Saturday. Australia have swept aside their four opponents in the tournament so far and look set to add momentum to their bid for an unprecedented title hat-trick against a side ranked ninth in the one-day international rankings.
Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu handed 250 houses to new home owners in Olievenhoutbosch in Pretoria on Friday. The 250 subsidised houses are part of the inclusionary housing plan, which sees low-cost houses being built in the same area as high-cost houses.
This is the CHEF 860 Zodiac XLE mobile braai,” said braai manufacturer Guile Lundgrin at Rand Show on Friday. ”You can cook with the lid open due to the high-pressure flame mechanism.” Having a stand at the Rand Show at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec makes for good sales. Lundgrin should know — this is his 16th year at the show.
South African Airways (SAA) passengers travelling to Australia will have to restrict the quantity of liquids, aerosols and gels in their baggage as from Saturday, the airline said. The restriction was imposed by Australia’s transport and regional services as an enhanced security measure.
A defiant Robert Mugabe openly acknowledged an assault on Zimbabwe’s opposition leader on Friday as he sought his ruling party’s nomination to stand once again in next year’s presidential election. The veteran president told supporters he had not received one word of criticism from his fellow Southern African leaders at a summit the day before.