Argentina brushed away British diplomatic overtures and accused London of ”arrogance” as the two countries on Monday marked the outbreak of their war over the Falkland Islands 25 years ago. ”What they want to do is not what [Tony Blair] called a commemoration, but a triumphant military parade, a typical gesture of arrogance,” Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said.
Koeberg ‘s unit two is still down after its turbine tripped while it was in the process of being re-started on Monday morning. Eskom said in a statement that unit two, which shut down last week following an accident with a crane, synchronised with the national grid at 5am on Monday. However, when its power level was being increased, its protection system caused a turbine trip.
Manchester United, riding high at the top of the English Premiership, will be hoping to maintain their push for another treble when they travel to Italy to play Roma in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. Still involved in the FA Cup at home, United fans are already dreaming of a repeat of 1999, when they won the League, FA Cup and Champions League.
Negotiations to resolve the ongoing Metrobus strike continued on Monday, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said. Samwu spokesperson Dumisani Langa said the union and the City of Johannesburg management went back to the negotiating table on Monday. He would not discuss the current status of negotiations.
South African legend Gary Player will equal a record in Augusta on Thursday with his 50th Masters start, matching Arnold Palmer’s mark even as one of his own Masters records is challenged. The 71-year-old icon won three Masters titles, including the first by a non-United States golfer in 1961 as well as in 1974 and 1978.
South Africa will use extra tax revenues for the 2006/07 fiscal year, and a larger budget surplus, to cut debt and reduce government bond issuance, the Treasury said. The overrun would help widen the country’s first budget surplus to about 0,6% of gross domestic product from an earlier forecast of 0,3%.
A powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the tiny Solomon Islands on Monday, swallowing entire villages and killing at least 12 people with many more missing. The shallow quake, with a magnitude of at least 8, levelled buildings and damaged a hospital on Gizo island north-west of the Solomons capital, Honiara.
Experts marking World Health Day in Singapore on Monday called for greater cooperation and worldwide collaboration in the face of international threats to health security. ”All nations are at risk,” said Dr Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), during a panel debate.
A Boksburg hotel was evacuated after chemical smoke filled the hotel’s washing area, paramedics said on Monday. ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said paramedics received a distress call from the Birchwood Hotel in Northrand road in Boksburg at about 10am.
The fraud trial of former national cricketer Garth le Roux resumed in the Wynberg Regional Court on Monday, with testimony from an auditor commissioned by the state to examine Le Roux’s books. Le Roux and his accountant, Deon van Heerden, have pleaded not guilty to 48 charges of fraud, and Le Roux to an additional charge of contravening exchange-control regulations.