Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will attend a regional meeting in Tanzania this week, official reports said on Tuesday, as pressure mounts on African leaders to tackle his controversial rule. Mugabe will brief leaders from the Southern African Development Community at the special summit, the official Herald newspaper said.
The South African Police Service team won more than 200 medals in the World Police and Fire Games in Australia, police said on Tuesday. ”The team won a total of 202 individual medals,” said Senior Superintendent Vishnu Naidoo. These were 79 gold, 61 silver and 62 bronze medals.
The privatisation of Japan’s post office, which doubles as the world’s biggest savings bank, was hailed around the globe as a watershed free-market reform that would streamline the world’s number-two economy. But just months before the October kick-off date, a darker prospect looms over what will unseat Citigroup as the world’s biggest financial institution.
A ”monster” cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured by an environmental group dedicated to wiping out the toxic amphibian, which has killed countless animals since being introduced to Australia in the 1930s. The volunteer-run organisation picked up the 40cm-long, 1kg cane toad during a raid on a pond.
No arrests have yet been made in the murder of a 60-year-old woman and five girls who were found dead in a house at Zwide township, Port Elizabeth, police said on Monday. The elderly woman was found in her bedroom and the children, aged between five and eight, were found in the bathroom on Sunday night.
Some exceptional items gave rise to the growth in the deficit on the current account of the balance of payments towards the end of last year, but this has been "easily financed by capital inflows", South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Tito Mboweni told MPs on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s economic problems "are not technical", South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni told South African MPs on Tuesday. He said: "In other words, it is not possible for the central bank in Zimbabwe to resolve the inflation problems unless, for example, the fiscal policy position changes."
Economic expansion in the region and the huge growth in tourism along the Garden Route have prompted budget airline 1time to re-launch its route to George with an inaugural flight from Johannesburg on Friday. The carrier pulled out of George in March 2006 due to lack of capacity.
South African and foreign intelligence agencies have been monitoring an alleged training camp linked to Muslim fundamentalists at Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth, the Herald Online reported. According to an intelligence source, the camp is no longer operational because of possible botched surveillance activities.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday told online video-sharing group YouTube to remove World Cup clips claiming copyright infringement. ICC Development, the body’s commercial arm, have gone after YouTube to protect the rights of broadcast and sponsorship partners.