Stuart Pearce vowed to battle on as the pressure on his position increased following Manchester City’s 2-0 FA Cup quarterfinal defeat at 10-man Blackburn. Pearce’s fate at Eastlands, where he has been in charge since replacing former England coach Kevin Keegan in March 2005, could be decided in the next few days after another poor performance by his side.
South Africa’s network provider, Vodacom, assured its customers on Monday that the strike by its workers belonging to the Communications Workers Union (CWU) will not disrupt operations. Workers started picketing on Monday at the company’s offices in Midrand, demanding recognition of their union.
The JSE was stable during midday on Monday tracking the balanced tone of the Asian markets in the absence of market-moving news on the local front. At 11.57am, the all-share index was up 0,34% slightly above the 26 000- points mark.
Office workers who spend long hours at their desk may be more prone to potentially fatal blood clots than passengers on long-haul flights. A study by Professor Richard Beasley in Wellington found that a third of patients admitted to hospital with deep-vein thrombosis were office workers who spent long periods at a computer.
Three time defending champion Roger Federer was poised to make history at the Pacific Life Open Master Series, but somebody forgot to tell Guillermo Canas. Canas ended Federer’s bid to break the consecutive match winning streak, upsetting the Swiss superstar 7-5, 6-2.
President Thabo Mbeki has not met ailing Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s husband to discuss relieving her of her duties due to her ill health, the Presidency said on Monday. City Press reported that Tshabalala-Msimang’s husband, Mendi Msimang, had asked Mbeki to relieve the minister of her duties.
If it turns out that your second-hand car is a stolen vehicle and you have an accident, your insurance policy will not pay out and you will probably lose your car, along with the hard-earned cash you paid for it. But, by conducting some simple background checks, prior to purchase, you can ensure that you aren’t left out-of-pocket.
Scientists have called for the international community take more interest in sleeping sickness, according to a report on the Science and Development Network website. They warn that drugs currently used to treat the disease are old and toxic, adding that sleeping sickness warrants a higher research priority because of its threat to health.
Democratic civilian rule is on the brink of being restored to Mauritania after a landmark free election in the vast north African country which has seen little stability since winning its independence from France more than 40 years ago. Members of the outgoing military junta are stepping down after barring themselves from standing as candidates in Sunday’s presidential poll.
French President Jacques Chirac was on Sunday night preparing to bid farewell to an uncertain and divided France, which his critics accuse him of tipping into decline. But after 40 years in politics, the president once described as a ”bulldozer” and ”killer” of rivals was leaving France in suspense as to whether he would express his support for his party opponent, Nicolas Sarkozy.