Broadcaster John Perlman finished his stint as SAfm current-affairs talk-show host on Friday after a run-in with his bosses over the blacklisting controversy last year. ”Thanks very much for having me, it has been a fabulous nine years,” was how Perlman ended his last show.
Zimbabwe’s main consumer watchdog said on Friday it was greatly concerned at a surge in the cost of living, which has shot up by 49,5% in the last month. There were huge increases in the cost of soap, vegetables, milk, rice and the staple maize-meal in the month of February, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe said in its monthly report.
A Pretoria High Court judge arrested on drunken-driving charges has not returned to work, 702 Talk Radio reported on Friday. Nkola Motata took a leave of absence over February after being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol last month. He crashed his car into a garden wall in Hurlingham in northern Johannesburg.
South African residential house-price growth, which hit more than 30% year-on-year in 2004, should continue moderating as higher interest rates dampen consumer demand, a survey showed on Thursday. The Standard Bank monthly property gauge indicated house-price growth rose to 8,4% year-on-year in February from 6,9% in January.
Arsène Wenger was ambling off the pitch, his back turned on the shuddering pyrotechnics as the Chelsea players bounced jubilantly on the stage with the Carling Cup aloft in their midst. The Arsenal manager does not generally take defeat well.
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Shane Warne has dismissed South Africa’s chances of winning the World Cup, insisting New Zealand and Sri Lanka pose a bigger threat to Australia’s title defence. The retired spinner said South Africa lacked the flair required to win the championship in the Caribbean.
Pakistani security forces captured one of the Taliban’s three most senior leaders just hours after United States Vice-President Dick Cheney’s unannounced visit to Pakistan earlier this week. The capture of Mullah Obaidullah Akhund marked the first Pakistan arrest of a senior leader of the Islamist militia since it was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001.
A funny thing happened in the press box at the Absa stadium in Durban about two weeks ago. The Sharks had just gone to the top of the Super 14 log by beating the Highlanders and coach Dick Muir sauntered in to take up his familiar position at the centre of a large, oval table.
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade comfortably won a second term in Sunday’s election, results showed on Thursday, and he warned opposition leaders they could now face corruption probes suspended during the poll campaign. The octogenarian president, who has ruled the West African state since 2000, won nearly 56% of votes and almost four times as many as his nearest rival.
Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday and killed at least 11 people, most of whom had been taking shelter in a high school that collapsed in southern Alabama. Five people died when the school building was torn open by the twister in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise.