South African rugby management expressed their continued support for Springbok coach Jake White and the springboks on Tuesday, despite recent poor results. South African Rugby Union (SARU) president Oregan Hoskins, chairperson of the Saru board Mpumelelo Tshume and the SA Rugby managing director issued a statement on behalf of both Saru and SA Rugby.
It would be unfair and unjust to force alleged millionaire fraudster David King to enter his marathon criminal trial without legal representation, a High Court judge said on Tuesday. Judge Ronnie Bosielo directed the National Prosecuting Authority to assist King to have reasonable funds made available for his defence.
National Democratic Convention (Nadeco) leader Ziba Jiyane has disputed his ”suspension” on Tuesday by the national executive committee (NEC) of his party. He said the members of the NEC seeking to depose him would be expelled. The NEC is ”an old structure” that is not mentioned in the party’s constitution, Jiyane said.
England crushed Pakistan by 167 runs on Tuesday to win the third Test and the series after a moment of madness from Mohammad Yousuf and one of magic from Monty Panesar. Pakistan, set 323 to win on the final day, were bowled out for 155 halfway through the afternoon session, giving England their first home win over the tourists since 1982.
Police in Limpopo often assault and extort money from Zimbabwean migrants and fail to verify their identity or legal status before deporting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. HRW released a report that it says ”documents how state officials arrest, detain and deport undocumented foreign migrants in ways that flout South Africa’s immigration law.”
The women’s march to the Union Buildings on August 9 1956 was critical in achieving democracy in South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday. ”Cosatu pays tribute to those 20Â 000 women who protested at the extension of pass laws to women, and to the millions of women who have followed in their footsteps,” said Cosatu in a statement.
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people. Nearly 200 people have been killed in flooding due to incessant rains over the past week in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Chad’s President Idriss Déby Itno and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir on Tuesday decided to immediately reopen their common border and respective embassies, a high-ranking Chad official said. The leaders also said they were committed ”to working to reinforce peace between the two countries”, the official added.
Members of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (Saccawu) employed by the Shoprite Group are to embark on a national strike on Thursday after wage talks ended in a deadlock on Monday. The union has also called for a boycott of stores within the Shoprite fold of companies.
Peace talks to end northern Uganda’s brutal two-decade war hung in the balance on Tuesday as the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) refused to return to the table unless the government declares a truce. The halting negotiations had been due to resume on Tuesday following the LRA’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire last week.