The Congress of South African Trade Unions-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) says it is optimistic that the one outstanding wage negotiation should be settled in the next two weeks. "We are optimistic that the one outstanding negotiation should be resolved in the next two weeks," said Sactwu’s national organising secretary Wayne van der Rheede.
Apple showcased its Leopard operating system, due out next year, to the cheers of software developers gathered for a major conference in San Francisco on Monday. With its trademark theatrical flair, the maker of Macintosh computers and iPod music players demonstrated new Leopard features.
Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has told Parliament that the prime minister will name a leaner, better qualified Cabinet to resolve differences in the government and prepare it to counter an armed Islamic fundamentalist group’s bid to take over the country. The current Cabinet will be dissolved.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), speaking ahead of the Congress of South African Trade Union’s upcoming ninth national congress from September 18 to 21, says stronger leadership is needed from Cosatu for workers to confront "white power" or else "all would be doomed".
Argentina striker Hernan Crespo signed for former club Inter Milan on Monday, leaving English champions Chelsea. ”I’m very happy to be back,” Crespo said. ”I love Italian soccer and the Italian country. Returning to Inter is a personal choice, a return home.” The 31-year-old forward signed a two year-deal on a free transfer.
The generation called ”ama-Born Free” is sceptical when told that as schoolchildren, their parents were forced to celebrate national holidays, such as Dingaan’s Day, which symbolised the subjugation of the black race and the dispossession of its land.
Players from a rampant Mamelodi Sundowns are poised to dominate when the Bafana Bafana squad to play Namibia in Windhoek next Wednesday is announced on Tuesday. However, it would not be surprising if a good number of South Africa’s leading overseas-based players ultimately turn out to be no more than phantom selections.
Topless porn stars have been given permission to parade through the main street of New Zealand’s biggest city on the grounds that they will not be breaking any nudity laws. About 30 porn stars are expected to take part in the ”Boobs on Bikes” parade along Auckland’s Queen Street later this month.
A 16-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird flu, according to local test results that, if confirmed, would bring Indonesia’s death toll to 43 and make it the world’s hardest-hit country. Normally reliable tests performed at a local laboratory showed that the boy who died late on Monday had the H5N1 virus.
The new headquarters for the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup will be completed and fully operational by the end of October, the South African government news agency, BuaNews, reported on Monday. This comes just 11 months after a sod-turning ceremony at what is to be the South African Football Association’s new home.