Alleged serial rapist and multiple murderer Sipho Dube (30) deserves to be locked up for life, the uncle of one of his victims said on Monday. The judge presiding over Dube’s case, Judge Seun Moshidi, said in his summary judgement on Monday that the crimes were characterised by the same modus operandi.
An official complaint is to be lodged against veteran Australian commentator Dean Jones for a remark he made, Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola said on Monday. Jones was heard to say on a live TV broadcast that ”the terrorist has got another wicket” when Proteas fielder Hashim Amla caught Kumar Sangakkara.
The German-born opera singer Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, regarded as one of the greatest sopranos of her age, died on August 3 at the age of 90 in Schruns in western Austria, according to the Austria Press Agency. Schwarzkopf began her career in 1938 in Berlin.
The National Democratic Convention (Nadeco) on Monday suspended two national MPs and a KwaZulu-Natal MPL from the party. ”We are currently investigating the conduct of certain members of Nadeco, and will, if necessary, institute disciplinary action soon,” Nadeco president Ziba Jiyane said in a statement.
Authorities at the University of Zululand have threatened to close the institution if protesting students did not return to class on Monday, a spokesperson said. ”All students have been requested to go back to class immediately. Failure to comply … by 3pm, the university will be closed by 4pm today [Monday],” said a university spokesperson.
The British public is getting the chance to vote for their favourite actress to take the lead role of Maria von Trapp when The Sound of Music returns to the London stage in December. Ten remaining candidates will compete to land the part of the singing nun in a series of live televised knock-out rounds.
The victims of the Port Elizabeth floods have enough food and blankets but urgently need help rebuilding their homes, the Nelson Mandela metro said on Monday. ”About 90% of those people evacuated from informal houses will have to rebuild their homes,” said metro spokesperson Lourens Schoeman.
Global media baron Rupert Murdoch is to launch a free London evening newspaper, to be called thelondonpaper, on September 18, his News International publishing group announced on Monday. The paper will break the monopoly on London evening titles held since 1980 by the Evening Standard.
Rescuers clawed through mud and debris with their hands, garden tools and heavy equipment in eastern Ethiopia on Monday, searching for hundreds of people missing after lethal flash floods. Officials said 206 bodies had been recovered but the toll was expected to climb as 300 people were still unaccounted for.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who is seeking a second term in office in next month’s elections, is likely to face at least 11 challengers, according to a preliminary nominations list released on Monday. Eleven opposition candidates have indicated they will run in the September 28 polls.