Ominous posters around Legaspi city, in the Philippines, show the nearby Mayon volcano erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth. But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: "Visit Legaspi: Mayon Eruption 2006."
It started about 100 years ago with the promotion of proper conditions for the preservation of health, but nudism, as practised on France’s Atlantic coast, has since turned into a multimillion-euro business. "You’ve got to use your brain before you drop your clothes in public," says Jean-Michel Lorefice of Euronat, a 300ha resort at Grayan-et-l’Hopital in the south-western Gironde region.
World number one Roger Federer captured his seventh title of the season, rallying to beat France’s Richard Gasquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday in the final of the ,45-million Toronto Masters. The Swiss superstar was pushed to three sets in his three prior matches but reached his 17th consecutive final, one shy of Ivan Lendl’s ATP record.
Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang opened the South African Aids exhibition to a background of brightly coloured displays at the International Aids Conference in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday. The exhibition showcases garlic, lemon and beetroot. The minister will be in Toronto until Thursday.
The power to prevent HIV should be put in the hands of women, who depend on men to use a condom and can’t always choose to abstain, Bill Gates told thousands of delegates to the International Aids Conference in Toronto on Sunday. ”We need tools that will allow women to protect themselves,” Gates said.
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The state was to file an affidavit in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday in response to submissions by Jacob Zuma in his corruption trial. A National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson said the state would react to calls by defence lawyers for a permanent stay of prosecuting or for the case to be struck off the roll.
Thousands of Shoprite Checkers workers would resume their countrywide strike on Monday, the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union said. ”The strike is continuing today [Monday]. There hasn’t been any negotiations or talks of a meeting, so the strike will continue,” Saccawu negotiator Thoko Mchunu said.
Negligence by Eskom — and not sabotage — led to the widespread power outages in the Western Cape, media reports said on Monday. Because of this and the fact that Eskom had breached its licence conditions, the parastatal could see its licence conditions re-evaluated. These findings are contained in the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s final draft report.
A Cape Town lifesaver whose foot was bitten off by a shark at the weekend was in a serious but ”satisfactory” condition on Monday, the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic said. ”He is still in the intensive-care unit, but I can say that his condition is satisfactory. It’s as expected,” said nursing manager Frankie Redfern.
A United Nations-brokered ceasefire to end the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas went into effect at 7am South African time on Monday, and Lebanese security sources said the guns had fallen silent across southern Lebanon.