Three explosions in Dire Dawa, a railway town in eastern Ethiopia, on Monday caused minor damage but no injuries, a police official said. Police had arrested one person suspected of involvement and an investigation was continuing. While such explosions are relatively rare in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa this year has been hit by several mysterious blasts.
It’s unlikely to occur by swallowing a pill or donning a special cloak, but invisibility could be possible in the not-too-distant future, according to research published on Monday. A theoretical physicist at St Andrews University in Scotland believes the most plausible example is the Invisible Woman, one of the superheroes in the ”Fantastic Four”.
Ethiopia’s 1 700-year-old obelisk, returned to the country 14 months ago, will be re-erected after the rainy season that ends in September, the United Nations agency in charge of culture said on Monday. Stolen by Italian fascist invaders in the 1930s, the Ethiopian national treasure was returned in April last year.
Media and entertainment group Johnnic Communications (Johncom) announced on Monday that it had terminated the employment of its suspended CEO Connie Molusi forthwith, saying it had lost confidence in him. "The board of directors of Johncom has lost confidence in its chief executive officer, Mr Connie Molusi," the group said in a terse statement to the JSE.
Russia’s natural-resources ministry said on Monday that a oil pipeline leak threatened environmental damage, but the pipeline’s operator and emergency officials said the spill was far smaller than the ministry claimed and had already been cleaned up.
Six veteran homicide detectives are leading a new police task force investigating the unsolved 1997 killing of rap star Notorious BIG. The new probe comes in the face of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the rapper’s mother, Voletta Wallace, and other relatives, who claim rogue police officers were involved in the killing.
The tax amnesty for small businesses — as promulgated by the President on July 25 this year and contained in the Small Business Tax Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act — takes effect on Tuesday. The amnesty will introduce a window of opportunity to a wide spectrum of small businesses in South Africa to regularise their tax affairs.
During July, the risks facing South African consumers increased immediately after producer inflation came in worse than expected at 7,5% from just 5,9% in May. Now the South African Reserve Bank needs to be cautious in not adopting a too-tight monetary policy in the current environment.
Legal representation and a mooted separation of trials both need to be finalised before Parliament’s so-called ”Travelgate” saga can proceed to trial, the Cape High Court heard on Monday. Cape Judge President John Hlophe acceded to a defence proposal to postpone the matter to October 17, granting the 28 accused an ephemeral reprieve.
Defending world champion Fernando Alonso is not worried about Michael Schumacher’s current dominant form, despite being beaten by his rival for the third race in a row. Schumacher’s fourth victory in his home race, the German Grand Prix, helped him slash Alonso’s championship lead from 17 points to 11.