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Pietermaritzburg hotels on Sunday reported high occupancy rates, considered ”unusual” for this time of year. Many of the hotels were filled with police officers, journalists and Zuma supporters ahead of his upcoming corruption trial on Monday. Pietermaritzburg tourism director Melanie Veness said: ”There is very little [accommodation] available. It’s very unusual for this time of year.”
The grounded Safmarine Agulhas is an unsalvageable wreck and the rest of its cargo cannot be removed, the National Port Authority (NPA) said on Saturday. ”It’s now referred to as a wreck … It can’t be re-floated,” said NPA East London spokesperson Terry Taylor.
First of all I would like, from the bottom of my heart, to greet Africa — all the African peoples, from the north, from the Mediterranean Sea, through these wide central lands, from the east, from the west and from the south of Africa. I want to pay tribute to Mother Africa.
Getting through a month of enforced abstinence from one’s favourite addiction, alcoholic or otherwise, is not easy. In my case, I’ve just spent four weeks in Addis Ababa, mainly teaching a course at the university, during which time I was forced to do without my daily dose of South African media, and specifically without my weekly Mail & Guardian.
Time Warner, the global media leader, on Wednesday will take the wraps off plans for ailing internet unit AOL, which may include shedding subscriber-access fees seen as blocking advertising revenue. Since 2005 Time Warner has openly pursued a strategy of developing free-access programs on AOL — such as TV series, news and music — to compete with Yahoo! and Google.
The ability to intercept passes and create try scoring chances from turnovers enabled the Free State Cheetahs to take four valuable points from their exciting top-of-the-table Absa Currie Cup rugby encounter as they toppled the Sharks 31-19 in Durban on Saturday evening.
Three people were taken to hospital following a huge toxic spill from a leaking tanker on the N1 north of Pretoria, Tshwane emergency services said on Saturday night. Spokesperson Johan Pieterse said 21Â 000 litres of nitric acid spilled from a tanker truck that had stopped at the Panorama Petroport and tollgate on the N1.
The lush vines of California are among the most iconic images of America, with the perfect climate between the baked Central Valley and the cool Pacific coast enabling the area take its place as one of the great success stories of the boom in new-world wines. The industry is worth billions of dollars a year and has starred in its own movie, the wine-buff-midlife-crisis road-trip hit Sideways.
Monty Panesar and Stephen Harmison again proved a lethal combination for Pakistan as England won the second Test by an innings and 120 runs with more than two days to spare. The duo, who took 19 out the 20 wickets to fall (the other was a run-out), dismissed Pakistan for 222 in their second innings after England had piled up 461-9 declared.
Western Province overturned a 22-7 deficit to run out 30-28 winners over the Lions in a scrappy Currie Cup match at Newlands on Saturday. The teams were deadlocked 25-all after an eventful first half that featured seven tries. Mistakes were made and there was some awful defence, but also some good rugby.