KwaZulu-Natal’s education department on Friday repeated its warning to schools that had not submitted audited financial statements that they will lose their Section 21 status. Departmental spokesperson Christi Naude said: ”Parents need to know that even if a school loses its section 21 status, it does not mean that those schools that are no-fee schools will lose their no-fee status.”
On Monday Parliament will pass into law the 2010 Fifa World Cup Special Measures Bill. The proposed new Act will have a bearing on numerous issues, particularly the spaces traditionally used by informal traders immediately outside the stadiums. There has been concern that the economic guarantees will, in essence, preclude hawkers from directly benefiting from the spin-offs.
When Brazil played Ghana in the World Cup last month, the South Americans’ coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, described the Africans as no longer a team of football ”innocents”. He should know: he was one of the men responsible for modernising their game.
Stephen Harmison’s pace proved too much for Pakistan as England gained a first-innings lead following a dramatic collapse by the tourists on the opening day of the second Test at Old Trafford on Thursday. Harmison took 6-19 in just 13 overs as Pakistan were bundled out for 119, only three batsmen making double figures.
Two more Indian Muslims have been arrested in connection with this month’s Mumbai train bombings, taking the number of people in custody to eight, police said on Friday. The blasts that killed more than 180 people have been blamed on Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistani military spy agency Inter Services Intelligence.
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene flogged the South African attack on the second morning to put Sri Lanka in command of the first cricket Test in Colombo on Friday. The left-handed Sangakkara scored his 10th Test century and captain Jayawardene was one run away from his 15th as Sri Lanka piled up 227-2 by lunch on the second day in reply to South Africa’s 169.
More than 3 000 villagers have fled the area around a volcano in eastern Indonesia after it started blasting out hot gas and lava, officials said on Friday. Saut Simatupang, a senior vulcanologist, said the alert status for Mount Karangetan on Siau island was now at maximum.
A few days before the Proteas left for their tour of Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur said two very odd things. Those who follow the grand soap opera of international cricket will recall ingénu Arthur from last season, endlessly optimistic as one Australian after another deflowered his charges, ultimately claiming a relatively successful year as the South Africans ambushed a jaded, understaffed New Zealand squad on midwinter green-tops.
Malizole Diko, a Member of Parliament who defected from General Bantu Holomisa’s United Democratic Movement last year to form the United Independent Front, (UIF) died in the early hours of Friday morning. Colleagues said that he had died after a short illness in Cape Town and had been extremely ill in recent weeks.
Zimbabwe business leaders want Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono to devalue the local dollar by almost 100% when he announces his monetary policy review statement next week. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, regarded as the voice of business in the country, also wants Gono to reintroduce a two-tier exchange rate system for exporters.