Sex between teachers and pupils is inexcusable, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said on Tuesday. There could be no excuse for ”inappropriate behaviour” between teachers on school premises, said Sadtu general secretary Thulas Nxesi. Equally unacceptable are the exploitative and predatory activities of some male teachers towards female pupils.
Eleven people, including two children, were killed in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday in the deadliest air strike this year by the Israeli military in the territory. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swiftly condemned the strike as ”state terrorism” and called on the international community to intervene.
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Ahn Jung-Hwan scored the winning goal in the 72nd minute on Tuesday to give South Korea a 2-1 win over Togo and their first World Cup victory away from home. Ahn, who also scored the winner against Italy four years ago to send the Koreans into the World Cup semifinals, sent a 25m shot past Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa.
East African states on Tuesday imposed travel sanctions and froze the bank accounts of Somali warlords who have been blamed for igniting the latest round of deadly fighting in Mogadishu. A ministerial meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, a regional bloc key to the formation of Somalia’s transitional government, agreed to the sanctions.
Talks about the continuing security guards’ strike were adjourned on Tuesday for the parties to ”clarify and reflect on issues still in dispute”, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) said. ”Given the fact that discussions continued to approximately 2am, parties agreed to adjourn to clarify and reflect on issues,” CCMA spokesperson Lusanda Myoli said.
Former South African president FW de Klerk is to undergo a tracheotomy, his spokesperson Dave Steward confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. De Klerk originally went to hospital the weekend before last to have a cancerous growth removed from his colon. He has been sedated for about a week.
The commander of a European Union force helping to provide security for elections next month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) expressed confidence on Tuesday that his mission will be successful despite rising ethnic tensions ahead of the poll. But critics say the mission is largely a promotional exercise.
Hiroyuki Iwaki, who conducted major orchestras across Europe and the United States, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday at age 73, his agency said. On New Year’s Eve 2004 in Tokyo, Iwaki conducted performances of all nine symphonies written by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Mushin Ertugral has been appointed Ajax Cape Town head coach with immediate effect, Ajax CEO John Comitis announced on Tuesday. The former Kaizer Chiefs coach is a replacement for Gordon Igesund, who was fired last week although he still had 12 months to go on his contract.
The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of contaminating hundreds of Libyan children with Aids reopened on Tuesday with the judge calling for the process to be speeded up. Judge Mahmud al-Huweissa adjourned the trial to June 20 after a brief session.