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.
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.
Thirty people were killed and four others seriously injured when a passenger minibus collided with a fuel tanker in central Uganda, police said on Monday. Police said 27 people on the bus died instantly, while three others suffocated as they scooped fuel that spilled from the Rwanda-bound tanker after the accident on Sunday.
BHP Billiton South Africa on Monday donated R1-million towards the fight against aggravated robberies, bulk syndicated theft, commercial crime and corruption. The money was donated to Business against Crime South Africa, an organisation that supports the government’s fight against crime.
Civilians fled battered villages in southern Lebanon on Monday after Israel said it would halt its air strikes but the Jewish state pledged to step up its offensive to root out Hezbollah guerrillas. Israeli planes fired two bombs into Lebanon to support ground troops.
The United Kingdom will eventually have to bury its growing pile of nuclear waste deep underground, but urgently needs somewhere to safely stash it in the meantime, a government-commissioned study said on Monday. The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management called for a nationwide search for a suitable site for a vast, underground nuclear-waste dump.
Ugandan government officials met overnight with the elusive Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony ahead of the resumption of peace talks aimed at ending a 19-year-old insurgency, officials said on Monday. The spokesperson for the Ugandan delegation said Walter Ochora, a district commissioner for northern Uganda’s Gulu District, met the rebel supremo in Nabanga.
The United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a resolution ordering Iran to halt its controversial nuclear work by August 31 or face possible sanctions. Resolution 1Â 696 expresses "serious concern" at Iran’s refusal to comply with International Atomic Energy Agency orders to halt uranium enrichment and other nuclear work.
Three civilians were killed and about 10 others injured in a grenade attack in Burundi’s Bujumbura, capital blamed on the country’s last remaining active rebels, the army said on Monday. Army spokesperson Adolphe Manirakiza said National Liberation Forces insurgents threw grenades into two bars in Bujumbura’s north-eastern Gihosha neighbourhood late on Sunday.
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Jacob Zuma will have to wait for more than a month for the corruption trial he believes will clear his name after it was adjourned to September 5 by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday. In less than two hours judge Herbert Msimang adjourned the trial to allow the defence and the state time to prepare replies and heads of argument to the state’s application for a postponement.