Two young brothers aged 10 and six drove for more than 100km along one of Australia’s busiest roads to visit their grandfather, police said on Monday. The pair reached speeds of up to 90kph as they raced along the Newell highway in their grandmother’s station wagon, shocking fellow motorists who alerted the police.
Fernando Alonso made it seem normal: head to work, go for a little ride in the country, get back home in plenty of time for dinner. Except, he was driving at the British Grand Prix at speeds of up to 325kph, racking up another victory in the Formula One championship on Sunday.
Nuclear power station Koeberg was operating at 90% capacity on Sunday and would be fully operational by Monday, Eskom said. ”It is generating about 90% of its output … The staff at Koeberg will continue monitoring the situation and increase capacity to 100% by tomorrow [Monday],” said company spokesperson Fanie Zulu.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s independent media regulator accused the president and several vice-presidents of allowing TV and radio stations under their control to incite intolerance and hatred before the July 30 elections. The vote for president and the national assembly will be the first since independence from Belgium in 1960, and it is seen as a key step toward stability in the vast country.
The search was continuing on Monday morning for two men who crashed into the sea with their microlight aircraft near Port St Johns, the National Sea Rescue Institute said. ”Both men are missing and presumed to be deceased,” spokesperson Craig Lambinon said.
Burned out, injured and all but forgotten for two years, Se Ri Pak returned to the spotlight in stunning fashion when she hit a utility club 8cm from the cup to give her a play-off victory over Karrie Webb in the LPGA Championship on Sunday.
Pak atoned for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation.
Maybe what Roger Federer needs in order to beat Rafael Nadal is a change of scenery. Bring on the grass. The lawn tennis season begins this week — just the thing to put a little spring back in Federer’s step. He’ll start preparations for Wimbledon by playing in Germany this week after losing to Nadal in the French Open final.
At the beginning of the year we said that we were pro equities — not because we were necessarily bullish, but because the environment at the time of low inflation and low interest rates, fuelling a rampant consumer, was more conducive to equities than bonds or cash.
Banking group Absa plans to spend R80-million on the upgrade and expansion of its automated teller machines (ATMs) and network of kiosks in the current financial year to the end of December 2006. The expansion will comprise 350 new ATMs, 115 self-service kiosks (non-cash terminals) and 250 internet kiosks.
Sounds of Zulu war dances and a military parade filled the air on Sunday as South Africans hailed a Zulu hero whose rebellion a century ago sowed the first seeds of black resistance. Soldiers and Zulu warriors, dressed in traditional leopard skins, joined thousands to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bhambatha rebellion, an event that had huge ramifications in South African history.