Six people were killed when a young Kenyan ran amok with a Kalashnikov rifle, the Daily Nation newspaper reported on Friday. The 18-year-old shot wildly round him, killing five people, including three children. When an angry mob failed to catch him, they killed his brother in his place, beheading him with a machete.
The JSE was in positive territory just before noon on Friday, having rebounded sharply at the opening following Thursday’s sell off. The recovery was in line with world markets. By 11.48am, the all-share index added 1,54%. Resources rallied 2,17%, the gold-mining index gained 1,18% and the platinum-mining index perked up 1,26%.
Yolandi Groenewald gets caught up in the recent spate of thillers that expose the dark underbelly of the scenic Cape.
Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, boosted hopes of a breakthrough in the international standoff over his country’s suspected nuclear weapons programme on Thursday by backing talks over ”mutual concerns and misunderstandings”. The Iranian president responded after it emerged that Washington would allow the Islamic regime to keep some capacity to enrich uranium.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader whose three-year reign of terror cost hundreds of lives and wreaked havoc upon attempts to bring stability to Iraq, was tracked down and killed 72 hours after one of his closest associates was captured, it emerged yesterday.
Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled that calling the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi a ”buffoon” can be actively useful for society. Overruling the conviction of a freelance journalist who hurled insults at the then premier as he left a court three years ago, the court of cassation acknowledged that the man had levelled ”strong criticism”.
South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) says the state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is guilty of news manipulation and propaganda and it will consider a nation-wide campaign against it.
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Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago kick off their World Cup campaigns on Saturday with both teams pinning their hopes on two 34-year-olds looking to shine once more in the twilight of their careers. The Swedes, tipped to qualify alongside England from Group B, will be buoyed by the evergreen Henrik Larsson.
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Germany captain Michael Ballack believes he has recovered from injury and disagrees with coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s decision to rest him for the opening game of the World Cup against Costa Rica on Friday, a report said. ”I have had intensive treatment. I feel fit and I’m not feeling pain any more. I want to play,” Ballack told Friday’s Bild newspaper.
Changes to the mandate of the Donen Commission of Inquiry into possible illicit business deals between South African companies and individuals in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s government were on hold for now, President Thabo Mbeki indicated in reply to a parliamentary question on Friday.