Authorities in Kenya said on Tuesday they had smashed a massive fraud ring that was bilking the country’s famed national parks and wildlife reserves of millions of dollars in entrance fees each year. At least 75 people, including employees of the Kenya Wildlife Service, tour guides and operators have been arrested, they said.
The United States government is stepping in to wash potty mouths and clothe exposed bodies on the national airwaves, with new fines that increase penalties tenfold for violating decency standards. The new measures, signed into law in mid-June by President George Bush, culminate years of pressure from religious conservative groups to ”clean up” the airwaves.
French arms dealer Thint on Tuesday lost its application to have a search warrant declared invalid and documents seized from its offices by the Scorpions returned. The search-and-seizure warrants, granted by Judge President Bernard Ngoepe, form part of the Scorpions’ investigation into allegations of corruption, money laundering, fraud and related offences.
Officials said on Tuesday they had recovered the black box that could confirm government speculation that excess speed caused a metro-train accident in Valencia, in which 41 people were killed. ”The black box has been found and is in the hands of our agents,” said Jose Ramon Garcia Anton, head of infrastructure in the regional government.
Well-known Zimbabwean opposition legislator Trudy Stevenson has been attacked with stones and a machete by youths belonging to a rival opposition faction, reports in Harare said on Tuesday. Stevenson had to be rushed to a private Harare hospital on Sunday after the attack, which left her with a deep gash to her head.
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Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former deputy president, took aim at the media on Monday, suing publishers, editors, reporters, a cartoonist and newspapers for their coverage and comment of his rape trial. The defamation claims run into hundreds of millions of rands, much of it directed at reporters and editors of Independent Newspapers.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, supported by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Minister of Sport Makhenkesi Stofile, will pay a working visit to Berlin, Germany from Friday to Sunday, where the president will hold discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Pentagon said on Monday it had charged a former United States soldier with raping and killing a young woman in Iraq and killing three members of her family in what may prove one of the most incendiary war crimes investigations since the invasion in 2003.
Johnnic Communications group CEO Connie Molusi has been suspended with immediate effect, a board statement said on Tuesday. Business Day earlier reported that Molusi had had several run-ins with Johncom chairperson Mashudu Ramano over the company’s empowerment strategy and faced possible dismissal.
Transport parastatal Transnet on Tuesday reported a massive 57% jump in profits from continuing operations to R8,5-billion for the year ended in March 2006. This represented an increase of R3,1-billion — achieved on the back of a 7% growth in revenue to R26,3-billion.