Australian spinner Shane Warne has hit back at former captain Steve Waugh, who claimed his team were too friendly with the English players during last year’s Ashes series. The teams often met after a day’s play in the series, which England won 2-1, and Waugh felt it contributed to the Australians’ surrender of the Ashes for the first time in 17 years.
Two homeopaths holding top positions in the organisation that regulates the conduct of all South African homeopaths are being investigated for apparent fraudulent qualifications. This is the latest scandal to hit the Allied Health Professionals Council of South Africa, a government-established statutory body.
South African telecommunications giant Telkom confirmed on Monday that it will not be pursuing a stake in Portugal Telecom. The local fixed-line operator confirmed in March that it had been approached by Portuguese investors to participate in a rival bid for the Portuguese operator, for which Sonaecom was bidding.
An initiative by the child-welfare NGO Save the Children is managing to overcome the timidity of urban dwellers in Swaziland about ”getting involved” in neighbours’ domestic disputes. ”Looking the other way … has led to tragedies,” says Elizabeth Kgalolo, programme director at Save the Children.
Nearly 900 students attend the high school in Orlando, a suburb of Johannesburg’s sprawling Soweto township, but there is only one qualified teacher to teach the three basic science subjects, the library has no up-to-date books and the ”computer lab” has no computers.
President Thabo Mbeki would have to decide if he wants to change the Donen commission’s terms of reference before it could call further witnesses. The commission is tasked with probing alleged illicit payments by South Africans of oil surcharges and kickbacks to the former Iraqi regime under the United Nations oil-for-food programme.
Greek detectives arrive in London on Monday for talks with Scotland Yard as Athens steps up its efforts to combat the international trade in smuggled antiquities. After the recent discovery of priceless relics in an Aegean island home, they hope the meeting will not only shed light on the murky business but also illuminate London’s role as a hub for traffickers.
Ten opposition leaders and businessmen detained last week in Malawi in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Bingu wa Mutharika have been released due to lack of evidence, police said on Monday. ”Police have not found sufficient evidence to prosecute them,” police spokesperson Willie Mwaluka told Agence France-Presse.
There have been many memorable moments in George Bush’s career — invading Iraq, declaring the war ”accomplished”, Hurricane Katrina. But the United States President recalled that his greatest moment in office had come not on the field of battle but while out fishing.
The Bush administration, which emerged from the September 11 2001 attacks vowing to make the United States safe from terrorists, was on Sunday warned that it risked provoking a new crisis over intelligence if the president appointed a controversial general to head the CIA.