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Three non-governmental organisations have applied to give expert evidence in the Jacob Zuma rape trial in the Johannesburg High Court. This would include the reasons, known by people working with rape survivors, why they often did not take the first opportunity to make known the assault and to seek help, Peter Hodes SC told the court on Monday.
Stuart Parnaby’s goal in second-half injury time lifted Middlesbrough to a 4-3 victory on Sunday over Bolton, a victory that almost guarantees they will avoid relegation from the Premier League. Parnaby’s winner from a close-range shot came after Bolton had levelled the score after being two goals behind, the goals coming from Radhi Jaidi and Jay Jay Okocha.
Trade unions in a wage dispute with Telkom on Monday accused it of making a revised offer in bad faith, after it emerged that the company had decided to renege on its revised offer due to the one-day strike. Telkom said it had made a revised offer to its employees "on condition that employees do not engage in industrial action".
Like a jackdaw furtively making off with a prized jewel, Cape Town-based Santos ”stole” off with a valuable 2-1 Absa Cup win against Moroka Swallows at a sparsely-filled, but shocked Orlando Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The stunning, deciding headed goal from Botswana international Dipsy Selolwane was scored in the 90th minute.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will convene a special meeting of its national executive committee (NEC) solely to address the conclusions contained in the Inspector General (IG) of Intelligence’s report on the ongoing fraudulent e-mail scandal, according to ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama.
The JSE continued its journey into uncharted territory on Monday morning, propelled by higher precious metals prices. Media reports surrounding AngloGold Ashanti, which sparked speculation of consolidation in the gold mining sector, gave the move added momentum.
Italy’s Loris Capirossi, on a Ducati, won the season-opening Spanish motorcycling Grand Prix here on Sunday ahead of home hope Daniel Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden of the United States. Defending world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy crashed on the first bend, narrowly avoiding serious injury before finishing the race down the field.
Striking Telkom workers were to march from the Union Buildings to the company’s Pretoria headquarters on Monday to deliver a memorandum of grievances. ”We will be gathering at the Union Buildings at around 11am and marching to deliver the memorandum at lunch time,” said Communication Workers’ Union spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe.
Australia, Britain and New Zealand may play a role in securing the piracy-prone Malacca Strait but the sovereignty of bordering states would be safeguarded, Malaysia’s defence minister said on Monday. "They are interested in the situation in the Straits of Malacca," Najib Razak said after talks with the armed forces chiefs of Australia, Britain, New Zealand, and Singapore.
It was supposed to protect some of Germany’s most famous antique treasures. But on Sunday embarrassed officials admitted that a security camera on the roof of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum had instead been filming the Chancellor, Angela Merkel. The camera overlooks Merkel’s private flat.