Six villages in Taung, North West, were experiencing an outbreak of diarrhoea on Tuesday during heavy flooding, mayor Boitumelo Mahlangu said. Mahlangu said there were increased reports of severe diarrhoea and vomiting in those areas. Families in some of the badly affected areas had to be relocated to shelters.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Open-Source Centre plans to open a satellite centre in Soweto in May this year to expose untapped information and communications technology skills and research potential in the township just south of Johannesburg.
Sophos has announced the new version of Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, which now includes on-access scanning for Linux platforms. SAV for Linux version 5.0 detects and disinfects viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware targeting Linux, Windows and other platforms whenever files are accessed on a Linux computer.
Hundreds of thousands of people spent the night without electricity after a tornado tore through the north German city of Hamburg, leaving two people dead and a trail of destruction. The powerful winds uprooted trees, brought down power lines, overturned cars and forced rail traffic to a halt, officials said on Tuesday.
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Jacob Zuma’s legal team will continue with their attempt at having the rape case against him discharged in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Argument started late on Monday after a failed attempt by three non-governmental organisations to be admitted as friends of the court.
Viennese dog owners can now get a "driving licence for dogs" under a new initiative by city officials who thought man’s best-friend’s best friend could do with a bit of brushing up on canine conduct. Though voluntary, this new licence has both written and practical "driving" tests to assess the owner’s competence.
At least 10 girls were raped when a gang of men attacked hundreds of students who were demonstrating against a school administration in central Kenya over the weekend, police said on Tuesday. ”The incident happened when students, who were protesting at night, were attacked,” said national police spokesperson Jaspher Ombati.
Britain’s Tim Henman fell to German qualifier Simon Greul at the ,9-million-ATP and WTA event on Monday as Russian Maria Sharapova and Japan’s Ai Sugiyama reached the quarterfinals. Henman dominated the first set but was overpowered in the second and sent packing in the third.
The United States has called on Nigeria deliver former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to a United Nations tribunal in Sierra Leone for trial on charges of crimes against humanity. With prospects clouded for Taylor’s prosecution for atrocities in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the 1990s, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said, ”He needs to be brought to justice.”
A new study shows there is no justification for scientific whaling programmes under which thousands of the mammals have been killed in the name of research, Australia’s environment minister said on Tuesday. Ian Campbell said he would take the results of a 10-year research project in the oceans around Australia’s Antarctic Territory to the next International Whaling Commission meeting in June.