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Jacob Zuma’s lawyers will make an application on Monday to ask for certain evidence of two policemen to be declared inadmissible, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Thursday. Zuma’s lawyer, Kemp J Kemp, said he would also make an application under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act for the discharge of the rape charge against Zuma.
New Zealand television network C4 apologised on Thursday for showing an episode of South Park that featured a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary, and pledged not to repeat the episode. Roman Catholic bishops and church members condemned the decision to air the show, and on Thursday dismissed the channel’s ”so-called sincere apology” as ”self-serving”.
John Terry’s fourth-minute strike put Chelsea into the FA Cup semifinals, earning a 1-0 victory over Newcastle on Wednesday to keep the Blues on course for their first league-cup double. The England centreback’s goal at Stamford Bridge sent the Blues into the final four along with Liverpool and West Ham.
Building costs as measured by the cost to the client (including building materials, labour, fuel and contractor profit-margin) have risen by about 85% in the past six years, driven by the rising momentum in activity in the building and construction industry over the period. This rise was far beyond the overall pace of inflation in the economy.
Moroka Swallows, like most clubs in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), may not find unearthing goal-scoring forwards an easy proposition. But on the evidence of Wednesday night’s 1-0 PSL win over Supersport United at Atteridgeville’s Super Stadium, it is no problem at all to discover a dynamic full-back scorer.
The Vodacom Cup reaches the halfway mark this weekend, and there are still a host of teams in contention for the trophy. The Falcons have been the form team this season, leading through six rounds with five wins and only one defeat. Griquas have a mountain to climb at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Saturday.
Tiger Woods skipped his final practice round for the Players Championship on Wednesday amid rumours that he had flown to California to be with his ailing father. ”Tiger Woods was off site today for personal reasons,” Woods’s manager, Mark Steinberg, said in a statement.
The Independent Democrats have rejected a final offer to become part of a multiparty government in the city of Cape Town, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. ”At the eleventh hour, the ID rejected this entirely reasonable offer,” said the DA’s Ryan Coetzee in a statement.
India’s ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi resigned from Parliament on Thursday following opposition allegations that she had breached parliamentary regulations by holding other salaried posts. "I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do," she told reporters.
South Africa’s Standard Bank has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Credit Suisse to jointly develop a South African institutional agency stockbroker, to be named Credit Suisse Standard Securities. The joint venture will incorporate the current institutional agency stockbroking business of Standard Bank.