Endless queues and a very thirsty crowd in a jam-packed stadium made Riaan Wolmarans give up on seeing Metallica live.
The Tshwane municipality’s department of environmental health is to take a closer look at food and drink arrangements at future music concerts held in Pretoria, a city spokesperson said on Monday. On Saturday, the Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix concert in Centurion was plagued with long queues and not enough drinks on sale.
As South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day on Tuesday, some organisations will use the occasion to raise awareness of issues that particularly concern them. Human Life International said on Monday that it would continue its efforts to lobby until the human rights of all born and unborn children were legally protected.
South African-based Comazar, in which state-held Transnet owns 31,6%, has been selected to administer the 106-year-old railway line that runs from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Monday. Citing sources close to the Ethio-Djibouti Railway Company, the agency reported that Comazar will be authorised to operate the railway.
Iraq marked the third anniversary of the United States-led invasion on Monday with a fresh spate of killings, a deadlock over the new government and warnings of civil war as Shi’ites gathered in the south for a major religious ceremony. US and Iraqi forces were on high alert to avert Sunni extremist attempts to trigger renewed outbursts of communal strife.
James Anderson celebrated his comeback with four wickets as England seized the initiative in the must-win third and final Test against India here on Monday. The 23-year-old fast bowler, playing his first Test in more than a year, also brought off a crucial run-out to strengthen his team’s chances of squaring the series.
South Africa could greatly extend its territorial waters in an extraordinary marine-land distribution exercise under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). ”It’s the biggest single distribution of territory ever … This magnitude of territory is usually only gained by nations through the process of war,” said Ian McLachlan.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said on Monday Saddam Hussein should still be considered Iraq’s legal president and the current government illegitimate as it was elected under an occupation regime. In an interview with an Italian television channel, he slammed the practice of sending in troops to get rid of heads of state.
An on-the-run baboon was killed in Alrode, Alberton, on Monday after numerous efforts to immobilise the animal failed, Ekurhuleni metro police said. A spokesperson said the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had struggled to tranquillise the 80kg animal that had been spotted in the area for weeks.
A Vosloorus man and his fiancée have been arrested for reporting a false robbery and kidnap on Sunday, East Rand police spokesperson Andy Pieke said. The man told police that he was robbed of his car as he and his family arrived at his Vosloorus home on Saturday night.