Convicted German confidence trickster Jurgen Harksen’s controversial senior counsel Johan van der Berg was struck from the roll of advocates in the Cape High Court on Monday. This was on five charges brought by the General Council of the Bar, including excessive fees he made from the Harksen saga.
Promoters of China’s controversial wireless encryption system on Tuesday accused backers of a rival United States system of ”dirty tricks” after the world industrial standards group rejected the Chinese system for global use. China will keep promoting its Wireless Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure standard and will use it domestically despite the decision.
A suggestion by Moroka Swallows to their long-time Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates to stage a Premier Soccer League ”double header” bonanza at Ellis Park on Wednesday night has been snubbed by the Buccaneers. Pirates are due to play Free State Stars at Ellis Park on Wednesday night.
Myanmar on Tuesday called for international help to tackle bird flu after the country confirmed its first case of the deadly H5N1 virus in poultry. "We are still trying to control it. We need help not only with the technical procedures, but also with equipment," said the country’s top veterinary official Than Hla.
Australian gamblers relearnt an old lesson along with the nation’s cricketers in this week’s record-breaking one-day international in Johannesburg: there’s no such thing as a certainty. Three punters lost Aus 000 (about R263 000) betting that South Africa could not beat Australia’s record one-day total of 434.
Disabled swimmer Natalie du Toit will carry the flag for the South African team at Wednesday’s Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, team officials said on Tuesday. Du Toit took the place of 800m runner Mbulaeni Mulaudzi after he spiked his right foot during the final of the World Indoors event in Moscow.
Parliament has been told South Africa would be not be ready to broadcast the 2010 Soccer World Cup without massive infrastructure investment, media reports said on Tuesday. Multibillion-rand investments in digital broadcasting transmission was needed to properly serve a worldwide television audience, Sentech officials warned on Monday.
A baffled Andre Agassi was bundled out of the ,27-million Pacific Life Open 7-5, 6-2 on Monday by Germany’s Tommy Haas. Despite his status as the Masters Series event’s eighth seed, Agassi clearly had his work cut out for him against Haas, who has already won titles this year in Delray Beach and Memphis.
The marketing of a spray that obscures car licence plates from the prying lenses of speed cameras has provoked an intriguing legal debate, the Herald Online reported on Tuesday. A Graaff-Reinet resident claims to have obtained the sole rights to sell and distribute a United States-made spray that blocks speed cameras.
Zimbabwe police have rejected claims of torture made by suspects arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot, and say they are confident of making more arrests soon. Police have also called on former opposition MP Roy Bennett to hand himself over for questioning in relation to their ongoing investigations.