A ”moving” building has got a Southern Cape motorist off the hook on a speeding charge, Die Burger reported on Thursday. It said Dr Helena Bruwer of Knysna challenged five summonses that claimed she exceeded the speed limit in an 80km/h zone in the Storms River area.
Cigarette sales hit a 55-year low in 2005 and have fallen by more than 21% since state attorneys general negotiated a landmark settlement with the industry eight years ago. The National Association of Attorneys General said on Wednesday that the 378-billion cigarettes sold in the United States last year marked the lowest number sold since 1951.
Black Leopards surprised their opposition Bloemfontein Celtic when they beat them 2-0 in an Absa Cup match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Wednesday night. Ajax Cape Town also moved to the next round of the lucrative competition when they beat Silver Stars by 3-1 in a match played at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.
AC Milan, Arsenal, Lyon and Benfica reached the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. Defending champions Liverpool and nine-time champions Real Madrid are out, however. Three other clubs advanced on Tuesday — FC Barcelona, Villarreal and Juventus.
The ACT Brumbies are searching for more clinical finishing to realise maximum points against South Africa’s Coastal Sharks as they try to make up some ground on Super 14 rugby leaders Canterbury Crusaders this weekend. The innovative Brumbies will again have home-ground advantage against the 10th-placed Sharks.
Jorge Cantu smacked a solo home run, part of a 3-for-4 performance that produced three runs and sparked Mexico past South Africa 10-4 in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday at the World Baseball Classic. The victory kept the Mexicans in contention for a second-round berth.
Top-seeded Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne would just as soon not be dubbed the favourite to lift the WTA trophy at the Pacific Life Open. ”It doesn’t matter what your seeding number is,” Henin-Hardenne said on Wednesday. ”I hate to talk about favourites. When you walk on the court, it doesn’t matter what your ranking is.”
Internet search engine leader Google on Wednesday said it had offered up to -million to settle a lawsuit by advertisers who accuse it of overbilling them through ”click fraud”. Google Associate General Counsel Nicole Wong stressed that ”until the settlement is approved by the judge, it is not final”.
South Africa on Wednesday said it regrets the inability of the International Atomic Energy Agency to conclude that there are no undeclared nuclear materials or activities in Iran. It welcomes, however, the reconfirmation by the agency that all the declared nuclear material in Iran has been accounted for.
Gunmen wearing commando uniforms of the Shi’ite-dominated interior ministry have stormed an Iraqi security company that relies heavily on Sunni ex-military men from the Saddam regime, spiriting away 50 hostages. The ministry has denied involvement and called the operation a ”terrorist act”.