Appropriate for the coming spring blossoms in the United States, the government is adding a little colour to American wallets. A newly redesigned bill is going into circulation. The new , featuring shades of orange, yellow and red, will join colourised versions of the bill and the bill.
An Australian surfer accused of ”surf rage” has been banned from riding the waves at nine Sydney beaches, local media reported on Thursday. A court heard that John Dunne (34) had mounted a campaign of intimidation against other surfers who dared catch his favourite, world-renowned, breakers at North Narabeen beach.
United States President George Bush vowed to capture Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar on Wednesday during his first visit to Afghanistan since the US-led invasion. ”It’s not a matter of if they are captured and brought to justice, it’s when they are brought to justice,” the president declared.
Experts on Wednesday probed the unusual deaths of 14 birds in the southern Bahamas amid fears the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus strain had reached the Americas. In Europe, meanwhile, Swiss officials confirmed the Alpine nation’s first case of the disease’s highly pathogenic strain that can kill humans.
South Africa’s Imperial Holdings on Thursday reported a 34% increase in headline earnings per share to 616,9 cents for the six months ended December 2005, up from 460 cents a year earlier. On a fully diluted basis, headline earnings per share (Heps) were 578,2 cents from a previous 431,4 cents.
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The Democratic Alliance and the African National Congress were neck and neck in the local government election race in the Western Cape with the Independent Democrats trailing in third place on Thursday morning. Only 232 people voted for municipal ward candidates in the troubled Khutsong township in Merafong City on Wednesday.
Israel has said that Russia’s plans to meet leaders of the new militant Palestinian government, Hamas, may legitimise its political status in the eyes of the international community, but not diminish its terrorist nature. Hamas was elected in January to rule the Palestinian Authority. It is considered by many foreign governments to be a terrorist organisation.
Deserts threaten to expand across much of North and Southern Africa, with the Science and Development Network reporting that global warming is set to put the dunes of the Kalahari on the march, for example. But elsewhere in the world, one country has launched a major plan to reclaim 250Â 000 square kilometres of land it has lost to expanding deserts.
The manne at the Dorsbult aren’t denying that sabotage at Koeberg is a possibility. But jislaaik, an e-mailed confession sent to a radio station the night before the election? Just how stupid does Alec Erwin think we are? But now that it’s out in the open, perhaps he can explain some things, like why he chose Tuesday to publicise allegations that first surfaced four months ago.
Hat’s off to a job well done by our journos. They brought us the buzz about the local elections and gave us good insight into the significance of the event across the entire nation. Pity that one can’t say the same about the political parties who insulted voters with rhetorical generalities that took us not an inch deeper in our democracy.