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/ 20 December 2005
Boeremag convict Dawid Oosthuizen, who was sentenced in 2003 following a plea bargain agreement with the state, is set to be released from jail this week. Pretoria High Court Judge Willie Hartzenberg on Monday afternoon ordered in chambers that the remainder of Oosthuizen’s eight year sentence be converted into correctional supervision.
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/ 20 December 2005
The gravel road to Ibisi winds through the hills of the Eastern Cape. Heavy rains have made the bends slippery and the grass a lush lime-green. The turn off is halfway between Umzimkulu and Kok-stad — but it is not easy to find unless you’ve travelled there before.
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/ 20 December 2005
India will gain nearly $6-billion in information technology investment over the next few years from just three United States companies, according to a report on the Science and Development Network website, <i>SciDev.Net</i>. But critics claim the computer world is drawing the country’s scientific talent away from other areas of research.
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/ 20 December 2005
Last Wednesday marked the end of an era at Metro FM. Given Mkhari broadcast the final edition of his talk show, after three years. He is going to concentrate on his burgeoning business interests and that is as far as his disassociation with media goes. Mkhari is giving up the microphone to take control of the broadcasting tower.
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/ 20 December 2005
United States auto makers are hoping to reverse their sliding market share in 2006 with impressive new vehicles and sweeping restructuring plans. But their efforts could be undermined by a host of uncertainties, from the ongoing bankruptcy of auto supplier Delphi to gas prices and fidgety consumers.
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/ 20 December 2005
Australia has long cherished its image as a tolerant, diverse and relaxed nation — a haven for those seeking a safe and secure life away from the world’s trouble spots. That image has taken a battering as the world watches and reads about hordes of drunken young white Australians who assaulted their fellow Australians of Middle Eastern descent, many of them Lebanese.
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/ 20 December 2005
Border and airport closures, curfews and a ban on civilian traffic are not normally associated with polling day. Nor are the helicopter gunships and heavily armed escorts foreign journalists need if they dare to find out what voters are thinking. It is a measure of the terrifyingly abnormal circumstances in Iraq that this week’s parliamentary election is being held under such heavy security.
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/ 19 December 2005
Police kept a close watch on Khutsong residents as they gathered on Monday for a public meeting on the redemarcation of the Merafong municipality from Gauteng to North West. Armed police in and around Khutsong Stadium monitored a crowd of about 500 residents who sang and danced.
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/ 19 December 2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered no permanent damage from a mild stroke and will be released from the hospital on Tuesday, his doctors said on Monday. Although Sharon is expected to make a full recovery, the illness raised questions about his ability to lead the country.