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/ 7 December 2005
Saddam Hussein refused to attend his own trial in Baghdad on Wednesday morning after declaring he had been mistreated by an ”unjust court”, a court official said. The former Iraqi dictator was today talking to his defence lawyers about whether to return to the hearing.
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/ 7 December 2005
Table Mountain’s beloved, squat silhouette dominates every aspect of South Africa’s Mother City. But its reputation for sunset spectaculars and blooming biodiversity has been tarnished by a spate of muggings that has sent jitters through visitors and tourism authorities ahead of the busy Christmas season.
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/ 7 December 2005
Hamlet’s father runs a club — not a kingdom — and the ”sweet prince” drunkenly raps a version of his famous ”To be or not to be” soliloquy in a modern take on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays by a group of teenagers. Brainstorming ideas for a project promoting non-violence, Chicago students chose a work in which almost all the main characters are dead by the time the curtain falls.
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/ 7 December 2005
A R250-million casino and entertainment development was officially opened in Bloemfontein on Tuesday night. ”The complex represents the largest-ever private sector investment in the Free State’s leisure industry,” Free State premier Beatrice Marshoff said at the opening of the Windmill Casino and Entertainment Centre.
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/ 7 December 2005
Senior health officers from South Africa and Mozambique will sign an agreement formalising the treatment of Mozambicans in health facilities along South Africa’s borders, it was announced on Wednesday. The initiative was part of the health department’s efforts to address Mozambican’s use of South African resources in those rural and underdeveloped areas.
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/ 7 December 2005
An exercise treadmill that produces enough electricity to power a television set, radio and telephone has been developed at Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Electrical engineering students and exercise buddies Ng Bing Rong (23) Lee Beng Chuan (24) and Neo Boon Kiat (25) said the idea struck when they saw an old treadmill stored at the school.
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/ 7 December 2005
Gold stocks shone on the JSE at midday on Wednesday, boosted by the gold price, which reached a fresh 24-and-a-half year high. With a slightly weaker rand and firmer world markets also helping the local bourse, gains were seen across the board.
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/ 7 December 2005
Over a million illegal cigarettes were destroyed at Cato Ridge on Wednesday, the South African Revenue Service said in a statement. The illegal cigarettes were seized over a period of four months this year and have an estimated market value of R720 000.
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/ 7 December 2005
Asia has become a happy hunting ground for many golf stars who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars — and in one case, millions — just to turn up. While officials refuse to discuss figures, Colin Montgomerie reportedly pocketed 000 in fees at last week’s UBS Hong Kong Open — more than his 000 dollars for winning the event.
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/ 7 December 2005
President Robert Mugabe told top United Nations humanitarian envoy Jan Egeland that Zimbabweans are not ”tents people”, after the world body offered temporary shelters to thousands displaced by a wave of shack demolitions, the state-run Herald reported on Wednesday.