No image available
/ 25 January 2006
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will consider the personal circumstances of individuals it plans to prosecute for not applying for, or being refused, amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). NPA spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said this is normal procedure when prosecutions are taking place.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
The Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has denied that it plans to retrench hundreds of workers, as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa feared. ”[At present] there are no plans to retrench any employees [in South Africa],” FMCSA spokesperson Ben Pillay said on Wednesday.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
Sven-Goran Eriksson on Wednesday hit back at those who claim he has not been worth his money. The England head coach will step down after the World Cup in Germany, two years before his contract is due to expire. But the Swede warned that the Football Association will have to pay his successor a similar salary to his own earnings.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
The Football Association (FA) Premier League, which represents the 20 clubs in England’s top-flight division, said on Tuesday it is to launch an inquiry into financial procedures in player transfers since January 2004. The decision comes soon after allegations of transfer bungs from Luton boss Mike Newell and QPR coach Ian Holloway.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
South Africa will be hard pressed to get a result in Egypt on Thursday against defending champions Tunisia if they are to go beyond the first round of the 2006 African Nations Cup. ”It will be a totally different team against Tunisia,” said coach Ted Dumitru after his team’s 2-0 loss to unfancied Guinea.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
Kim Clijsters ended Martina Hingis’s gallant run in her grand-slam comeback with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win on Wednesday in the Australian Open quarterfinals. She next plays number three Amelie Mauresmo, who reeled off the last nine straight games in a 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal win over number seven Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
Activists from across the Americas on Tuesday kicked off an anti-globalisation gathering in Caracas with a march against war marked by slogans blasting the United States president and hailing Venezuela and Cuba’s leftist leaders. Hundreds of Americans took part in the march, including Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
Anderson Dua likes the way his collection of World War II aircraft lies exposed to the elements, kept almost exactly as they were when downed or abandoned in the battle of Guadalcanal. Pounded by the blazing tropical sun on the jungle’s edge outside Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, the planes have been pierced with bullet holes. Dua doesn’t believe in repairing them. "It’s not interesting," he says.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
The JSE reached another record high just after noon on Wednesday boosted by stronger world markets, a higher gold price and confidence in South African equities. At 12.04pm, the all-share index was up 0,51% at a lifetime high of 19 113,92. The rand was bid at R6,01 per dollar.
No image available
/ 25 January 2006
Steve Jobs, the man who gave the world Apple computers and iPods, is poised to take a seat of power in Walt Disney Company’s magic kingdom. Apple-founder Jobs will get a spot on the Disney board of directors as part of a deal announced on Tuesday by Disney to buy Pixar Animation for ,4-billion.