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/ 23 January 2006
The Gauteng department of local government on Sunday announced it would be looking into closing all open manholes that were no longer in use. This follows the death of Mpho Raliete (3) of Katlehong on the East Rand, who died after falling into a manhole on Friday. The child’s body was washed through the sewage line and found 15km away at the treatment plant in Kliprivier.
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/ 23 January 2006
About 20 000 people have fled violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge in the border to Uganda over a four-day period, the United Nations refugee agency said on Sunday. Most of the refugees said they had fled to escape violence, while about 5 000 said they left the DRC because they feared attack.
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/ 23 January 2006
Hosts Egypt go up against bitter rivals Morocco in Cairo on Tuesday in what should be one of the highlights of the African Nations Cup. The Group A clash will more than likely see Morocco exit the tournament should they lose and victory for Egypt would see the hosts through to the quarterfinals.
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/ 23 January 2006
Listed health and beauty retailer New Clicks has reported a 15,1% increase in turnover for the four months to end-December 2005 compared to that of the year-earlier period. New Clicks said the group’s retail brands had increased sales by 9,8% during the period, while same-store sales were up 9,6%.
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/ 23 January 2006
India’s struggling shipbreakers fear doom for their industry if tighter laws are introduced in the wake of the controversy over an asbestos-laden French aircraft carrier. A court-appointed panel has questioned French officials and environmental activists over the amount of toxic chemicals in the decommissioned <i>Clemenceau</i>.
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/ 23 January 2006
Brian van Rooyen has vowed to fight off any attempt to unseat him as president of the South African Rugby Union (Saru), The Mercury website reported on Monday. Denying reports that he had been asked to leave, he said: ”I will make myself available for the elections on February 24. Reports that I have been asked to leave are factually incorrect.”
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/ 23 January 2006
Palestinian leaders on Sunday tried to end the political and clan violence that has plagued Gaza since the Israeli withdrawal by ordering their followers to keep guns off the streets during this week’s elections. The growing lawlessness, fuelled by the proliferation of weapons turned inward now there are no Israelis to fight, has resulted in a string of shootings.
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/ 23 January 2006
South Africans who are injured in work-related accidents are increasingly being denied treatment by doctors and pharmacists because the labour department’s Workmen’s Compensation Fund has not processed their claims for payment. "Getting an injury while on duty is one of the worst things that can happen to someone," said Renette Oosthuizen of the union Solidarity.
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/ 23 January 2006
The wife of the man allegedly at the centre of the African National Congress’s spy and hoax e-mail scandal on Sunday appealed to the public for help following his disappearance. Durban-based IT executive Muziwendoda Sikhona Kunene was last seen on Friday when his wife, Belinda, dropped him off at a BP garage to board a taxi to Sandton City.
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/ 23 January 2006
The United States navy has captured a crew of suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia after firing warning shots at their ship, in the first sign of a military crackdown on Somalia’s anarchic coastal waters. Sailors boarded the dhow after its crew surrendered and discovered a cache of small arms, the US navy said.