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/ 2 December 2005
A large earthquake measuring 6,4 on the Richter scale hit northern Japan late on Friday. The northern region of Tohoku felt ”a strong jolt” from the quake, which happened at 10.13pm local time, according to the meteorological agency. The quake happened 40km underground, the agency said.
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/ 2 December 2005
As long as there are taxpayers, there will always be room at the inn for the Zulu king, his wives, children, grandchildren and wives-to-be, writes Mike van Graan.
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/ 2 December 2005
Gavin Jantjes, keynote speaker of the upcoming Sessions Ekapa 2005, tells Stacy Hardy his reasons for leaving the country in 1970 and why he has decided to return.
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/ 2 December 2005
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has distanced itself from a Mail & Guardian report that Jacob Zuma confessed to senior trade union and communist leaders that he had sex with the woman he is reportedly alleged to have raped.
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/ 2 December 2005
Seven major conservation and wildlife NGOs in South Africa say culling elephants in the Kruger National Park must be considered. A report from the South African National Parks board in July this year proposed culling between 5 000 and 7 000 elephants, but several wildlife groups have opposed the proposal.
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/ 2 December 2005
Aid officials warned on Friday that almost all of the hundreds of thousands of tents they distributed to survivors of Pakistan’s massive earthquake last month aren’t adequate for the harsh winter, while Pakistan announced soldiers have built 30 000 shelters for the 3,5-million people who lost their homes.
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/ 2 December 2005
Four men who allegedly defrauded Absa of R15,4-million last year handed themselves over at the Johannesburg Central police station on Friday, the National Prosecuting Authority said. The men allegedly defrauded Absa in April last year by operating a ”crossfire” or ”kite-flying” scheme.
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/ 2 December 2005
Nadia Neophytou asks Kora founder Ernest Adjovi how he keeps on going, and why.
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/ 2 December 2005
Sithengi, South Africa’s major movie bash has become a hotbed of debate, reflecting unresolved tensions in the industry. Khubu Meth reports.
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/ 2 December 2005
Anglican leaders have rejected the appointment of a British reverend to head a diocese in southern Malawi over his support for gay rights, an official said on Friday. Bishops meeting in the capital Lilongwe last week found that reverend Nicholas Henderson was ”unsuitable for confirmation” as bishop of the diocese of Lake Malawi.