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/ 17 November 2005
Owners of certain vehicles will pay more for fuel next year when regulations to encourage the use of cleaner fuels come into effect, the South African Petroleum Industry Association said on Wednesday. Drivers of luxurious performance vehicles will pay a levy of at least 10 cents more if they choose to use 95-octane fuel, for example.
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/ 17 November 2005
A teenager who was trampled by an elephant near Mopane on Monday has been identified as William Andrew, a British student based at the Mooketsi Conservation Centre in Limpopo. The provincial department of economic development, environment and tourism said the incident occurred while the elephant was being trained.
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/ 17 November 2005
Murder convict William Nkuna is to be sentenced on Thursday for the murder of missing police constable Frances Rasuge. Nkuna was found guilty by Judge Ronald Hendricks in the Mmabatho Circuit Court in Ga-Rankuwa last month, more than a year after the constable went missing and investigations began.
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/ 17 November 2005
Edvard Munch’s <i>The Scream</i> is the most iconic of the images on a newly published FBI list of top 10 art crimes, a catalogue of missing masterpieces worth $600-million that includes works by Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Degas, Cezanne and Van Gogh, as well as thousands of artefacts looted from the Iraqi museum in Baghdad.
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/ 17 November 2005
The child moans and writhes in the narrow cot. The tiny ward stinks of urine. Flies buzz above his crumpled body, which is wracked by waves of pain. The doctor gently shifts him back into the centre of the bed, but he turns over almost immediately. His eyes are shut tight, and when he opens them, he doesn’t seem to know where he is.
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/ 17 November 2005
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and a leading United States IT expert, Nicholas Negroponte, on Wednesday at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) unveiled the bright green and yellow working prototype of a laptop aimed at millions of schoolchildren in poor countries.
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/ 16 November 2005
Police blocked roads leading to court on Wednesday as crowds gathered ahead of a bail hearing for a top opposition leader charged with treason. A day earlier, at least one person was shot dead in rioting by Kizza Besigye supporters protesting his prosecution on charges of treason as well as concealment of treason and rape.
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/ 16 November 2005
Lamontville Golden Arrows collected maximum points when they beat Ajax Cape Town 2-0 in a Castle Premiership encounter played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Also, Moroka Swallows beat Jomo Cosmos 2-0 in a fast and entertaining Premier Soccer League game played at the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto.
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/ 16 November 2005
Teachers spend an average of 3,2 hours a day in front of classes, with the rest of their time taken up by administrative duties and assessments, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released on Wednesday. ”An average of 16 hours per week is spent teaching — or 3,2 hours a day,” the report says.