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/ 10 October 2005
The wage strike at retail chain Clicks, owned by listed health and beauty group New Clicks Holdings, entered its fourth day on Monday with all Clicks stores open and operating as usual, Clicks said. Michael Harvey, brand leader of Clicks, estimated that 70% to 80% of staff within the bargaining unit in Gauteng remained away from work through Monday.
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/ 10 October 2005
Pakistan said on Monday up to 40Â 000 people are feared dead in the weekend earthquake, as frustration over the slow rescue effort turned to anger and scattered looting. In many places, people dug with their bare hands in an often futile attempt to reach friends and relatives trapped in the rubble.
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/ 10 October 2005
A summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas looked set to be postponed on Monday amid a dispute over demands for the release of Palestinian prisoners. Top officials from both sides were due to hold another round of talks in a last-ditch effort to save the summit.
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/ 10 October 2005
The need for the Scorpions no longer existed and they should be transferred to the police, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) told the Khampepe Commission in Pretoria on Monday. The commission is deciding whether the Scorpions should be incorporated into the police service or remain part of the National Prosecuting Authority.
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/ 10 October 2005
Japan’s ruling coalition is expected to achieve a key ambition of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi this week by passing legislation to privatise the country’s sprawling postal service and create the world’s largest private bank. Parliament’s lower house may take up the Bills and approve them as early as Tuesday, setting up a vote in the upper house by week’s end.
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/ 10 October 2005
South Africa is dispatching doctors, medicines and food to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. The department told the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> on Monday that it does not know of any South Africans who died or were injured in the quake.
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/ 10 October 2005
Pretoria advocate Dirk Prinsloo asked on Monday for his sex-crimes trial to be split from that of his former girlfriend and co-accused Cezanne Visser. The application was based on Visser’s failure on Friday to challenge evidence that she had admitted to committing sexual deeds with Prinsloo in front of two children.
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/ 10 October 2005
Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democrats agreed on Monday that conservative leader Angela Merkel should replace him as German chancellor at the head of a coalition government, a party spokesperson said. Schröder will play no role in the coalition government, the head of the Christian Social Union said on Monday.
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/ 10 October 2005
Several promising young black gymnasts showed their mettle at the weekend’s acro-gymnastics nationals, which were held at Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Elizke Blofield, a 12-year-old pupil at Laerskool Delmas, and Alexander Demianenko stole the show with brilliant routines to finish with a world-class score of 55,182 (out of 60).
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/ 10 October 2005
New Zealand’s cricket team left for South Africa on Monday, pointing to speedster Shane Bond as a key to combating the hosts’ batting firepower in the five-match one-day series. Bond and Daniel Vettori, a left-arm spinner, will be key to containing the strong South African batting line-up, all-rounder Jacob Oram said.