The Eastern Province Cricket Board has been hit by a fresh crisis, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported on Saturday. Six clubs under the banner of the Black African Clubs Cricket Forum have announced their withdrawal from Eastern Province cricket activities with immediate effect.
Public hearings into whether the Scorpions should remain with the National Prosecuting Authority or become part of the South African Police Service will start on Monday as scheduled, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.
Up to a third of new female HIV infections could be prevented if scientists could find an effective cure for a mysterious vaginal condition that affects many women in South Africa. Researchers from the University of Cape Town have found that bacterial vaginosis was ”significantly associated with an increased risk of HIV seroconversion”.
A strong earthquake measuring 5,4 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Taiwan late on Saturday as the island braced for the impact of powerful Typhoon Longwang. Packing sustained winds of up to 227kph, Longwang, Chinese for ”dragon king”, is expected to bring strong gusts and torrential rains to the entire island.
South African President Thabo Mbeki has conveyed condolences, shock and outrage to the government and people of Indonesia following a series of bombings in Bali on Saturday. Mbeki said the government and people of South Africa reiterate their conviction that no cause can ever justify acts of terrorism.
Western El Salvador’s Ilamatepec volcano shot burning rock, gases and ash high into the air on Saturday, sending frightened residents scurrying from surrounding areas. Authorities ordered the evacuation of three communities in the shadow of the volcano, located near Santa Ana, the country’s second-largest city.
Powerful bombs ripped through three crowded restaurants on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 100 — the second time terrorists have brought carnage to the tropical paradise in three years. Witnesses reported seeing dismembered bodies at the scene, many of them foreigners.
Anonymous and clueless I have noticed with growing amusement the correlation between poorly argued, imprecise writing and the fanatically religious inclination of the writer. The pattern emerges in writing of various kinds, from letters in the Mail & Guardian to speeches written for public figures. The more dogmatic a writer is on the subject of […]
Diamonds are forever, but cellphones are not designed to last quite so long. Unless you are a lucky recipient of a jewel-encrusted cellphone this Christmas, that is. Vertu, a subsidiary of Nokia, is producing 200 cellphones decorated with diamonds. The most expensive of the range are believed to be the first mobile handsets to cost in the region of R580 000.
Play the facts, not the man I was astounded by the anti–democratic stand taken against Jacob Zuma in your editorial “Be afraid, be very afraid” (October 14). Your assertion that Zuma’s actions offer a clear snapshot of what his presidency would be like is totally misplaced. He is on the back foot in a case […]