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KwaZulu-Natal leaders of the African National Congress alliance pledged support on Monday for axed deputy president Jacob Zuma and condemned recent police raids on his home. However, they also urged South Africans to support President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as the leaders of the country.
A Chinese researcher has warned of a new threat to public health and morality — naked internet chatting. Up to 20 000 Chinese log on to chat rooms each night in various states of undress and communicate using web cams, the Shanghai Daily newspaper said on Tuesday.
South African media and entertainment group Primedia on Tuesday reported a 39,7% increase in headline earnings per share to 95 cents for the year ended June 30 2005, from 68 cents a year ago. In line with the policy of maintaining a cover of two times, Primedia resolved to pay a total distribution of 56 cents per share.
Springbok captain John Smit has been accused of racism after allegedly taunting a Samoan bouncer who ordered him to leave a Sydney bar, a report said on Tuesday. Smit called the bouncer a ”black …” at Hugo’s Lounge in the busy nightlife district of Kings Cross in the early hours of Monday morning, The Daily Telegraph reported.
South African cement producer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) on Tuesday announced details of its Batsweledi cement-capacity expansion project. PPC will invest R1,36-billion to increase the company’s inland cement capacity in South Africa by just more than one million tonnes a year.
So, what do you look for when buying a car? Gorgeous styling? Impeccable attention to detail? Stunning performance? Despite what the motor industry would have us believe, the average working-class South African buys largely on price. Give him all the bells and whistles at a reasonable price and a queue starts developing outside dealers’ doors.
Oil prices remained within striking distance of $70 a barrel in electronic trading on Tuesday on worries that Hurricane Katrina may have heavily damaged United States crude production facilities, dealers said. The contract had struck an all-time high of $70,80 on Monday as the market braced for Katrina’s landfall.
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota and KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele are taking the <i>City Press</i> newspaper to court over an article that alleged they were apartheid spies. "This is after the <i>City Press</i> newspaper refused to apologise and retract in full its report of August 7 2005," Lekota said on Monday evening.
"Although Statistics South Africa conducts exhaustive surveys on a regular basis, an odd reliance on small, private surveys persists in the media and among politicians. Given the economic, social and political divisions in South Africa, smaller surveys are more likely to be inaccurate," writes the coordinator of fiscal, monetary and public sector policy at the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Neva Makgetla.
Students of European soccer will know that at midnight this week Wednesday, the transfer window closes until Christmas. The rumours and counter-rumours, the hyperbole and avarice of player’ agents, the acquisitive hopes and dreams of the coaches and club supporters will cease.