Municipal workers were on Tuesday preparing for a nationwide march over a pay dispute, the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said. Spokesperson Roger Ronnie said that an early survey showed that both Samwu and Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union members had turned out for the strike.
South Africa’s third-largest gold-miner, Harmony Gold, experienced 29 fatalities during its 2005 financial year, from 42 in the previous year, Harmony spokesperson Vusi Magadana said on Monday. The group’s best fatality record was 25 fatalities, achieved in the group’s 2003 and 2001 years.
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe, still to come to terms with last week’s stunning defeat to London for the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, has accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair and London bid leader Sebastian Coe of breaking the rules. ”I don’t say they flirted [with the yellow line], they crossed right over,” he told his first Paris council meeting on Monday.
South Africa’s Anglican archbishop of Cape Town believes Zimbabwe is facing a ”humanitarian crisis” following the government’s campaign of shack demolitions that has left at least 300Â 000 people homeless, his spokesperson said.
Shares in FirstRand were up more than three percent in early trade on Tuesday on rumours that it could be a possible takeover target by the world’s largest bank, United States group Citigroup. At 10.10am, the group’s shares were up 3,30% or 47 cents to R14,70 a share on the rumours.
Seven of 15 South Africans believed to be missing in London following last week’s bomb blasts have been found, the Dutch Reformed Church said on Monday. The names of the fifteen were read out during a church service in London on Sunday and the figure has been reduced from 50.
Already assured of a place in the Gold Cup quarterfinals against all expectations, Bafana Bafana’s final first round Group C qualifying game against struggling Guatemala in steamy Houston on Wednesday night remains as crucial as anything the Cinderella-like, rags-to-riches success story has provided.
Within months of the discovery that Angola’s unique giant sable antelopes managed to survive almost 30 years of civil war, South African wildlife dealers are offering to sell them to overseas zoos. When Angolan conservationists discovered a small herd of the striking sables by filming them on a trip camera in February, they feared news of their survival could pose the biggest threat to them.
South African tennis champions Liezel Huber and Wesley Moodie’s victories at this year’s Wimbledon tournament has raised questions about support for the sport in South Africa. Ian Smith, chief executive of the South African Tennis Association, told the Mail & Guardian Online that both wins were great to build support for South African tennis, especially since the two players weren’t funded and had no coach.
More than 6,2-million South Africans were infected by HIV or Aids by last year, an increase of 700Â 000 from 2003, a new health ministry report said. Though women in their mid- to late-20s were the hardest hit by the pandemic, ”it was observed that there have been increases in prevalence across all age groups between 2003 and 2004”, the report said.