”I will make Bungu to retire from boxing because his time is over, declared challenger Thomas Mashaba ahead of his clash against the legendary Vuyani Bungu at a pre-medical examination on Tuesday. The two will meet in an International Boxing Organisation (IBO) world featherweight title bout on Saturday night.
A website dedicated to questioning the motives and credentials of Moneyweb journalist Julius Cobbett has been created by investment group Elan Suisse Capital. The site appears in the form of a letter in which the directors of the investment group focus on the journalist’s age, qualifications and experience.
Thousands of revellers gathered near Stonehenge early on Tuesday to watch the sun peek above the ancient stone circle at the start of the summer solstice. About 21 000 people, some of them self-styled druids, saw the sun rise at 4.58am as drummers beat out a welcome to the longest day in the northern hemisphere year.
Zimbabwe police have extended a demolition campaign targeting the homes and livelihoods of the urban poor to the vegetable gardens they rely on for food, saying the crops planted on vacant lots are damaging the environment. ”They are sleeping in the open air — tiny children and people dying of Aids,” says parish priest Oskar Wermter.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is going to make sure vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath gets arrested, TAC chairperson Zackie Achmat said on Tuesday. The TAC is seeking to stop Rath and his Dr Rath Foundation from claiming that it is acting as a front for the pharmaceutical industry in promoting antiretroviral drugs for people with Aids.
World number two gold miner AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday said that following a review of its exploration activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it believed that its presence improved the country’s economic prospects and reinforced the country’s peace process.
About 216 000 workers in the steel, automobile and motor industries will join the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) in its protest action against job losses next week, the National Union of Mineworks (Numsa) said on Tuesday. This year alone, 5l 000 workers lost their jobs due to outsourcing and labour brokering, says Numsa
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed the G8 business summit on Africa which will be held on the eve of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Part of the G8 programme of events, the G8 Business Action for Africa Summit will bring together business leaders from Africa and across the G8.
Spoornet is to consider a move to a vertical separation model between infrastructure and operations, chief executive Siyabonga Gama told the African Rail conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Gama said private sector participation in rail services in the form of concessions was a useful tool to fund and manage operations.
A 23-year-old man has died while attending a school offering circumcision rituals illegally, the Eastern Cape health department said on Tuesday. The man died of dehydration at the school in Sada outside Queenstown on Monday, said department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo.