The JSE was higher in noon trade on Wednesday as buyers returned to the market, which pulled back on Tuesday following its rally to successive record highs. Dealers said the strength was primarily the result of positive sentiment, which was further enhanced by the release of better-than-expected consumer inflation data at 11.30am.
Police on Wednesday arrested four men in the central English city of Birmingham under anti-terrorist laws in connection with the investigation into last week’s attempted bombings in London.
After conquering Earth, instant noodles have now headed into space with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who brought a new zero-gravity version aboard the United States space shuttle Discovery. Nissin Food, which invented instant noodles, developed a special ball-shaped noodle that space-travellers can eat with a fork.
The Zimbabwe government has closed down a boarding school in the east of the country where at least 53 pupils were sexually abused by a handful of adults including a teacher and a caretaker, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Life is tough for New Zealand women in their thirties. There just aren’t enough men to go round. There have long been more women than men in New Zealand’s population, which is now around four million, but the problem has got worse in recent years, according to a new report by accounting firm KPMG.
It’s hard enough completing an intricate jigsaw puzzle, but when some of the most important pieces are missing — as in the case of Stuart Baxter’s planning for the World Cup qualifying matches against Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo — it’s hardly surprising the Bafana Bafana coach finds himself more than a little bemused.
Close to 3 000 members of Solidarity and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa are on an indefinite strike at steel producer Highveld Steel’s Witbank plant. Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans said the unions are standing firm on their wage demand of an 8% increase.
Blue Bulls scrumhalf Fourie du Preez is expected to be the only change to the Springbok backline for Saturday’s opening Vodacom Tri-Nations Test against the Wallabies at Loftus on Saturday. With a punishing schedule in the coming weeks, coach Jake White is looking to rest certain players in key positions.
An agreement in principle has been drafted to resolve the dispute between South African Airways (SAA) and striking unions, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) said on Wednesday. "Significant progress has been made towards resolution of the dispute," the CCMA said in a press statement.
Manchester United fans opposed to Malcolm Glazer’s takeover have promised to continue protesting a British telecom company after it refused to pull out of its sponsorship deal with the club. Disgruntled fans picketed Vodafone’s annual general meeting in London on Tuesday.