Nelson Mandela has filed a lawsuit against a former associate and a businessman for selling forgeries of his artwork for millions of dollars, his lawyer said on Tuesday. The lawsuit targets the elder statesman’s ex-lawyer Ismail Ayob and his business associate Ross Calder, who are accused of selling fake artworks bearing the magic Mandela moniker.
Vassili Ivanov took his seat in Red Square alone, but flushed with pride. ”No country in the world could have withstood the Nazis had it not been for Russia,” he said later, thumbing a chest full of medals. ”It was wonderful. Chirac, Schröder, Putin, they all walked past me.”
The captain of the Ouro do Brasil will be questioned on Tuesday about a collision between his ship and a fishing trawler that has left 14 fishermen missing at sea. The Ouro do Brasil and the Lindsay, a hake trawler, collided off the coast near Port Elizabeth early on Sunday morning.
The Department of Correctional Services says it is sure an amicable solution will be found to the issue of a Muslim staffer suspended for wearing a headscarf. A spokesperson said on Tuesday that the department’s Western Cape office has been instructed to meet with the suspended staffer and Worcester prison management.
United States President George Bush risked a further deterioration in relations with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday when he met critics of the Kremlin’s human rights record and told them he supported their work to build a ”civil society” and democracy.
United States troops have killed about 100 insurgents in the first 48 hours of a large-scale offensive against the hideouts of foreign militants and arms smuggling routes in a remote border area of western Iraq, the US army said on Monday. The operation involved marines, sailors and soldiers backed by US air support.
A man accused of disabling traffic lights in March was found guilty in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after he admitted receiving R100 from a tow-truck driver to do the deed. In court on Tuesday, Boshoff argued that Rudi Berg should do community service, and suggested that he work in a mortuary.
Formula one’s five leading manufacturers appear to be headed for a showdown with motor racing’s world governing body after announcing plans on Monday to form their own organisation and throw out the FIA’s international court of appeal. The five are unhappy that the current appeals panel is linked to the governing body.
Top-ranked Roger Federer won his first match after a three-week injury layoff, but some of his main challengers at the Hamburg Masters left the tournament on Monday. Second-seeded Andy Roddick was upset in the opening round by Nicolas Massu of Chile; Rafael Nadal pulled out; and Carlos Moya withdrew, citing a shoulder injury.
Jockey Felix Coetzee makes no bones about how good his record-breaking mount Silent Witness is. ”He’s the best horse you could ever hope to ride,” says the South African. ”I’ve ridden close to 3 000 winners and I will never ride anything like him again. He’s a superstar, a supreme athlete. He’s just a once-in-a-lifetime horse.”