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/ 20 January 2005
Two babies are among those missing after a bus was swept into the crocodile-infested Umbuluzi River in Swaziland earlier this week, police said on Thursday.
Swaziland police spokesperson Vusi Masuku said police divers and emergency personnel were combing the river and a nearby dam for seven people on Thursday.
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/ 20 January 2005
When the Great Moscow Circus rolled into Jozi town this week, it brought along its "beast wagons", leading to calls by welfare groups for a ban on using wild animals to perform in circuses. The circus moved to Johannesburg after a month in Cape Town, bringing with it two tigers and a pack of dogs.
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/ 20 January 2005
As infighting continued to plague the Independent Democrats, a renewed call for a postponement of the party’s Western Cape congress was made on Wednesday. Senior office bearers, including chairpersons of nine ID branches in Cape Town’s metropolis, have signed a statement calling for the postponement due to the ”chaotic planning and absence of a fair process”.
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/ 20 January 2005
Excited archaeologists are sifting through the contents of 150-year-old New Zealand toilets to get a better understanding of the everyday lives of early settlers. Although there is plenty of oral and written history, there are gaps that can only be answered by lifting the lid on the sanitary habits of pioneering families, they say.
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/ 20 January 2005
A group of Malaysian local government officials has cancelled an Egyptian cruise and a troupe of belly dancers amid outrage at their all-expenses paid trip, media reports said on Thursday. Dinner on board a cruise ship on the Nile and the belly dancing have been replaced on their itinerary by an extended visit to the Egypt Museum.
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/ 20 January 2005
Sony missed out on potential sales from MP3 players and other gadgets based on widespread formats because it was overly proprietary about music and entertainment content, the head of Sony’s video-game unit acknowledged on Thursday.
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/ 20 January 2005
After opening weaker on Thursday, the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was off its lows at midday, with some interest in gold miners, which were up more than 1%. By noon, the all-share index had shed 0,15%, while industrials were off 0,46%. Resources were flat, while the gold-mining index advanced 1,28% and the platinum-mining index was off 0,16%.
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/ 20 January 2005
Bush Bucks and Silver Stars shared the spoils when they drew 1-1 in a scrappy Premier Soccer League match played at Absa Stadium in East London on Wednesday night. Stars had been behind for much of the contest but a goal in the dying minutes from December Ngobeni levelled matters.
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/ 20 January 2005
Orlando Pirates midfield star Steve Lekoelea showed his genius when taking free-kicks as he helped Bucs to an easy 3-0 win over struggling Jomo Cosmos in their Castle Premiership showdown played at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Wednesday night. The classy Lekoelea scored two goals — one in each half from free-kicks.
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/ 20 January 2005
Africa’s largest sugar group, Illovo, on Thursday announced that it expects its headline earnings and earnings per share for the year ending March 31 2005 to be between 50% and 60% lower than the previous year. The existing I-Net Bridge consensus of analysts has Illovo producing 2005 headline earnings per share of 46,4 cents.