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/ 16 January 2005
Nelson Mandela’s grandson followed the former president’s example on Saturday by telling thousands of mourners at his father’s funeral that his mother had also died of Aids last year. Mandla Mandela was speaking at the funeral of his father, Makgatho (54), Nelson’s last surviving son.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=178012">Hundreds support Mandela at funeral</a>
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/ 16 January 2005
Two United States defence contractors being sued over allegations of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison have been awarded valuable new contracts by the Pentagon, despite demands that they should be barred from any new government work. Three employees of CACI International and Titan were separately accused of abusive behaviour.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=178000">US soldier guilty of jail abuse</a>
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/ 16 January 2005
France’s Stephane Peterhansel was in sight of his second successive Dakar Rally triumph on Saturday after safely negotiating the 15th and penultimate stage of the gruelling 2005 event. South Africa’s Giniel de Villiers, driving a Nissan, clinched the stage, a 225km special from Tambacounda.
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/ 16 January 2005
Western nations lauded for their generosity following the south-east Asian tsunami disaster are failing to honour pledges of aid, leaving shortfalls of millions of rands in the recovery programme.
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/ 15 January 2005
Allan Boesak, the former anti-apartheid activist, is overjoyed at the news that he has been granted a presidential pardon, it was reported on Saturday. President Thabo Mbeki announced on Saturday that he is expunging Boesak’s criminal record. The Democratic Alliance has questioned the pardon, saying Boesak stole money that belonged to the poor.
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/ 15 January 2005
Hundreds of people, including President Thabo Mbeki, converged on Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Saturday to support former president Nelson Mandela at the funeral of his son, Makgatho, who died of Aids. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Aids activist Zackie Achmat and businessman Patrice Motsepe were among those who went to bid farewell to Makgatho.
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/ 15 January 2005
An unidentified infant died on Saturday as runaway fires swept through several informal settlement zones in Langa outside Cape Town. Emergency services spokesperson Johann Minnie said 8 000 people were affected when flames ravaged zones 30, 24, 25, 26, 27, 18 and 32. Seven people, including two children, were seriously injured.
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/ 15 January 2005
It wasn’t a big knife. Serrated with a pointy top and black plastic handle, I kept one just like it in my kitchen drawer for slicing oranges. The difference was that this one belonged to a stranger who was holding it to my chest, and although he possibly adored oranges, he was keener on my bag. ”Give it,” he said.
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/ 15 January 2005
Scientists on Friday night unveiled an aerial study of an alien world, across a distance of more than 1,2-billion kilometres. From an altitude of 16km, a little European robot equipped with camera and microphone took the first picture of the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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/ 15 January 2005
One million Rwandans — an eighth of the country’s population — are expected to be tried for alleged participation in the 1994 genocide, an official said on Friday. The trials, which will be conducted in traditional gacaca village courts, could start next month in a few areas but will not get under way throughout the country until 2006.