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/ 6 December 2004
The South African National Blood Service appealed for blood on Monday ahead of the holiday season — but at the same time, another meeting was taking place with the Department of Health to clarify issues surrounding its racial profiling policies. The department has confirmed that race is one of the criteria the service uses to establish blood safety.
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/ 6 December 2004
Seven bombs went off in as many Spanish cities on Monday within the space of half an hour, slightly injuring five people, after anonymous callers claiming to speak for the underground Basque separatist group ETA told a Basque newspaper to expect the explosions.
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/ 6 December 2004
An investigation has been ordered into an Eastern Cape doctor’s alleged refusal to treat a two-year-old rape victim on Saturday. The Eastern Cape health department’s superintendent general has appointed a team of investigators to probe the incident and make recommendations, a departmental spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 6 December 2004
The case of four Chinese accused of murdering a Pretoria family was postponed to Tuesday by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. The postponement followed a dispute as to whether Shen Lin, Yanbo Zang, Jain-hen Bai and Siyuan Liu were originally arrested for kidnapping only or murder as well, as the charge sheet now states.
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/ 6 December 2004
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The Durban High Court has been left to decide whether Schabir Shaik’s tax returns can be used against him in his trial for alleged fraud and corruption. The state already has in its possession an affidavit from Rob Reid, an employee at the South African Revenue Service’s office in Durban.
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/ 6 December 2004
New Zealand’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has issued a warning about what it calls the latest ”Nigerian letter scam” — an e-mail offering millions of dollars linked to the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, it was reported on Monday.
The e-mail claims to be from his widow, Suha Arafat.
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/ 6 December 2004
New Zealanders are rushing to try to stop smoking ahead of a new law that will make it illegal to light up in bars, cafés, restaurants and workplaces, which comes into effect on Friday, a newspaper reported on Monday. Up to 700 people a week are telephoning the state-sponsored Quitline.
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/ 6 December 2004
China has banned a Nike television commercial showing United States basketball star LeBron James in a battle with a cartoon kung fu master, saying the ad insults Chinese national dignity. The commercial was broadcast on local Chinese stations and on state television’s national sports channel before being pulled last month.
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/ 6 December 2004
South Africa’s investigation into the arms deal and its putting into place of mechanisms to deal with unbecoming behaviour by both politicians and government officials are illustrations of the government "setting a good example", says Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 6 December 2004
South African unlisted firm Hymax Telecoms looks set to reduce telecommunications costs by up to 40% from 2005 on the back of the imminent deregulation, Hymax chief operating officer John van den Munckhof said on Monday. The firm provides telecoms solutions and services to South African companies.