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/ 27 January 2005
Trade union Solidarity said on Thursday afternoon, after an emergency meeting with oil and chemicals group Sasol, that it has agreed to be part of the internal investigation following the explosion at Sasol’s Natref plant in Sasolburg on Wednesday. Seventeen people were injured in the explosion, Solidarity said.
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/ 27 January 2005
National Police Day will be held annually on January 27, National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi said at the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the South African Police Service on Thursday. He said the anniversary is one of the milestones defining how far South Africa has come as a country.
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/ 27 January 2005
Côte d’Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo refused once again to approve a key change to the Constitution voted for by Parliament which would allow a popular exiled opposition leader to run against him, press reports said on Thursday. ”How can I promulgate a proposed law which has not been voted on?” said Gbagbo.
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/ 27 January 2005
Music channel MTV’s first pan-African music channel, the long-anticipated MTV base, launches on February 22, it was announced on Thursday. MTV base will start broadcasting with a specially recorded message from African-American rap artist Xzibit. His words of welcome will be echoed by international and African artists as well as African music fans.
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/ 27 January 2005
It was when a topless woman appeared on screen speaking Italian that devout Christians Alan and Anne Leigh-Browne realised the Doris Day film they had bought might have been wrongly packaged. ”My wife and I were very shocked but we watched it until the end because we couldn’t believe what we were seeing,” he said.
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/ 27 January 2005
The bail of lion-murder accused Mark Scott-Crossley’s was revoked in the Phalaborwa Circuit Court on Thursday after he was accused of intimidating a witness. Scott-Crossley is on trial for allegedly killing a former employee, Nelson Chisale, by feeding him to lions on January 31 2004.
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/ 27 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs revived their challenge for the Castle Premiership title after a resounding 3-0 victory over Jomo Cosmos at Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng near Rustenburg on Wednesday night. A moment of silence was observed prior to the start of the game in honour of former Cosmos and Orlando Pirates midfielder Vusi Mncwango.
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/ 27 January 2005
Supersport United were held to a 0-0 draw by Silver Stars in a Premier Soccer League encounter at Loftus Stadium on Wednesday night. Stars threatened first through Solomon Mathe early on, but United’s Calvin Marlin reacted well to clear the danger. Marlin was tested again in the 28th minute when he stretched to full length to deny Mathe.
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/ 27 January 2005
Suspended Independent Democrats Western Cape legislature member and former Western Cape leader Lennit Max has withdrawn his application against his suspension and upcoming disciplinary hearing by Patricia de Lille’s party. The announcement was made by De Lille on the steps of the High Court in Cape Town to a cry of joy from about 40 supporters.
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/ 27 January 2005
Jacques Freitag, South Africa’s world champion high jumper, started his indoor tour of Europe with a new national indoor record of 2,28m at the Café Elite Cup International Jumping meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Wednesday. He had to settle for second place behind Russia’s Yaroslav Rybakov, who won the contest with a height of 2,31m.