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/ 25 January 2005
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that Burundi’s neighbours are opposed to any changes in the country’s Constitution that is to be put to a referendum next month. Zuma said the countries of the region do not support President Domitien Ndayizeye’s controversial proposal to modify the Constitution.
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/ 25 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs’ player of the year and former Bafana Bafana midfielder John ”Shoes” Moshoeu was on Tuesday suspended by the club with immediate effect. Moshoeu was also instructed by coach Ted Dumitru not to come to training, pending his appearance before the club’s disciplinary committee. A hearing date is still to be confirmed.
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/ 25 January 2005
Pretoria advocates Cezanne Visser and Dirk Prinsloo pleaded not guilty in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday to an array of criminal charges involving alleged sexual violations of women and girls. The pair, who was arrested more than two years ago, gave detailed denials of all the allegations against them.
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/ 25 January 2005
Yesterday, South African filmmaker Darrell Roodt’s touching film about a young woman, played by Leleti Khumalo, coming to terms with Aids, has been nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, it was announced on Tuesday. The Howard Hughes epic The Aviator leads the contenders with 11 nominations.
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/ 25 January 2005
Local publishers called on Tuesday for a range of government action to help make textbooks and other learning materials affordable, even to the poor. The publishers were responding to criticism from civil society organisations that publishing companies are profit-driven and do little to promote free access to information.
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/ 25 January 2005
Discount pharmacy chain Dis-Chem was hurriedly altering its pricing system on Tuesday after it was found that Discovery Health medical aid members were charged more for their medicines than other customers. Dis-Chem has been commended by the Department of Health for abiding by its regulations.
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/ 25 January 2005
South Africa’s much-awaited Convergence Bill has been given the nod "in principle" for its submission to Parliament by the South African Cabinet, according to government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe. However, the Bill is unlikely to be tabled in Parliament for a while as it must still go through checks by state law advisers.
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/ 25 January 2005
Indonesia on Tuesday moved to dispel charges that corrupt officials are siphoning off aid earmarked for tsunami-battered Aceh province, as south-east Asian nations seek to lure back foreign tourists scared off by the disaster. Indonesia’s health ministry, meanwhile, has significantly changed the way it tallies tsunami victims.
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/ 25 January 2005
Scores of Indian pilgrims, mainly women and children, were killed in a stampede at a temple in the western state of Maharashtra on Tuesday. Conservative estimates put the death toll between 25 and 40, with another 80 to 100 injured, witnesses and officials said. Witnesses said the stampede was triggered by a fire caused by a short circuit.
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/ 25 January 2005
A Roodepoort man, Marcus Mocke, has been sentenced in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court to eight years in jail or a fine of R400 000 for dealing in pirated DVDs, the South African Federation against Copyright (Safact) said in a statement on Tuesday. Safact said it is the harshest sentence to date received for DVD piracy.