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/ 29 September 2004
Either 4,6-million or 8,4-million people had no jobs in South Africa in March this year — depending on whether one used official or expanded unemployment figures released on Tuesday. This translated into an unemployment rate of either 27,8% or 41,2%, according to the results of Statistics SA’s latest Labour Force Survey.
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/ 29 September 2004
A police task team has been appointed to investigate corruption following an exposé on SABC television on Tuesday night showing policemen harassing prostitutes in Johannesburg. ”We view the allegations in a serious light… at the moment we will be investigating corruption,” said a police spokesperson, senior superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht.
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/ 29 September 2004
Oil prices set another record on Tuesday, pushing into uncharted territory above a barrel as tension in Nigeria threatened to push petrol prices above the levels that caused fuel protests in 2000. United States light crude futures rose to ,47 a barrel in overnight trading, the highest price yet although allowing for inflation it is well below levels seen in the late 70s after the Iranian revolution.
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/ 29 September 2004
Two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks returned home on Tuesday night to an emotional welcome. News of their release came as British forces mourned the deaths of two soldiers killed in a Basra ambush — the worst attack for more than a year. ”Finally a moment of joy,” said the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who announced the release to the Italian Parliament.
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/ 29 September 2004
More than 120 000 hours of wiretapped conversations between terrorist suspects and sympathisers since the September 11 attacks have not been translated because of the FBI’s lack of linguists, according to an official report. The report also found that many sensitive intercepts have been wiped automatically from the memory of the FBI’s outdated computers to save hard-drive storage space.
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/ 29 September 2004
Police in Zimbabwe arrested 48 women on a protest march against new legislation on Tuesday that they say will be used to restrict human rights organisations. The members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) had walked 400km from Bulawayo, the country’s second-largest city, and were stopped just 30km from Harare, their destination.
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/ 29 September 2004
"A few years ago, I was unemployed," says Faik Allie."And seeing that things were changing in the country we thought, let’s do something different. So we took a second bond on the house. And we had the first limo made." Limousines are about as new as democracy in South Africa, and are no longer the just playthings of the rich and famous.
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/ 29 September 2004
It is typically Jaguar, with a sleek, aggressive look accentuated by the low front grille and elliptical quad headlights. At the back, the rear tapers inward slightly, emphasising the X-type 2,0’s muscular, feline appearance. The side-profile is sporty, thanks to the typical wedge shape that Jag’s designers tend to favour. Jaguar has unleashed a new kitten — the X-type 2,0, the first of its front-wheel drive offerings.
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/ 29 September 2004
The Japanese have proved that they can produce a status vehicle with the Mazda3 — a classy, sophisticated car that turns heads as quickly as the fuel price goes up. The lines of its graceful exterior extend from the five-point grille through the bonnet to convey a subtle, elegant look, while the flared front and rear fenders suggest muscularity.
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/ 29 September 2004
Driving while attempting to preserve the environment is a notoriously difficult manoeuvre to pull off. And yet the environmentally conscious driver still exists. But there’s hope at last — a greenmobile that doesn’t look like something an elephant sat on.