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/ 16 September 2004
The Mail & Guardian can reveal that this week’s launch of the Pan African Parliament went ahead thanks to quick action by the intelligence community and foreign affairs staff who fought off freedom of expression activists, Christian fundamentalists and a women’s lobby group.
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/ 16 September 2004
Brenda Wardle is one of more than 100 prisoners who have cases before Gauteng courts this month arguing that they should be released on parole. She presents the fact that she now has a law degree, enabling her to represent herself in the court proceedings, as her first exhibit.
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/ 16 September 2004
Jazz legend Dolly Rathebe (74) died at the Ga-Rankuwa hospital outside Pretoria on Thursday. Rathebe was admitted to hospital on Sunday after suffering a mild stroke and is survived by two daughters and a son. Former president Nelson Mandela was among many who paid tribute to Rathebe on Thursday.
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/ 16 September 2004
The displaced of Darfur are hard pressed to find space for their dead, or enough water for Muslims’ ritual washing of the body. Three or four people die every day in Camp Hessa Hissa, most of malaria or waterborne diseases such as typhoid, Jason Azevedo, an International Rescue Committee worker in the camp, said on Thursday.
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/ 16 September 2004
A Vanderbijlpark engineering company director has turned state witness in the case of two men accused of possessing uranium-enrichment equipment in the Vanderbijlpark Regional Court on Thursday, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported.
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/ 16 September 2004
The British army is going into battle — for a slice of the sneaker market. A new running shoe that bears the force’s crossed-swords insignia and has the endorsement of army fitness instructors was launched this week in Britain, where it will compete for sportswear profits.
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/ 16 September 2004
They came to dine at an expensive restaurant along the normally calm harbour in Hamburg. Instead, they got soaked. About 50 patrons found themselves up to their waists in water on Wednesday evening when a 195m-long cargo ship entered the harbour at high tide, creating a giant wave that inundated the chic eatery.
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/ 16 September 2004
The Department of Correctional Services has promised to crack down on smoking at Cape Town’s Pollsmoor prison following a Labour Court challenge by a warder. The department and Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour have agreed to do ”whatever is required” to ensure that the law is ”strictly observed and complied with”.
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/ 16 September 2004
Hurricane Ivan tore through southern Alabama early on Thursday, slamming the United States coast from Mobile to Pensacola, Florida, with fierce winds and pounding surf and spawning tornadoes that killed at least seven people in Florida, according to local television reports. Meanwhile, Hurricane Jeanne hit Costa Rica, killing two.