Rescue workers combed a coastal village in north Cornwall on Tuesday for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before. More than 50 automobiles were swept into the sea at the height of Monday’s torrential rainstorm and a half-dozen buildings collapsed.
The wage dispute between trade union Solidarity and steel producer Iscor was resolved on Tuesday when the two parties signed a wage agreement. The agreement — which comes after a month-long wage dispute — includes, among other things, a three-year moratorium on forced retrenchments.
Short-term insurance policy holders in South Africa are under-insured by about 45% on average, according to market research conducted by Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurance company. This means policy-holders will only receive partial compensation after submitting an insurance claim.
Ispat Iscor, South Africa’s leading steel producer, said on Tuesday it will need to take several performance-related measures within the next three years to meet the challenges of the global steel industry. Key to this success, said chief executive Louis van Niekerk, is the support of the company’s people
Legislation intended to tighten child pornography laws and close loopholes was approved in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday. In terms of the Films and Publications Amendment Bill, the offences of possession, creation and distribution of child pornography will be separated for the purpose of sentencing.
The well-known Afrikaans radio, television, stage and film producer Truida Louw died on Tuesday morning aged 91, her family said in a statement. She died at her home in Darrenwood Village, Linden, in Johannesburg. Louw was the widow of poet NP van Wyk Louw and the sister of actress Anna Neethling-Pohl and composer Jan Pohl.
The United Nations’s health body raised alarm on Tuesday over a jump in deadly cases of hepatitis E in Sudan’s Darfur region and another agency said a new wave of refugees has fled to neighbouring Chad to escape the violence.
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Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown Alien vs Predator, featuring the creatures of the ”Alien” and ”Predator” franchises, debuted as the number one weekend movie in the United States with ,25-million, studio estimates showed on Sunday.
A delegation of Iraqis meant to help negotiate an end to the uprising in Najaf was forced on Tuesday to delay its mission to the holy city when it could not get a military escort for the dangerous journey. As the delegation waited, a mortar round hit a busy Baghdad street, killing seven people and injuring 47.
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Massive blast in central Baghdad
The rand’s recent weakness suggests that the currency is moving back into line with other resource-based currencies, following a period of unsustainable outperformance. With the local unit continuing to trade above its long-term, real, trade-weighted value, some further underperformance is likely.