Just after 11am on Thursday August 9 1945, a United States army air force B29, Bock’s Car, dropped an atomic bomb, codenamed Fat Man after Winston Churchill, on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. It came three days after the first A-bomb, Little Boy, had been dropped on Hiroshima.
Angola has deported some 60 000 illegal immigrants since launching a major crackdown on clandestine diamond prospecting by foreigners in December. Most of the 50 000 illegal immigrants were detained by Angolan security forces in the diamond-rich northeastern provinces of North Lunda and South Lunda.
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Mention disputes over party funding, and the image that might first come to mind is that of Republicans and Democrats in the United States, trading allegations about reliance on special interest groups. However, the matter also sparked controversy in South Africa recently, as the country prepared for its third democratic election.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille has emerged as the favourite opposition politician in South Africa, according to a Markinor survey. The survey also showed the ANC has the backing of 72,3% of registered voters.
Microsoft is to pay -million to Silicon Valley company Intertrust to settle a lawsuit that the software giant illegally used technology for protecting music, movies and other digital content against piracy, the firms announced on Monday.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki, set to return to power after Wednesday’s landmark elections, will be under intense pressure to deliver on the Herculean problems of grinding poverty and Aids, analysts say.
Special Report: Elections 2004
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At least 99% of the 20,6-million South Africans who registered as voters are expected to turnout to make their crosses on polling day, the Independent Electoral Commission said on Monday — provided it did not rain.
Special Report: Elections 2004
DuffyDuc has a problem with his Rover 75 with the heating system switching itself on as it pleases. The dealer couldn’t find the fault until DuffyDuc consults a chat room on the Internet. No longer can a dealer claim that the problem is completely untypical and has ”never happened before” therefore not falling under the guarantee.
It is estimated that Zimbabwe is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. Hundreds of people have been killed, maimed or injured by mines that were planted by government troops and their opponents in the 1970s, during Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. A toll has also been taken on domestic and wild animals.
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The 2004 elections in Gauteng will be a lot better run than in 1999, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Gauteng said on Monday. Provincial IEC electoral officer Gugu Matlaopane said the number of voting stations in the province had increased, and more than 30 000 election workers would be employed on the day around the province.