The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) announced on Tuesday that it plans to apply for a Cape High Court interdict to stop the sale of the Golden Arrow bus company to black empowerment consortium Hosken Consolidated Investments and Mettle Limited for R270-million.
The European Union promised action on Tuesday to curb unsolicited bulk e-mails in a new sign of international determination to stop ”spam” messages. EU telecommunications ministers meeting in Brussels promised to speed up slow implementation of an EU-wide law agreed two years ago banning commercial spam.
Outbreaks of violence that the Algerian press describes as ”riots” by disaffected youth have broken out in the past few days in several northern cities and towns, newspapers reported on Tuesday. Youths are protesting against unemployment, water shortages and an alleged lack of promised development programmes.
The cargo plane impounded at Harare’s airport on Sunday was not registered in South Africa, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed on Tuesday. "Our investigation shows that this aircraft is not registered or even provisionally registered in South Africa," said CAA spokesperson Moses Seate.
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In a surprise move on Tuesday the state closed its case in the Sizzlers multiple murder trial. The accused, Waterfront restaurant manager Adam Roy Woest and taxi operator Trevor Basil Theys, were prepared for a marathon trial after the judge entered pleas of not guilty to nine charges of murder, among others.
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There is no reason for concern over the question of a successor for President Thabo Mbeki, his deputy, Jacob Zuma, said on Tuesday. The African National Congress, he said, has a capable leadership structure — not only one leader like some other political parties.
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The town of Antalaha in northeast Madagascar was almost entirely destroyed by Cyclone Gafilo, which ripped across the northern tip of the Indian Ocean island state at the weekend. The Reuters news agency reported that about 100 people were feared dead after a ferry they were travelling on failed to arrive in Madagascar on Monday.
The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has complained to the authorities in Asmara of ”serious restrictions of freedom of movement” imposed on its peacekeepers. UNMEE patrols a buffer corridor on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea in line with a peace accord the Horn of Africa states signed.
”I love my country, it is beautiful — it has desert, it has a beach. But people are poor because of the war.” South Africa has become a haven for Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees who have fled their war-torn homelands. The M&G speaks to members of these displaced communities.
”More than 170 designers showed their collections as part of the 2004 London Fashion Week recently. I asked four to tell me about their favourite cities.” Isabel Choat quizzed four London designers about where to shop, eat and stay in the world’s trendy spots.