American tennis star Andre Agassi was told on Wednesday he must pay British tax on income earned from endorsements. A judge at London’s High Court said Agassi had to pay around £27 500 in tax on income paid by sportswear maker Nike and Austria’s Head Sports to his US-based company Agassi Enterprises Inc.
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Former president Nelson Mandela was completely shocked to learn about the shoot-out outside his Bishopscourt house in Cape Town on Tuesday that claimed the life of an attacker, said his spokesperson Zelda le Grange.
Chadian troops have successfully crossed into Darfur, western Sudan, to rescue cattle stolen by Sudanese militias known as Janjawid, according to UN sources. In the last couple of days, Chadian soldiers had crossed into Gogei to collect the cattle, following an agreement signed last week between presidents Idriss Deby of Chad and Umar al-Bashir of Sudan.
Investigations by leaders in northern Uganda’s Lira District have found that the death toll in the February 21 rebel attack on the Barlonyo camp for internally displaced persons exceeded 300 people, relief workers said.
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma should take steps without delay to safeguard the many South Africans detained in Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change remains unsure about contesting crucial parliamentary elections due in the next 12 months. The dilemma is whether to participate in a poll the party fears will not be free or fair, or to boycott and risk becoming politically irrelevant, political analysts say.
Education Minister Kader Asmal defended his department’s education policies on Tuesday and praised the progress made since 1994, saying the extraordinary damage done by the apartheid education system should not be forgotten.
The Minister of Health has until close of business on Wednesday to respond to a letter of demand from the Treatment Action Campaign, or face litigation. The letter, sent on March 10, gave her seven days to authorise the immediate procurement of anti-retroviral drugs.
The Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden in Roodepoort was renamed the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden on Tuesday, the Environmental Affairs Department said. Spokesperson John Louw said the renaming was part of the Ten Years of Democracy celebrations.