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/ 30 December 2003
The authorities in Swaziland are doing little to stem a flood of bogus ”miracle Aids cures” in a country with one of the world’s highest HIV infection rates. An ”Aids vaccine” in pill form is being supplied to the Swazi army, and a newspaper has published a report on how marijuana can cure Aids.
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/ 30 December 2003
A huge blast ripped through a northeastern Chinese fireworks factory on Tuesday, killing 29 workers and putting 19 others in hospital, state press reported. The explosion tore through two factory buildings of Changtu Safe Environment Color and Noise.
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/ 30 December 2003
A strong bullion price saw gold stocks continue to find favour on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) in noon trade on Tuesday in a market that was up overall in line with its global counterparts. However, volumes were dismal, with less than R150-million-worth of shares changing hands.
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/ 30 December 2003
By Sunday, December’s road death toll was more than 10% lower than last year’s, the Department of Transport said on Tuesday. A total of 846 people had died in 690 accidents, compared with 947 deaths in 734 crashes by the same date last year, it said in a statement.
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/ 30 December 2003
Schools across Israel were shut on Tuesday as local council leaders failed to resolve a dispute with ministers over a decision to cut more than -million from the education budget. While teachers were not officially on strike, staff such as security guards whose attendance is required by law were staying at home.
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/ 30 December 2003
The deposed Iraqi leader could harken back to the trials of Nazi leaders and Japanese commanders after World War II to fight expected charges of genocide and war crimes, claiming he never personally killed anyone or that he had no control over atrocities committed in his name, defence lawyers and scholars say.
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/ 30 December 2003
Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah has been released from prison after receiving a suspended prison sentence for plotting to overthrow the current head of state, Maaouiya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya. The five-year suspended sentence effectively bars him from mounting a fresh challenge through the ballot box.
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/ 30 December 2003
Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah has been released from prison after receiving a suspended prison sentence for plotting to overthrow the current head of state, Maaouiya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya. The five-year suspended sentence effectively bars him from mounting a fresh challenge through the ballot box.
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/ 30 December 2003
The world number-five gold miner, South Africa’s Harmony, on Tuesday announced that it had decided not to exercise an option to buy shares in Australian group Bendigo Mining NL due to Harmony’s exercise price being above the company’s share price.
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/ 30 December 2003
KWV International, the export subsidiary of KWV Ltd, one of South Africa’s largest producers of wine and spirits, has continued to see its export volumes grow in the first half of its financial year, but financially the strong rand is having a negative impact on the group, according to managing director Vernon Davis.