FUEL removal operations commenced on Saturday morning on the grounded cargo vessel the Ikan Tanda, by the salvors Smit Pentow Marine. The Ikan Tanda ran aground off Scarborough south of Cape Town on Wednesday and was grounded approximately 300 metres from the beach. The vessel, registered in Singapore, was travelling from Chile to Cape Town […]

SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki will make his first official visit to Japan in October and meet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Emperor Akihito, the government said on Friday. Mbeki will arrive in Japan on October 1 for a three-day visit and meet the Emperor the following day, the foreign ministry said in a statement. […]

ACCESS to beaches at Scarborough outside Cape Town where the 10000-ton Singapore-registered cargo ship, the Ikan Tanda ran aground on Wednesday, was being controlled by emergency services. The cargo ship was carrying 15 000 tons of potassium nitrate — fertiliser — a hazardous substance which could pose a threat to people and the environment under […]

ONE million British school children will jump up and down simultaneously on Friday in a bid to create an earthquake and enter the record books as the world’s largest scientific experiment. Thousands of schools around Britain have been asked to send children out into the playgrounds at 11 a.m (1000 GMT) to jump up and […]

Johannesburg | Sunday PIONEERING heart surgeon Chris Barnard’s brother will not attend his funeral in Beaufort West on Friday, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. Marius Barnard (73) recalled unhappy childhood memories and said that out of respect for his father’s memory he would not attend the funeral. But Karin Barnard, Chris’s third wife, said there […]