Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was doing well after she underwent a successful five-hour liver transplant due to long-term liver disease, said Professor Jeff Wing on Thursday morning. ”The were no complications during the operation, none whatsoever,” said Wing, head of the department of medicine at the Johannesburg hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand.
A man accused of drunken driving and crashing his truck into a lamp post told police a unicorn had been at the wheel when it careered off the road, Los Angeles media reported on Wednesday. Phillip Holliday (42) appeared before a court in the western state of Montana on Tuesday, the <i>Billings Gazette</i> reported.
Japan’s chief weatherman bowed in apology on Wednesday after a computer glitch meant that Tokyo will have to wait a few days longer than expected to revel under the cherry blossoms. The cherry blossoms bloom for less than a week every year, a rite of spring that is an excuse for nationwide debauchery.
An Australian gambler is suing a casino for tens of millions of dollars for allegedly luring him back to the gaming tables after he had banned himself from the premises. Harry Kakavas is claiming Aus$30-million (about R170-million) he says he lost playing baccarat at Melbourne’s Crown Casino in a 14-month spree — plus damages.
Bernard van Zyl, accused of the axe murder of his former gay partner, was found walking naked along a road at Plettenberg Bay, on his way to the police, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday. Van Zyl has pleaded not guilty to charges of the murder of estate agent Andre Weitz and aggravated armed robbery.
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=cwc_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/300732/Icon_CWC.gif" align=left border=0></a>A Bangladeshi firm has sent what it says is the world’s biggest cricket bat on a signature tour to drum up support for the national team at the Caribbean World Cup, a company official said on Thursday. The 22m-long bat has been signed by thousands since its began its nationwide journey from the northern city of Rangpur.
World champion Fernando Alonso has come out against plans to stage Formula One grand prix races at night. Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has spoken of wanting to include a number of night races on the F1 schedule as early as next season.
South Africa wants the state to have the first opportunity to buy property entering the market to help speed up the redistribution of white-owned land to blacks, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Whites still own over 90% of commercial farmland in South Africa, more than a decade after the end of apartheid.
Zimbabwe’s neighbours must increase the pressure on Robert Mugabe’s regime after its violent crackdown on opposition politicians, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Thursday. He described Mugabe’s rule as an ”abomination”, saying that the president and his government ”have taken an enormously potentially successful country and destroyed it”.
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang underwent a successful five-hour liver transplant on Wednesday due to a long-term disease that attacks the liver, the Department of Health confirmed. ”The operation was successful and uneventful,” said Professor Jeff Wing, head of the department of medicine at the Johannesburg Hospital and Wits University.