Fervent efforts are being made by Nkosinathi Joyi’s camp to prevent the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) from stripping him of his mini-flyweight title — this after reports emerged that the IBO was on the verge of relieving the unbeaten East London fighter of the title for failing to defend it since winning it in November last year.
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the latest movie to become a stage musical to be then translated back to film in musical form, Hairspray
The BBC said on Friday its Russian-language FM broadcasts have been taken off the air by its Moscow distributor, which said its programmes were ”foreign propaganda”. The decision leaves the BBC’s Russian-language services available only on medium and shortwave broadcasts, the BBC said in a press release.
The JSE recorded the highest number of trades and highest value of trades in its 120-year existence this week, the company said on Friday. The latest records came after strong revenue growth recorded for the JSE for the interim six months to June 30 this year, in which record volumes were recorded in the exchange’s main three markets.
The fear of communism coming to South Africa justified committing acts during the apartheid era, which he has subsequently admitted were wrong, former police minister Adriaan Vlok said in Pretoria on Friday. ”We believed we were fighting a very, very bad enemy,” he said at a press conference at the end of the court case against him and four others.
Communist authorities have banned most state media from reporting on the deadly collapse of a bridge in southern China, with local officials punching and chasing reporters from the scene, reporters said on Friday. The harassment and the reporting ban, issued by the Central Propaganda Department, came on Thursday.
Despite Airports Company South Africa’s excellent annual results, airline passengers are still going to be hit with increased fees, the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa said on Friday. Airlines have no choice but to incorporate increased airport tariffs into the price of their tickets.
The African National Congress (ANC) is not a party for the independent-minded, says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. The recent sacking by President Thabo Mbeki of his deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, illustrated what the ANC had become, she said on Friday in her weekly online newsletter, DA Today.
The Sunday Times is to return all of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical records with the exception of one copy, the Johannesburg High Court ordered on Friday. The newspaper must also refrain from reporting or commenting on any of the minister’s medical reports pending the outcome of the rest of the application.
Many residents were too afraid to leave their homes in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s main oil, on Friday and troops patrolled the streets after dozens were killed in gun battles. Up to 40 people died in street fighting between troops and heavily armed gangsters on Thursday, local newspapers reported, and the gunmen are widely expected to return.