United States President George Bush on Friday described the prospect of US strikes against al-Qaeda in Pakistan as ”unsavoury,” saying Washington respected its ally’s sovereignty, the Pakistani government said. It said Bush made the comments to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a telephone call.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will meet in Johannesburg on Saturday to consider what further action, if any, will be taken about complaints against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, said Chief Justice Pius Langa. Hlophe reportedly responded last month to questions put to him by the JSC about his relationship with the Oasis investment group.
A seven-year-old schoolboy and a 75-year-old taxi driver were killed when a bakkie ran over them outside a Johannesburg school on Friday, the city’s metro police said. Spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the accident happened at 7.35am, in Roberts Avenue in front of Jeppe High School.
Malawian rights organisations say their government needs help monitoring Madonna’s planned adoption of a Malawian boy — and a child welfare official agrees that the Southern African country’s foreign adoption procedures need to be overhauled.
Representatives from the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) and the National Petroleum Employers’ Association resumed talks on Saturday in a bid to resolve a pay strike which led to countrywide fuel shortages and panic buying. Ceppwawu spokesperson Keith Jacobs said the union had repeatedly informed employers and the public about the strike.
The Blue Bulls returned to their winning ways with a thorough 36-12 win over the Boland Cavaliers in their Currie Cup match at Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening. In securing their victory, the Bulls scored five tries, two in an uninspiring first half and three in the second.
”Wow, would you look at that. I’ve got three pickers right there!” The other prospectors gather round Bernie McGrath’s green plastic pan to inspect the treasures within. Glinting amid the grey gravel are three sizeable pieces of gold. McGrath swirls the pan, washing the residue out and leaving the heavier gold behind.
India and South Africa shared the challenge of a struggle against poverty, President Thabo Mbeki told businessmen in Johannesburg on Friday. Business was vital if this problem was to be effectively addressed, Mbeki told the Seventh India Calling Conference.
Police in eastern Zimbabwe will soon launch night raids on businesses and bus companies trying to circumvent price controls by operating only in the dark. Police spokesperson for Manicaland province, Brian Makomeke warned that anyone trying to dodge President Robert Mugabe’s controversial price-cut campaign would be punished
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a Bill allowing the state to eavesdrop on private phone conversations and monitor faxes and emails. The Interception of Communication Act, published in the Government Gazette on Friday, provides for the setting up of an interception centre to listen into telephone conversations, open mail and intercept emails and faxes.