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/ 16 December 2006
South Africa ended the first day of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and India at the Wanderers on Friday the happier team, although neither side really seized the initiative. At close of play on a day in which 133 minutes were lost to delays and interruptions, India had struggled to 156 for five in their first innings.
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/ 16 December 2006
The White House was on Friday considering an even deeper military commitment in Iraq, with a short-term deployment of 20 000 extra forces to Baghdad, a day after the United States army chief warned that the force could break under the strain of the war.
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/ 16 December 2006
First National Bank (FNB) has lodged an application for leave to appeal a high court ruling that outlaws its innovative Million-a-Month Account product, which is aimed at creating a savings culture in South Africa. The National Lotteries Board argued in court that the Million-a-Month Account contravened the National Lotteries Act.
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/ 15 December 2006
Lawyers for Durban businessman Schabir Shaik on Friday failed to lodge papers with the Constitutional Court appealing his corruption and fraud conviction and sentence. Hearing radio reports on the possibility of papers being filed, court officials kept the general office open an extra half-hour, to 4pm.
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/ 15 December 2006
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) announced on Friday it will hold its national conference in March 2008, at which it will elect its new leaders. President Fikile Mbalula said this is to ensure that the current executive members have an influence on the outcome of the ANC elections, where a new president will be chosen during the ANC national conference in December 2007.
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/ 15 December 2006
The crew of sinking yacht Felicia have been rescued in high seas 700km off the Namibian coast by a merchant ship. Cape Town’s Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre confirmed shortly after 5pm on Friday that the four crew members of the Felicia had been taken safely aboard the car carrier Don Pasquale.
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/ 15 December 2006
The current political debate in South Africa is about the future character of the democratic movement and not individual personalities, Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told the Young Communist League on Friday. ”… the debate is about the future of the revolution and the character of the movement implementing that revolution.
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/ 15 December 2006
President Thabo Mbeki should indeed go for a public HIV test, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) leader Zackie Achmat said on Friday. ”Every business leader, every political leader, every trade union leader, should test publicly,” Achmat said. ”Every church leader should. And our president. Including our president.”
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/ 15 December 2006
Residents of the town housing Somalia’s interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation. ”I’m afraid when war breaks out, roads will be closed and food is going to be unaffordable,” labourer and father-of-three Said Ali Ahmed said.
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/ 15 December 2006
Robert Mugabe dodged speculation on Friday about an extension to his presidency in an address to Zimbabwe’s ruling party after warning potential successors there is no vacancy at the top. The 82-year-old, in power since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980, instead used his annual speech to Zanu-PF delegates to lambaste the one-time colonial masters.