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/ 13 November 2006
Chad’s government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the capital, Ndjamena, and some eastern areas, where raiders on horseback have killed hundreds of villagers in ethnic attacks in recent weeks. The measure included the appointment of special ministers with far-reaching powers for the affected regions.
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/ 13 November 2006
More than 100 patients were evacuated from the Tshepong hospital near Klerksdorp in the North West after heavy rains flooded the hospital on Monday. Hospital chief executive Kathy Randeree said patients were moved to Klerksdorp hospital, Potchefstroom hospital and mining hospitals in Stilfontein and Orkney.
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/ 13 November 2006
While teaching American humour to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realised something was off — who was this guy? Haggerty, a public-speaking coach from Washington, DC, is one of the unwitting co-stars of the surprise hit movie Borat.
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/ 13 November 2006
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is misleading whites when he asks them to join the South African National Defence Force, the Freedom Front Plus said on Monday. Media reports on Monday said top white students in the South African Air Force won’t be trained as fighter pilots because they have to make way for black students.
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/ 13 November 2006
India leave for South Africa on Monday night praying their key cricketers deliver on the tough tour, after a string of below-par performances in recent one-day internationals. ”I think we need to get performances from a lot of our key players,” India captain Rahul Dravid said before the team’s departure for the two-month tour.
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/ 13 November 2006
South Africa dropped one place in the latest International Rugby Board world rankings after their defeat by Ireland on Saturday. Australia, who beat Italy, have moved back into third place, pushing South Africa into fourth position. Ireland remain in fifth place, but are just two points adrift of South Africa.
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/ 13 November 2006
Rafael Nadal’s Masters Cup hopes took a blow on Monday when he was handed a shock straight-sets defeat by American eighth seed James Blake. The world number two was broken twice in the first set and lost a second-set tie-break to love as Blake won 6-4, 7-6 (7/0).
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/ 13 November 2006
The South African Hong Kong Sixes squad, captained by Nicky Boje, were crowned champions of the Hong Kong Sixes tournament after beating Pakistan in the final by 12 runs at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Sunday. In the final, Boje set up victory for South Africa with a speedy 32 runs off 14 balls.
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/ 13 November 2006
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday received its long-awaited documents relating to the so-called Oilgate scandal from state oil company PetroSA. A DA spokesperson said PetroSA has handed over about 30 documents, including contracts between black economic empowerment company Imvume Management and itself.
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/ 13 November 2006
Up to 30 villagers were killed and 40 wounded when armed men riding horses and camels attacked a village in the Darfur region of western Sudan, an African Union official said on Monday. The attackers are suspected to be Janjaweed, militiamen who have killed and plundered across the arid region.