Surveillance cameras have led to an 80% drop in fraud at First National Bank’s (FNB) ATMs, the bank said on Monday. FNB ATM chief executive officer Mike Arnold said cameras had been installed at 75 FNB ATMs countrywide. ”FNB’s investment in this system has saved customers and the bank large sums of money,” said Arnold.
United States and Iraqi forces said on Monday they had killed 47 suspected insurgents, including an al-Qaeda member wanted over the downing of a US helicopter, and arrested about 260 in weekend raids. The wanted man, Abu Mustafa, was killed along with 15 other alleged rebels in a series of raids, the US military said.
Urgent blood donations are needed after 62 people were injured when a bus overturned outside Durban on Monday morning, Durban metro police said. Four people were hospitalised in critical condition and two of them lost their limbs on the scene. Fifty-eight were in a serious condition.
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The African National Congress said on Monday that its deputy president, Jacob Zuma, would be resuming his duties ”without delay” after he stepped down from active duty while his rape trial was under way. Zuma was acquitted of rape in the Johannesburg High Court on May 8.
It is interesting, curious and instructive that our first stop on arrival on the actual island of Zanzibar was a bar/restaurant called "Mercury’s". This is a Euro-American establishment named after one of the island’s most famous sons — Freddie Mercury, lead singer and inspiration of the wildly successful British band Queen.
The BBC has admitted it was taken for a ride by a cabbie. The network apologised to its viewers for a studio mix-up that resulted in a cab driver appearing on live television as an expert on internet music downloads. "We interviewed the wrong person," a BBC spokesperson said on Monday while speaking on condition of anonymity in line with company policy.
Germany captain Michael Ballack has signed a three-year deal to play for English champions Chelsea, the club announced on Monday. Ballack, who has signed on a free transfer from Bayern Munich, was set to be unveiled at a Stamford Bridge press conference. The 29-year-old midfielder’s arrival had been confirmed by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on Sunday.
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Monday defiantly refused even to enter a plea as charges were formally presented in a hearing that marked a new stage in his long-running trial. The chief judge read out charges implicating Saddam and the other defendants in the massacre of 148 Shi’ite villagers in the 1980s.
A Malawian court on Monday put Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha under house arrest for allegedly plotting to kill President Bingu wa Mutharika by hiring South African hitmen. Chilumpha will be ”confined to his official residence and will not leave his house without authority from the president” until the treason trial finishes, said high court judge Charles Mkandawire.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi blamed the opposition and the international community for a political crisis that has seen scores killed and jailed since elections a year ago. Meles, in an interview with British newspaper The Times published on Monday, said the opposition was encouraged by mixed signals from the international community.