The case against two men for the rape and murder of three Mamelodi girls was postponed in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday. The two men were arrested in early May in connection with the discovery of the half-naked bodies of three high-school pupils, dumped behind a shopping complex in Mamelodi.
England finally saw the back of Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene to move to the brink of victory in the first Test at Lord’s on Sunday. At stumps on the fourth day the tourists, following-on, were 381-6 in reply to England’s first-innings 551-6 – a lead of just 22 runs after bad light ended play for the day.
The JSE was down 2% at midday on Monday, following a more than 5% drop in both gold and platinum miners. Traders said the local bourse was following world markets, which were under pressure, while lower commodities prices were also weighing on sentiment.
French businessmen in Turkey are bracing for a vote in their country’s National Assembly this Thursday that could prove disastrous for trade. France’s Socialists have stirred up a very sore point in relations with Turkey over an issue that dates back to World War I, when hundreds of thousands of Armenians perished.
Global auditing firm Ernst and Young has withdrawn a report saying China’s non-performing loans totalled over -billion, apologising for what it called an ”erroneous” publication. ”We apologise that this erroneous report was issued. We sincerely regret any misleading views that the report conveyed,” the firm said.
Fifa will push for its members to adopt the world anti-doping code in time for the World Cup next month, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said on Sunday. If the code is adopted before the start of the tournament on June 9 in Germany, the world’s soccer stars would be subject to two-year suspensions for serious doping violations instead of the lighter bans under Fifa rules.
Corridors that once echoed to the sound of White House staffers walking and talking very fast fell silent on Sunday night as the final episode of The West Wing was broadcast in the United States, bringing seven years of political escapism to a close.
It seems it is not just England supporters who have yet to make up their minds about Sven-Goran Eriksson’s five and a half years in charge of the national team. The owners of Europe’s top clubs appear to share an uncertainty about how to assess exactly how good a job the Swede has done in handling a talented generation of English footballers.
Australian winger Wendell Sailor’s lucrative rugby union career will be finished if positive drug tests are confirmed, and he would also be barred from a return to rugby league. Sailor’s positive drug test could cost him more than Aus-million, media reports said on Monday.
First quarter figures on unit trust sales and net inflows suggest growing maturity among South African investors and indicate that a key lesson has been learned — selling high is a lot better than selling when the market hits the bottom. The quarterly perspective comes from Kim Zietsman, head of single manager unit trusts at Stanlib, South Africa’s largest unit trust company.