Since London began enforcing its central congestion zone, motorists have been coughing up for the right to drive and park in the heart of town. But some motorists — those in bullet-proof Beemers — still think English law doesn’t apply to them. According to The Independent, among the worst repeat offenders in terms of not paying- congestion tariffs and fines are foreign embassies.
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The two escaped Boeremag treason-trial accused have been placed on Interpol’s ”red-notice” list as well as on Interpol’s international database for wanted fugitives, police said on Wednesday. Herman van Rooyen and Rudi Gouws disappeared from the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday last week. They were on trial with 20 others.
The state of the Odi Stadium pitch for the crunch Castle Premier Soccer League (PSL) deciding encounter between Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates on Saturday has been called ”promising” by acting stadium manager Jerry Moumakwe, who also revealed that no Premier League official had come to inspect the pitch and the stadium prior to the venue being confirmed.
Fresh factional fighting rocked the lawless Somali capital on Wednesday as a tentative truce failed to hold and Islamic militia and gunmen loyal to a United States-backed warlord alliance battled for a fourth day. Heavy machine gun, artillery and rocket fire resounded through streets of bullet-scarred Mogadishu after the collapse of the truce.
Former communist Giorgio Napolitano (80) was elected Italy’s new president on Wednesday, gaining an absolute majority in a Parliamentary vote that underlined the country’s political divisions. The election of centre-left leader Romano Prodi’s candidate was bitterly opposed by the conservatives of outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Iran would face "isolation" if it did not establish a nuclear programme that meets international standards. Speaking after talks with Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Rice also stressed that Iran faced a United Nations Security Council resolution over its nuclear programme.
Zimbabwe on Wednesday postponed the release of monthly figures that were expected to show the country’s inflation cross the 1 000% threshold, one of the highest rates in the world. Samuel Undenge, deputy minister for economic development, said the results were not released "because of a logistical issue" but would be announced "in due course".
More than 12-million people in the world are locked in a modern form of slavery, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday as France marked its abolition of the practice more than 150 years ago. The ILO has said that globalisation is helping to fuel forced labour, especially in Europe.
Gases and welding products group African Oxygen (Afrox) is to invest approximately R350-millionin several major new gas production facilities around South Africa during the year. Craig Falconer, Afrox’s general manager process gas solutions, says this expenditure results from increased demand from the company’s existing customer base as well as by new business wins.