Three policemen, a reservist and another man were arrested this week for dealing in ammunition without a licence, police said on Friday. A police reservist, Inspector Craig Brendon Sacke (31) and 33-year-old Stephen Grippa were arrested on Monday, said Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht.
Pension fund trustees from seven states and New York City demanded to meet with Exxon Mobil’s independent directors to discuss what they called the oil company’s failure to consider how concern over global warming could affect energy companies.
Thierry Henry has decided to stay at Arsenal and is expected to sign a new four-year contract with the north London football club on Friday, Britain’s Sun newspaper said. ”I hope to stay as long as I can keep running,” the tabloid quoted the club’s 28-year-old captain as saying.
Cape Town newspaper The Daily Voice must apologise for having used pictures of the naked bodies of slain actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom, media reports said on Thursday. The press ombudsman had reprimanded the paper and ordered it to publish an apology prominently on the front page.
After being up over 1% at one stage, the JSE was well off its highs just before noon on Friday due to selective offshore selling of heavyweight stocks. Volumes were fairly light, which contributed to the market’s volatility. By 11.55am, the all share index was up 0,25%.
A new report released on Thursday disputes scientists’ claims that bones of a dwarf human discovered on an Indonesian island are those of an entirely new human species. The 18 000-year-old bones found on Flores Island in 2003 were given the scientific name Homo floresiensis, and the nickname ”Hobbit” after the diminutive figures in JRR Tolkien’s novel.
If we make the right decisions as we seek to bridge the science/religion divide we can edge forward step by step, fighting poverty, suffering, social evils and abuses of nature. Human nature is open, and not just to evil. The choice is ours. The science and religion debate is the attempt to make a choice for the better.
Planned weapons sales to previously taboo customers, such as Libya and Turkey, are part of the package of measures adopted by the troubled parastatal defence conglomerate Denel to turn around persistent losses and declining sales. Briefing Parliament’s portfolio committee, CEO Shaun Liebenberg said new markets were opening up as the company won improved political backing for its marketing efforts.
United States state governments are once again doing battle with the tobacco industry. This time it’s little cigars. Attorneys general from 39 states and Guam say these small cigars are really just brown cigarettes and ought to be identified as such.
There was nothing surprising about national police chief Jackie Selebi’s call for the demise of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), the body said on Thursday. ”He has always held reservations that he does not need to be monitored,” said acting ICD director Leslie Xinwa.