Making their third appearance in the World Cup finals this summer, Iran will be desperate to please their passionate supporters back home and the large Germany-based expatriate population by reaching the knockout rounds for the first time.
A cholera epidemic in war-devastated Angola has claimed 1 246 lives with more than 35 000 people ill with the disease, the World Health Organisation announced on Tuesday. Cholera, a highly infectious waterborne disease that causes severe diarrhoea, is present in large swathes of Angola.
Zinedine Zidane scored in his final game for Real Madrid on Tuesday, a consolation in a season-ending 4-3 loss to Sevilla. Madrid conceded all four goals to the newly crowned UEFA Cup champion in a 17-minute spell before halftime after David Beckham had given Real a 2-0 lead.
The spectre of violent anti-caste demonstrations loomed over India on Tuesday night after the government vowed to press ahead with plans to reserve almost 50% of seats in colleges and universities for lower-caste and other disadvantaged Indians.
Discovery, one of South Africa’s fastest-growing financial-services companies and a leader in the life and health sectors, has once again broken new ground with the opening of a franchise-distribution facility in Soweto. The Discovery Consulting Services branch will service the needs of financial advisers in greater Soweto, through Discovery’s unique franchise model.
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said on Wednesday it views the Congress Of South African Trade Unions’ call for national protest action on Thursday as very unfortunate. " … We believe that our economy … requires all of us to work towards ensuring that we avert any action that may have a negative impact on … creating jobs and halving unemployment by 2014," said Busa CEO Jerry Vilakazi.
With the click of a switch, brightly polished restaurant tables lift almost magically into the ceiling and from sliding panels in the floor ice buckets emerge in time for the waiter who arrives with the champagne. As the drinks are served the back wall lifts slowly to reveal a huge aquarium dominated by a hammerhead shark.
Several South African municipalities are looking at offering telecommunications services as a service to residents or have already begun to do so, says Dr Andrew Hutchison, T-Systems South Africa’s business manager for telecommunications. This trend has immense potential to help the country bridge its digital gaps.
Two Johannesburg Metro police officers were released on R2 000 bail on Tuesday after they were arrested for taking explicit photographs of a 16-year-old girl from Eldorado Park, Soweto, police said. The policemen were arrested for contravening the Films and Publications Act at the beginning of May after the girl’s mother discovered the explicit photographs on her daughter’s cellphone.
Australian football fans heading for the World Cup in Germany next month have been warned to avoid mocking references to the country’s World War II Nazi history. A travel advisory issued by the Foreign Affairs Department says acts such as making a Nazi salute will not be treated as a joke.