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/ 28 November 2005
North West police exhumed a grave on Monday morning believed to be that of missing Constable Francis Rasuge and have confirmed that it is not hers. The man who claimed it was Rasuge’s grave will now face fierce interrogation, Senior Superintendent Pieter du Plessis said on Monday.
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/ 28 November 2005
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Twenty-five million people have died from HIV/Aids in 24 years, more than three million of whom died this year alone, and at least 40-million people today have HIV, a rise of about five million over the past 12 months. With just a month left to go, the World Health Organisation’s goal of providing anti-retroviral drugs for three million poor people by the end of 2005 is poised to fall dismally short of the mark.
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/ 28 November 2005
”If you are going to go about in a spanking new Ferrari F430, you had better not be shy. There can be no more efficient way of getting noticed on a public highway, short of being Posh and Becks or dressing up as a hand of bananas. Heads turn, fingers point. At least, I think they were pointing,” writes Giles Smith.
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/ 28 November 2005
The National Credit Bill is heading for approval missing the fine print necessary to ensure that its protection measures will be effective, says the Black Sash. The Bill, introduced in August by Minister for Trade and Industry Mandisi Mphahlwa to enforce fair practice across the lending industry, is scheduled for its second reading in the legislature early next year.
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/ 28 November 2005
Global resources group BHP Billiton was looking at expanding the capacity of the Mozal aluminium smelter near Maputo by 250 000 tonnes per annum, BHP Billiton president for aluminium Alex Vanselow said during a conference call on Monday.
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/ 28 November 2005
With a flawless face and marble-smooth arms, a busty blonde mannequin dummy displays a miniskirt in a boutique in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, where most women wear the bag-like burqa. In the war-scarred capital Kabul, the dummy would hardly attract a second glance.
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/ 28 November 2005
Sony has become the latest of the video-game console makers to announce parental controls in its newest machine, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Now, all three major console makers are promising parents the means to help restrict their children’s access to violent video games.
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/ 28 November 2005
The late, great George Best received a minute’s applause from the players of West Ham United and Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground in east London on Sunday. In a dramatic start to the match, which Manchester United won 2-1, the Hammers took the lead in 55 seconds.
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/ 28 November 2005
Eighty-eight miners were killed and another 36 remained trapped underground after an explosion on Sunday at a coal mine in China’s north-east Heilongjiang province, state press said on Monday. Xinhua news agency said a rescue team of 269 people was involved in the search for those still trapped.
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/ 28 November 2005
After opening firmer on Monday morning, the JSE was in negative territory by midday in a quiet, order driven market. The JSE’s all share index was up over a hundred points at one stage, but had given up these gains and more by midday. By noon, the all share index was down 0,30% with the banks index off 0,81%, financials 0,42% softer and the industrial index 0,33% lower.