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/ 23 November 2005
A Chilean judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of former dictator Augusto Pinochet for fraud and other alleged crimes related to millions of dollars in secret overseas bank accounts. The judge ordered that Pinochet, who will be 90 on Friday, remain confined in his home in Santiago’s elegant La Dehesa neighbourhood.
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/ 23 November 2005
A dozen West African countries have signed a wide-ranging accord to conserve dwindling elephant populations devastated by poaching, conflict and habitat loss, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The 12 nations are now home to fewer than 13Â 000 elephants due to the combined effect of those dangers.
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/ 23 November 2005
A High Court judge and a businessman have claimed part of a Danish-owned farm south of Harare, the owners said on Wednesday, part of a stepped-up drive to seize white-owned land for black Zimbabweans. The two men arrived on Monday at one of Zimbabwe’s most productive dairy farms accompanied by police and supporters.
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/ 23 November 2005
Veteran wing Breyton Paulse was recalled to the South African line-up to play France at the Stade de France in Chantilly on Saturday. He and fellow veteran Os du Randt are the only two changes to the side that beat Wales 33-16 in Cardiff last Saturday. Paulse wins his 55th cap at the expense of Conrad Jantjes.
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/ 23 November 2005
A rare volcanic eruption is expanding the size of Montagu Island in the uninhabited South Sandwich Islands chain, a remote British territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, scientists said on Wednesday. New satellite images show that Montagu Island has grown by 20,23ha in the past month alone.
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/ 23 November 2005
Parties by government departments following the successful passage of their Budget votes through Parliament have cost South African taxpayers almost R1,7-million, says the Democratic Alliance. The most expensive celebration — R489 681-worth of partying — was held by the Department of Public Service and Administration.
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/ 23 November 2005
Something quite quaint happened in Tunis last week. It was triggered by an alliance of freedom of expression groups withdrawing from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a major United Nations conference in Tunisia. The protest was against the host country’s political imprisonment and censorship espoused by governments at WSIS.
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/ 23 November 2005
A campaign to stop controversial German vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath from conducting ”illegal” HIV trials in South Africa will be stepped up, three organisations said on Wednesday. ”He has got to be stopped,” Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willie Madisha said.
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/ 23 November 2005
South African packaging group Nampak on Wednesday reported an 18,5% decrease in fully diluted headline earning per share to 118,4 cents for the year ended September 30 2005, from 145,3 cents a year ago. The group declared a final dividend per share of 56,6 cents, unchanged from 2004.
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/ 23 November 2005
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The African National Congress on Wednesday reiterated its position that the rape allegations facing its deputy president are serious and have to be dealt with in terms of the law. This was a repetition of the position it took after a weekend meeting of the party’s hierarchy.