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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.
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/ 23 November 2005
Catch some sun, take in a few golden temples, and get a new hip. It’s an unlikely but increasingly popular itinerary for foreign visitors who are flying into Thailand in ever greater numbers to get quality hospital care at bargain prices, part of a ”medical tourism” boom that is turning into a multibillion-dollar industry in Asia.
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/ 23 November 2005
More than 60 000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southeastern province of Katanga after an offensive by government troops, aid workers and church sources said on Wednesday. The bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga has alerted authorities to an ”influx of people displaced by conflict”.
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/ 23 November 2005
Election officials on Wednesday confirmed Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as the winner in Liberia’s post-war elections, making her Africa’s first-ever elected female President. With all ballots counted, election officials earlier said Johnson-Sirleaf received 59,4% of the vote to soccer superstar George Weah’s 40,6%.
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/ 23 November 2005
Surging oil prices continue to weigh heavily on airlines’ earnings around the world, as carriers press hard to cut costs so rising fuel costs do not eat into revenue generated by a rise in passenger traffic. After a three-year slump, international passenger and cargo traffic has risen by 8,3% since the beginning of the year.
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/ 23 November 2005
A passenger train rammed into a truck carrying farm workers in southern Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring 30 others, officials said. It was the nation’s fourth major rail accident in less than two years. Many of the injured were in critical condition, according to the Anatolia news agency.
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/ 23 November 2005
Eight of South Africa’s nine provinces are being been severely affected by drought, the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs said on Wednesday. Hardest hit are northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, said the department’s senior manager of drought and risk management, Ikalafeng Kgakgatsi.
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/ 23 November 2005
The police on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Indian Ocean Zanzibar archipelago said on Tuesday they were probing the death over the weekend of a South African tourist after a mishap at sea. ”We are still investigating the cause of the death of the tourist, however a preliminary finding shows he was not attacked,” said Zanzibar deputy police chief Kheir Khamis.
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/ 23 November 2005
Five taxi drivers were arrested in Johannesburg on Wednesday after allegedly shooting at the city’s metro police, who had arrested another four drivers at a roadblock. Meanwhile, about 60 people will be charged with public violence following clashes between two taxi associations in Port Shepstone on Wednesday morning, police said.