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/ 17 November 2005
Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker has offered to help the South African Football Association committee to find a new coach after head coach Stuart Baxter quit on Tuesday. ”Bafana Bafana is not a toy that everybody should demand,” he said. ”This is an important position.”
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/ 17 November 2005
British Olympic rowing great Matthew Pinsent has described China’s training of some young gymnasts for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as tantamount to child abuse. In a report for BBC Radio, Pinsent described children in a Beijing gymnasium being pushed through the pain barrier and said one young boy had clearly been beaten by his coach.
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/ 17 November 2005
William Nkuna received a life sentence at the Mmabatho Circuit Court in Ga-Rankuwa on Thursday for the murder of missing police Constable Francis Rasuge. ”I have come to the conclusion that the only fit and proper sentence to be imposed is that of life imprisonment,” Judge Ronald Hendricks said.
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/ 17 November 2005
The municipal government elections are to be held on March 1 next year, Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi announced in Pretoria on Thursday. The day falls on a Wednesday, but it will be up to Cabinet to decide whether to declare it a public holiday, he said. The voter-registration process is almost complete.
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/ 17 November 2005
By 1995, the web had about 20-million users and was already being used for entertainment and shopping, but what really brought it to worldwide attention was Netscape’s initial public share offering. The web might appeal mainly to geeks, but clearly there were millions to be made. And, of course, lost. Well, the venture capitalists and corporate takeovers are back.
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/ 17 November 2005
Noting the heightened public interest in the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link project, the Gauteng government stated "unambiguously" on Thursday that the project is still on track. Provincial minister for finance and economic affairs Paul Mashatile said the Gauteng government is at present negotiating financial closure with the preferred bidders.
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/ 17 November 2005
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota has been discharged from hospital after his heart attack and will take some time off to rest, his spokesperson said on Thursday. ”Due to tremendous improvement, the surgeon general made a determination that he go home,” Sam Mkhwanazi said.
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/ 17 November 2005
The JSE was looking robust in noon trade on Thursday, benefiting from a higher gold price, firmer world markets and solid corporate results. A stronger rand did little to dampen the bourse’s spirits. By 12.02pm, the all-share index advanced 0,96%. Resources rallied 1,92% and the gold-mining index jumped 2,39%.
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/ 17 November 2005
South Africa’s moral-regeneration movement is about positive values and not only about fighting corruption, says Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. She said the movement — previously headed by Jacob Zuma — ”was established as a partnership of all of South Africans to promote positive values in our country”.
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/ 17 November 2005
South African convenience food company Famous Brands has concluded a transaction with listed King Consolidated Holdings to acquire its complement of 38 Bimbo’s franchise agreements linked specifically to Engen Petroleum Company forecourt sites. The intention is to convert these sites to Steers restaurants.