The National Sea Rescue Institute has ended its search off the Western Cape coast for the remaining crew member of a ski boat that went missing in rough seas on Saturday. Five rescue boats and a Dakota aircraft from the Ysterplaat air-force base in Cape Town were used in the search.
Publicly owned freight transport group Transnet on Monday reported a R6,8-billion attributable profit for the year ending March 31 2005 after posting a R6,3-billion loss last year. The group’s turnover rose by 6% to R46,2-billion from R43,6-billion a year ago. Operating margins increased by 28% to 12,9%.
Australia’s unique slang culture based on "mateship and booze" is under threat from American television shows, an historian said on Monday. The "larrikin" culture, typified by the unofficial national anthem <i>Waltzing Matilda</i>, is fading, said Richard Magoffin, the author of a book on the song.
A Russian astrologer took legal action against Nasa for compensation on Monday, claiming that the United States space agency’s bombardment of the Tempel 1 comet will upset her horoscope and violates her spiritual rights. Nasa fired a projectile the size of a fridge at the comet on Monday.
The escalators proved as much a novelty as the hi-tech underground trains on Sunday as tens of thousands of joy-riders crammed Delhi’s new metro line connecting key transport hubs with the main business district. Though it officially opened on Saturday, the public had to wait a day before being allowed on the 6,3km ”yellow line”.
A United States space projectile early on Monday collided head-on with a comet hurtling through the solar system as part of an experiment to study its core. ”That’s awesome! That’s awesome!” shouted flight control officials after the impact was confirmed. ”We hit just exactly where we wanted to.”
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa at the weekend announced that the Bombela Consortium has been appointed as the preferred bidder for the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link. Shilowa said it is "the biggest public-private-partnership project yet tackled in the country and indeed in Africa".
Government soldiers looted homes, beat people and fired gunshots into the air on Sunday in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson said. The looting spree in Mbandaka was sparked after a soldier was found slain and his body mutilated early on Sunday morning, said UN spokesperson Kemal Saiki.
Mexican boxer Martin Sanchez has died from serious head injuries after being knocked out by Russian Rustam Nugaev during a fight on Friday at a Las Vegas casino. Doctors said Sanchez underwent surgery to remove a subdural hematoma and to reduce massive swelling of the brain.
Zimbabwe’s demolition of illegal homes and backyard shacks is likely to be touched on at this week’s meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, of the leaders of the world’s richest countries, as they discuss a multibillion-dollar plan to wipe out poverty and debt in Africa.