A crocodile believed to have killed an elderly man at St Lucia has been shot by a KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife official, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Wednesday. KZN Wildlife spokesperson Maureen Zimu said: ”There has been a history of aggression shown by this specific crocodile, it was decided to put it down.”
Police have launched a manhunt for three men after the drive-by killing of Zulu prince and ANC branch chairperson Thulani Zulu. The African National Congress has urged the public to remain calm, and not to speculate on the motive of the killers until the police had completed their investigation.
Peter Malkin, the Israeli agent who snatched Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust, from the streets of Buenos Aires and took him to face trial in Israel, has died in New York at the age of 77. Three years after the end of World War II, Israel pledged to hunt down the Nazis responsible for the deaths of almost six million Jews.
The Auckland Blues appear likely to continue with their no-frills, conservative game plan as they attempt to rebuild their reputation in rugby’s Super 12. The Blues used a notably restrained — free of their typical razzle-dazzle — when they beat the Otago Highlanders 30-14 in the tournament’s opening round last weekend.
He may have survived two world wars and prohibition. But a trip to the zoo proved too much for a 10kg lobster named Bubba. The leviathan of a lobster died on Wednesday afternoon at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, about a day after he was moved from Wholey’s Market, said zoo spokesperson Rachel Capp.
Justin Kemp played a batting role slightly different from his normal explosive nature as he guided South Africa to a clean sweep in their three-match Standard Bank one-day international cricket series against Zimbabwe at St George’s on Wednesday.
Super 12 champions ACT Brumbies will have their playing resources fully stretched when they take on South Africa’s Northern Bulls in the second round of the southern hemisphere provincial rugby series in Canberra on Friday. The Brumbies were magnificent in adversity last weekend, repulsing last year’s final rivals Canterbury Crusaders 32-21.
Two suicide car bombs exploded on Thursday morning outside the main entrance to Iraq’s interior ministry, killing five policemen and wounding five others, security officials and an eyewitness said. The two car bombs blew up at 7.30am (4.30am GMT), with the first vehicle apparently serving as a decoy for the second and more powerful blast outside the interior ministry headquarters.
South African insurance company Sanlam on Thursday reported a 31% increase in headline earnings per share to 116,6 cents for the year ended December 31 2004, from 89,2 cents a year ago. A dividend of 50 cents per share was declared, up 25% from the previous year. Sanlam said there was a strong performance from all its businesses.
The mugs have sold out, the T-shirts are on a second print run and the tea towels are rapidly becoming collector’s items. But the face smiling from these personalised souvenirs of a royal tour is not that of the middle-aged heir to the British throne, it is of a young, glamorous Australian princess.