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/ 7 February 2005
A suburban Sydney fireman has been suspended after his station was unable to answer an emergency call because he had allegedly driven the fire engine on a pizza run, fire officials said on Monday. The New South Wales state Fire Brigade has launched an inquiry into the incident.
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/ 7 February 2005
”Despite the drowning out of the ANC message, people on the ground refuse to be fed with distortions. They see the ANC as [the] primary protector of their aspirations and interests. They refuse to be told the ”elite” can protect their interests.” The Mail & Guardian asked the ANC’s Smuts Ngonyama about the party’s series of articles, The Sociology of Public Discourses.
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/ 7 February 2005
The captain of the South African cricket team, Graeme Smith, said South Africa planned to build on their excellent performance in the last two Standard Bank matches for the remainder of the seven-match series against England. Speaking after South Africa’s 108 run victory at Newlands on Sunday, Smith said they were hungry for success.
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/ 7 February 2005
As 2005 moves well into its first quarter, the residential property market in Cape Town remains buoyant with a particularly strong demand from local buyers, according to Mick Joyce, managing director of Pam Golding Properties’ Western Cape metro region.
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/ 7 February 2005
Togo’s army sealed its borders on Sunday and put Faure Gnassingbe in power following the death of his father, President Gnassingbe Eyadema. The African Union condemned the move as ”a military coup d’état”. Eyadema (69) Africa’s longest-serving ruler after 38 years in power, died on Saturday, apparently of a heart attack.
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/ 7 February 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange started the week on a firm note following a strong close on Wall Street and the softer rand. Resources and platinum counters were among the early features. The bourse was expected to look to the rand, which early on Monday morning weakened to 6,19 — its worst level this year.
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/ 7 February 2005
The leaders of the world’s richest nations are on course to sign a deal in the summer on debt relief, aid and trade to help the world’s poorest nations, the British government said on Sunday. Finance ministers from the G7 developed countries agreed an action plan at the weekend.
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/ 7 February 2005
Jules Benji, a massed choir singing No Woman No Cry over his shoulder from a huge stage in Meskel Square, Addis Ababa, declared: ”We’re doing His Majesty’s work here. This is a historic day for Ethiopia.” His clothes were traditional Ethiopian, shining white, with a ceremonial dagger at his side. But his accent was pure Moss Side, Manchester.
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/ 7 February 2005
The United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said on Sunday night that Israel had ”hard decisions” to make to create the correct environment for peace and a Palestinian state, as she began a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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/ 7 February 2005
Al Frisby has spent the better part of his life in rooms filled with rebellious teenagers, but the last years have been particularly trying for the high school biology teacher. He has met parents who want him to teach that God created Eve out of Adam’s rib, and then then adjusted the chromosomes to make her a woman.