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/ 11 February 2007
A Japanese archaeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4 000 years. The sarcophagi were found in tomb shafts in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.
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/ 11 February 2007
The Free State High Court has granted an interim interdict suspending the resolutions, decisions and elections at the regional general council of the African National Congress (ANC) in the northern Free State, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.
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/ 10 February 2007
This Valentine’s Day, one publisher wants you to be the one doing the romancing. Canada-based Book by You says it sells thousands of personalised romance novels each year with titles such as <i>ER Fever</i> and <i>Pirates of Desire</i>, where the reader is the star.
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/ 9 February 2007
"If we don’t deal with these allegations in an open and truthful manner, they will come back to haunt us for years and years." These were my words to ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe in mid-2001 after giving him information I had in relation to the controversial arms deal, writes Andrew Feinstein.
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/ 8 February 2007
Zimbabwe is using Western sanctions imposed on President Robert Mugabe and his coterie as a convenient excuse to explain its economic meltdown, the United States ambassador to Harare said on Thursday. ”Neither the US nor any other country has imposed general sanctions on the Southern African nation,” Christopher Dell wrote in the independent Financial Gazette.
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/ 8 February 2007
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has said he will not take part in this year’s race, the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) announced on Thursday. AFLD said they had postponed their disciplinary hearing into Landis scheduled for Thursday after the American promised not to participate in any race in France until the end of 2007.
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/ 8 February 2007
The African National Congress (ANC) expects 10 000 people to attend party stalwart Adelaide Tambo’s funeral on Saturday where both former president Nelson Mandela and President Thabo Mbeki will address mourners. Mandela will deliver a message of condolence and Mbeki will give the funeral speech at the Wattville Stadium in Ekurheleni.
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/ 7 February 2007
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will attend a meeting of the group of seven (G7) ministers of finance and central bank governors, in Essen, Germany, the National Treasury said on Wednesday. Manuel was invited by the G7, together with finance ministers from Brazil, India, Russia, China and Mexico, to attend the meeting to be held on Friday.
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/ 7 February 2007
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday sacked Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and promoted several deputies in a Cabinet reshuffle announced through state radio. Mugabe picked former minister of indigenisation Samuel Mumbengegwi as Murerwa’s replacement.
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/ 7 February 2007
The local organising committee has cleared its first hurdle in the race to have amenities in place for the Soccer World Cup by balancing a stadium budget R3,4-billion over the original R8,7-billion. This was done by trimming costs and obtaining additional finance from the municipalities where games would be played.