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/ 24 September 2007
The Mail & Guardian Online asked some South Africans what Heritage Day is all about.
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/ 24 September 2007
Five veld fires that were raging in Mpumalanga had been put out by Monday morning, Working on Fire said. ”The five fires have been contained,” said provincial coordinator Jacques Benade. ”It is now overcast in Mpumalanga, there is moisture. We are fortunate that temperatures are lower than yesterday [Sunday],” he said.
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/ 24 September 2007
Mamelodi Sundowns were eliminated from the African Confederation Cup race after crashing 3-1 to Tout Puissant Mazembe Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sundowns fell behind after seven minutes and trailed by three goals midway through the second half.
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/ 23 September 2007
The controversial Sandi Majali — known for his central role in the Oilgate and Iraq oil-for-food scandals — has been named in a forensic audit into the disappearance of more than R100-million meant for starving children in the Eastern Cape, the Sunday Times reported.
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/ 23 September 2007
The battered and bruised bodies of 22 Western Province (WP) players bore witness on Saturday to an exceptional 34-20 Currie Cup victory for the home side over Free State, who had not been beaten in 14 matches. The blue-and-white jerseys gave the Newlands faithful a spectacle that will be remembered for quite some time.
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/ 23 September 2007
After a period extending over six seasons and 11 games without a Premier Soccer League victory over Kaizer Chiefs, Ajax Cape Town on Saturday night earned a dour, back-to-the-wall 1-0 victory over their nemeses that elevated them to top position in the log.
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/ 23 September 2007
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, the world’s fastest 800m runner of 2007, ended the year’s international season on a satisfactory note when he finished second in a tactical race at the fifth IAAF/VTB Bank Athletics World Final in Stuttgart on Saturday. Former Kenyan Youssef Saad Kamel of Bahrain won in a time of 1:45,61.
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/ 23 September 2007
The supervisor of a major HIV vaccine trial in South Africa voiced ”huge disappointment” on Saturday after testing was halted in the wake of poor results from sister trials in Australia and the United States. US pharmaceutical giant Merck announced on Friday that it had halted the trials of its V520 vaccine.
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/ 23 September 2007
A school pupil was stabbed and killed after an argument with another pupil during an end-of-term outing in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday. Pupils from the Thembelihle High School had gathered at Kings Beach to celebrate the end of the school term on Friday when an argument broke out.
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/ 23 September 2007
A seat belt saved the life of a prospective groom who lost control of his Jeep on the way back from his stag party in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday, said ER24. Spokesperson Riana Beech said the vehicle rolled several times on the N1 south, just after the Beyers Naude off-ramp, at about 3am.
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/ 23 September 2007
Hundreds of children in the Northern Cape dustbowl town of De Aar have been diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome, giving the town the unenviable distinction of the world’s highest reported incidence of the condition. Unfortunately, alcohol’s grip on the community will be hard to loosen.
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/ 22 September 2007
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India stormed into the final of the Twenty20 World Championship on Saturday after Yuvraj Singh’s blistering batting earned them a 15-run win over Australia. India booked a final date with traditional rivals Pakistan in Johannesburg on Monday thanks to Singh’s blazing knock of 70 runs off just 30 deliveries.
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/ 22 September 2007
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A half-century by Imran Nazir and three wickets from paceman Umar Gul helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets with seven balls to spare on Saturday to reach the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. Gul was not introduced until the 12th over at Newlands in Cape Town.
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/ 22 September 2007
Two children were burnt beyond recognition when the hut they were sleeping in caught fire in the early hours of Saturday morning, said Eastern Cape police. Superintendent Msukisi Fatyela said the boys were aged six and eight. One was found dead in a bedroom and the other in the lounge.
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/ 22 September 2007
Talks to end a strike that has halted production at South Africa’s major car-manufacturing plants will continue on Saturday, Retail Motor Industry executive director Jakkie Olivier said on Friday. Workers in the motor-components industry went on strike on September 12 over wages.
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/ 22 September 2007
South Africans will be able to start buying lottery tickets in the next two weeks, newly appointed National Lottery operator Gidani said on Friday. To make the transition easier for lottery players, the games will initially remain the same, namely the Lotto, Lotto Plus, Wina Manja scratch-card games and the Sportstake games.
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/ 22 September 2007
After being flown from Cape Town on a police jet, a prisoner escaped from the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court on Friday, Eastern Cape police said. Mthatha police said Odwa Sithole (23) was appearing in court for crimes including armed robbery, escaping from custody and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
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/ 22 September 2007
A major HIV vaccine trial in South Africa was brought to a halt on Friday after interim results from a sister trial in the United States and Australia suggested it failed to prevent HIV infection. The news came as a major blow to Aids researchers as the vaccine had been billed as the world’s most promising Aids-vaccine candidate.
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/ 21 September 2007
Mamelodi Sundowns arrived in a ”scorching” Lubumbashi for Sunday’s crucial Confederation Cup game against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s TP Mazembe on Friday without injured stars Ezrom Nyandoro, Surprise Moriri and Brent Carelse.
”It is a hammer blow’ to be without players of their calibre, said coach Gordon Igesund.
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/ 21 September 2007
The Sharks secured themselves a home semifinal berth in the Currie Cup when they came back from behind to beat the Blue Bulls 26-18 at Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening. The Sharks almost let it slip in the first half when they found themselves trailing 18-9 and with only 14 men on the park.
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/ 21 September 2007
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Judgement was reserved by the Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday in the appeal hearing of Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thint against efforts by the national director of public prosecutions to get original documents from Mauritius related to investigations against them.
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/ 21 September 2007
Peacekeeping missions in Africa are hampered by difficulties in generating forces and a shortage of funding, a senior United Nations official said on Friday. Nick Seymour, senior political officer with the UN’s peacekeeping department, said getting enough troops to conflict zones will always be a challenge.
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/ 21 September 2007
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The inaugural Twenty20 World Championship has been whittled down from 12 teams to just four, and by 10pm on Saturday evening, it will be known which two teams will battle it out in the final at the Wanderers on Monday. The first semifinal, pits Pakistan against New Zealand, and the second, between Australia and India, should be a cracker.
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/ 21 September 2007
A mass grave containing 21 bodies was found outside Rustenburg on Friday in a search for five bodies of Umkhonto weSizwe cadres, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the bodies of children, young women and men were discovered in Lethabong village in North West.
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/ 21 September 2007
The son of Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula smelled of liquor when he allegedly drove into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision earlier this year, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday. Siyabonga Nqakula was also unsteady on his feet, the victim, Yaseen Moses, told the court.
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/ 21 September 2007
Kroonstad blogger Juan Duval Uys (39) stepped free from the dock of the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday, after a charge of crimen injuria, laid by Independent Democrats politician Simon Grindrod, was withdrawn. Uys said that he in turn had laid charges of crimen injuria and harassment against Grindrod.
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/ 21 September 2007
Construction at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town remained at a standstill on Friday as an unprotected strike by workers continued. Striking workers had been locked out of the site, said Building, Construction and Allied Workers’ Union spokesperson Eugenia Peter.
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/ 21 September 2007
Water quality in Durban’s harbour has started to improve following the release of chemicals from a blazing chemical storage depot, a senior Water Affairs and Forestry Department official said on Friday. The chemicals were released into the harbour for three hours on Tuesday night during the blaze.
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/ 21 September 2007
The African National Congress is intent on turning South Africa into an authoritarian state, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille warned on Friday. ”The evidence is now overwhelming: the ruling party is increasingly authoritarian, intolerant of criticism and hostile to the principles of an open society,” she said.
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/ 21 September 2007
Empowerment consortium Gidani has been awarded the licence to operate the National Lottery, Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa announced at a press conference on Friday afternoon. Mpahlwa had suspended the lottery on March 31, hours before operator Uthingo’s licence to run it expired.
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/ 21 September 2007
Developed countries are not living up to the promise to help alleviate poverty, hunger and under-development elsewhere, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. For example, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) estimates that only 13 countries are likely to halve extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.
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/ 21 September 2007
Full-colour advertisements placed in a number of national newspapers on Friday by the Health Department defending its Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, were a waste of taxpayers’ money, the Democratic Alliance said. The United Democratic Movement also criticised the advertisements.