Tuesday 9th February, 2010
First Uranium punished for breaking law
Business ReportFirst Uranium's application for an environmental authorisation licence was withdrawn because it had contravened the law and begun development of its minewaste tailings processing facility at its Ezulw...
News flashes - February 09, 2010
The StarEdition 1 Shack fires claim two childrenA baby girl and a teenage boy died in shack fires in Cullinan, Tshwane, at the weekend, police said yesterday. "A baby girl, about 18 months old, was burn...
Comments by Guma spark fears of rate hike
Business ReportSubmit your comment Comments from Reserve Bank deputy governor Xolile Guma, implying that South Africa's rate cutting cycle may soon be reversed, took economists by surprise. According to reports f...
Muslim friendly hotel launches
Business ReportSubmit your comment The first in South Africa of a chain of Muslim-friendly hotels was launched officially in central Cape Town on Saturday. But the ultra-luxurious five-star Coral International Hotel...
America's Cup sinks as sponsors flee billionaire feud
Business ReportSubmit your comment Billionaires Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertarelli have turned an America's Cup boom into bust. A 30-month wrangle over rules cancelled a 19-team qualifying event, scared off spo...
Angloplats set to dilute investors
Business ReportSubmit your comment Anglo Platinum (Angloplats), has resorted to diluting its shareholders in a bid to scrap a portion of the R19.3 billion debt on its balance sheet. The company announced yesterda...
Police in ID parade after Plett woman's rape claim
The StarCracking the whip: Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned people who threaten to disrupt the Fifa World Cup in June. Photo: Jacques Naude, Daily News
Blood clot shatters Gary Cahill’s dream of joining England in South Africa
Times OnlineEND: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Gary Cahill’s hopes of forcing his way into Fabio Capello’s World Cup plans ...
South Africa sniff win over India
New Straits TimesNAGPUR (India): South Africa were eyeing victory after Dale Steyn picked a career-best 7-51 to trigger a dramatic India collapse on the third day of the First Test yesterday.
Cope: To push for motion of no confidence in Zuma
The Natal WitnessJOHANNESBURG — The Congress of the People will move for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma when Parliament resumes this week, deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa said yesterday. &l...
Fear of flying: Plane delayed as panicking passengers cause Mamelodi Sundowns players to bail out
The Natal WitnessCAPE TOWN — Two passengers’ fear of flying led to an SAA flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg — with the Mamelodi Sundowns soccer team on board — being delayed by more than tw...
Horn refugees: 17 000 leave for SA yearly
The Natal WitnessNAIROBI — At least 17 000 illegal migrants from the Horn of Africa leave for South Africa annually, most of them transiting through Kenya, a top UN official said yesterday. Tal Raviv, a ...
Waste dumping: man arrested after threats
The Natal WitnessBLOEMFONTEIN — The Green Scorpions have arrested a Free State man believed to be at the centre of the illegal dumping of medical waste in the Welkom area, environmental authorities said yesterda...
Israel: Occupation or Apartheid
New America MediaEditor's Note: The dreaded "A-Word" has once again made its way into Israeli media, not by a leftist "self-hating Jew", but by a prominent Israeli politician, the Minister of Defense, who is a decorat...
Balfour marchers held over public violence
IOLPolice arrested at least 21 people for public violence in Balfour on Monday afternoon after shops were looted and roads barricaded, Mpumalanga police said. "These people barricaded roads with burni...
Man accused of dumping medical waste
IOLThe Green Scorpions have arrested a Free State man believed to be at the centre of the illegal dumping of medical waste in the Welkom area, environmental authorities said on Monday. Environmental A...
Policeman wounded during hijacking
IOLAn off-duty police officer has been shot and wounded in a hijacking in KaBokweni near White River, Mpumalanga police said on Monday. Superintendent Malcolm Mokomene said the incident happened at ab...
Weather works against Cape firefighters
IOLThe Franschhoek Pass was closed to traffic on Monday morning because of a fire which had been burning in the area since Friday last week. CapeNature warned motorists in a statement to stay clear of...
Engineers close sluice gates of Vaal dam
IOLThe level of water in the Vaal Dam remains at 104 percent with seven sluice gates still open, the Department of Water Affairs said on Monday. "It is expected that tomorrow a further two gates will ...
'Our lives are being ruined by broken vows'
IOLReservists from around the country gathered at Library Gardens in the CBD in the morning to voice their frustrations. "We want unconditional integration into the police," said Free State spokespers...
Hardliners lay down arms
The Natal Witness');" > BELFAST — One of Northern Ireland’s deadliest paramilitary groups has dumped all of its weapons in front of independent witnesses, the militants and the commission overseeing the p...
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