The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hopes that rumours of a resurgence in xenophobic violence after the Soccer World Cup are "just a threat", chairperson Lawrence Mushwana said on Tuesday.
By Shout-Africa – A burglary at the Fifa headquarters in Johannesburg was confirmed by national police commissioner General Bheki Cele on Tuesday. “Yes, we know there was burglary there. We are looking into it,” Cele told a National Press Club briefing in Pretoria. He said seven trophy replicas and two jerseys had been taken during the incident, which led police to believe that the crime was perpetrated by people familiar with the offices. It was not immediately clear when the incident took place. Meanwhile, Cele said since the start of the World Cup, 316 people had been arrested, 207 of... Continue Reading
By ALVIN CHIINGA – SOMETHING new has joined Zambia’s tourism attractions – the Southern Belle might just revolutionise the country’s tourism. After plying the waters of Lake Kariba, on the Zimbabwean side for more than a decade, the Southern Belle is now docked on the shores of the lake, in the resort town of Siavonga. It is a magnificent sight which, by and large, outclasses other boats on the lake, in both size and design. It is a gigantic house boat, perhaps the only one of its kind to float on the waters of Zambia. The house boat had a... Continue Reading
By Zhang Ran & Li Baojie – NINGHAI – At the South Africa World Cup, the ubiquitous buzzing of vuvuzelas has triggered complaints from both players and television audiences — despite their widespread popularity. While the vuvuzela is widely seen as a South African tradition, few people know that 90 percent of the instruments were made in China. But few Chinese manufacturers are feeling secure in their conquest of the vuvuzela market. The stresses of cut-throat competition have been exacerbated by rising labour costs, renewed flexibility of the Yuan and the rolling back of export rebates. For some the bee-swarm... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – JOHANNESBURG, — Barely a month after a plane carrying journalist crash-landed at Lanseria Airport in Gauteng, another small plane with World Cup fans aboard made an emergency landing Sunday on a highway leading to the city of Bloemfontein, where Germany will take on England in the knock-out match, media reports said. No casualties were caused, according to the reports. The report quoted police officials as saying that six people were aboard the plane, which landed on the N1 highway after malfunctions were detected during its flight from the city of Benoni to Bloemfontein. The aircraft reportedly... Continue Reading