cullinan derailment By Novell Zwangendaba – Following a derailment on Sunday afternoon of a steam locomotive, owned and operated by a private operator, Friends of Rail, travelling from Pretoria to Cullinan, the Railway Safety Regulator has initiated an investigation into the incident. The train utilises a branch line and normal commuter operations have not been affected. None of the 627 passengers sustained any injuries. Preliminary investigations indicate that sleepers may have been stolen resulting in the derailment. About 10 railway sleepers had been stolen near the Cullinan station, causing the train to come off the tracks. None of the 627 passengers travelling from Pretoria were injured in... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa SPORTS – SOUTH AFRICA – Whatever their fortunes on the pitch, players from the competing nations at this FIFA World Cup™ are enjoying the experience off it. The temperatures might be dropping but the visiting teams are feeling the warmth of the African spirit. It certainly had an immediate impact on France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff who, recalling the welcome Raymond Domenech’s squad received when arriving on South African soil, said: “We had a fantastic welcome when we arrived. It brought us all a smile and gave us some fresh energy, seeing all the people who were waiting for us.”... Continue Reading
By Mutumwa Mawere – Our civilization has evolved and contemporary African civilization is dualistic with one part based on laws and other institutions underpinned by a market system and another that is based on what can be described as African norms, traditions and custom. I was born in Zimbabwe and I must confess that there is nothing that prepared me to be a businessman of the scale that I have been privileged to engage in. The political, social, moral and economic morality that informed the colonial constitutional order did not allow natives a large measure of freedom in seeking profit... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – Sydney – Fears grew for the safety of a group of Australian mining executives on Sunday after their plane disappeared en route from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo, their company said. Australia’s Sundance Resources said the chartered plane travelling from Yaounde in Cameroon to Yangadou in the Congo failed to arrived on Saturday and had been reported missing. “The flight was carrying nine passengers, predominately from Sundance Resources, who were visiting the company’s iron ore project in Cameroon and Congo,” it said in a statement. “A comprehensive air and ground search coordinated by the Cameroon... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – Johannesburg – The former chief of the Rwandan army, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, was shot on Saturday outside his home in Johannesburg, police said. Nyamwasa’s wife Rosette said the former army chief of staff was shot outside the gate of the upmarket complex where they lived in Johannesburg, in what she described as an assassination act. “When we got to the gate, a black man with a pistol came to the driver’s window… The window was half open… And he fired a shot,” she told journalists. “The driver obstructed the assassin… My husband leaned forward. He was... Continue Reading
