TOP 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU START YOUR DAY With Ilze-Marie at 5:15 WEATHER Pretoria 34 Joburg 33 Mpumalanga 31 Limpopo 37 North West 34 IN MEMORY OF A FATHER Today marks the commemoration of the first anniversary of the passing of former President and Nobel Peace prize winner Nelson Mandela. Various activities will be taking place across the country to celebrate and remember the great man. Prayer at Freedom Park at 5am this morning, wreath laying at the Mandela Statue, The Nelson Mandela Wallk for Peace and Unity and an address by Deputy President Ramaphosa. Listen to Jacarandafm News and follow them on Twitter for updates from Qunu. Where were you last year this time when you heard the news? STRONGER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CHINA AND SA On President Zuma’s official state trip to The People’s Republic of China a number of strategic agreements were signed. They are aimed to strengthen bilateral relations and trade ties. One such agreement was a five to ten year strategic programme on co-operation including “political mutual trust and strategic co-ordination”. Zuma said: “We will also look at ways of enhancing co-operation in various sectors such as finance, the environment including co-operation in ocean economy, trade and investment, as well as transport and agriculture. AUSTRALIA RELEASES 100 CHILDREN FROM DETENTION CENTRE A new deal was struck with independent senators to grant asylum seekers a temporary visa that will allow them to stay in Australia and work until it is deemed safe to return them to their countries.The deal also ensures that the asylum seekers can’t settle in Australia permanently. 100 Children who were held in a detention centre, some of them living there for 15 months, were released based on this new deal. As part of the deal Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, also promised to increase annual refugee intake by 7,500 people. NOBEL PRIZE SOLD FOR $4.7 MILLION Gold Medalist James Watson sold his prize , which he won in 1962 for the discovery of the structure of DNA, sold his valuable possession for $4.7 million on auction. It’s the first Nobel Prize offered to be auctioned by a living Nobel prize winner. James said parts of the proceeds will be donated to University of Chicago, Clare College Cambridge, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island Land Trust and other charities. The Nobel Prize which was sold last year reached $2.2 million.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:08:50 +0000
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