Robbers mug school kids
2008-5-22 19:04
Pretoria - Seven armed robbers made off with cellphones, jewellery and cash after robbing a group of high school children and their teachers, Pretoria police said on Thursday.
Captain Thomas Mufamadi said the group of pupils from a Hammanskraal high school and their teachers had been travelling along the N14 highway heading to a choir competition in Krugersdorp when their bus broke down.
"While they were stuck on the side of the road near Diepsloot, seven armed men arrived and at gunpoint took their cellphones, jewellery and money before running away," said Mufamadi.
Mufamadi said a male teacher was pistol-whipped.
"He was hit on the head, he sustained minor injuries," he said.
No arrests have been made. 
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SOUTH AFRICA
4 rob praying pastor at service
2008-5-8 09:18
Pretoria - Four robbers overpowered, tied up and robbed a praying pastor and elderly members of a Seventh Day Adventist Church on Monday afternoon.
Captain Solly Marindi said that the pastor and two elderly men had gone to the home in Block M, in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, of an 80-year-old woman, whose husband had recently died, to pray for her, when they were attacked by the armed robbers.
He said there also had been two pre-school children in the house.
"They took the pastor's tie from his neck and used it to tie his hands behind his back.
"Then, the robbers tied the hands of the other people and the children with the cord of an iron and duct tape, and closed their mouths with duct tape."
Marindi said the robbers took the people's cellphones and the pastor's money before they fled in his blue Toyota Corolla.
Marindi said the police investigation was continuing. 
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RESULTAT
Tourists cancel trips to SA
2008-5-22 19:04
Cape Town - A whiff of panic surrounds the tourism industry after deadly xenophobic attacks that have prompted travel warnings from Western nations and led some Africans to cancel visits.
Tourism is a cornerstone of the economy, contributing 8% of annual GDP and employing about 1m people.
Some 8.4m people visited last year, with the number expected to rise to 10m by 2010, when South Africa hosts the soccer World Cup. 
"It looks like there is panic among tourists across the globe but mainly from Africa," said Reynold Thakhuli, spokesman for the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, which is fielding worried calls from major tourist partners overseas.
Germany was among the first countries to issue a travel advisory after mob rampages that have killed at least 42 African immigrants and prompted more than 15 000 others to flee Johannesburg area shantytowns since May 11.
The German Foreign Ministry advised visitors to avoid central Johannesburg and outlying townships.
The U.S. government issued a travel alert that outlined some of the risks of traveling in South Africa at the moment. Americans represent the second largest single group of foreign overseas visitors to South Africa after the British.
"While there have been no reports of American or other non-African visitors being targeted, these incidents of mob violence have sprung up quickly and proven difficult for local authorities to control," the U.S. government said.
Canada also has urged its citizens to avoid trips to townships, which are a common feature of group package tours to South Africa.
Soweto, which has not been touched by the violence, is the township most often included on such tours.
"Some tours to Soweto have been cancelled ... in response to international concerns," said Angela Shackleford, general manager for touring and safaris at Thompson Tours, one of South Africa's largest tour operators.
While those in the travel industry say they have not experienced a significant drop in bookings by foreign visitors, they admit that there have been some cancellations since the violence began.
About one-third of those expected to attend a recent African businesswomen's conference in Cape Town cancelled. Most of the cancellations came from Nigeria and Guinea.
Tourism council spokesman Thakhuli noted that 60 percent of South Africa's visitors came from other parts of Africa.
Officials in Cape Town, the gem of the tourism sector, have vowed to respond strongly and quickly to any groundswell of anti-foreign or other violence.
Cape Town has not been affected by the current wave of attacks.
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