The Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts and Culture wrote to the Minister of Sport, Mr Gayton McKenzie, on Thursday regarding its resolution to have Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) board dissolved. The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Joe McGluwa, said the committee had been patient with ASA for far too long, despite there being no meaningful […]
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Shots have been fired at three homes in Sydney's south-west.
Police are investigating the drive-by shootings but say nobody was hurt.
They say an unknown vehicle was seen outside each home before several rounds were fired.
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The first was on Clarence Street in Merrylands at 10.45pm and the next was on nearby Lockwood Street.
The third, at 11pm, was on Monash Street in Wentworthville.
NSW Police superintendent commander Simon Glasser said all three locations were known to police for links to organised crime.
"That is a line of enquiry for us, believing these offences have been targeted," Glasser said.
Glasser said the two Merrylands properties were unoccupied at the time, while three people were inside the Wentworthville home.
Police want to speak to the driver of a white Hyundai sedan seen driving away from the Wentworthville home around the time.
"We believe at least two, possibly three, people involved were in that vehicle at the time," Glasser said.
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A US millionaire and enthusiastic big game hunter has died by being trampled to death by elephants in Africa.
California vineyard owner Ernie Dosio was in dense forest in the country of Gabon when he and his guide stumbled upon five female elephants and a calf.
The startled elephants set upon the two, seriously hurting the guide and killing Dosio, 75.
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Despite their immense size, it is very possible to be taken by surprise by elephants in thick African forests.
"I would rather not go into detail, but it is safe to assume it would have been quick," a friend of Dosio told the Daily Mail.
"Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all Ernie's hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation in culling animal numbers."
Dosio was on a hunt for a yellow-backed duiker, a forest-dwelling antelope.
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Duikers are shy and known to blindly sprint away from danger, making them a difficult animal to hunt. They are listed as near-threatened.
Dosio ran a winery in California's Central Valley west of San Francisco.
An enthusiast big game hunter, his trophy room was full of animals, including what appears to be a taxidermied lion, and the heads of a hippo and rhinoceros.
Dosio was also a beloved and long-serving member of the Elks, a fraternal order.
"It is with a most heavy heart and sadness that I am reporting the passing of Ernie Dosio earlier this week," a statement from Elks Lodi Lodge secretary Tommy Whitman said.
"May all of our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.
"He will be sorely missed."
The African forest elephant is a critically endangered animal. There are tens of thousands of them in Gabon.
Gabon is known for its dense forests, an ideal habitat for that species of elephant.
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South Africa: Minister Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi Announces 4% Wage Increase For Public Servants
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