THE Justice Department on Tuesday denied claims that changes to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, governing force used by police when making arrests, is hampering the efficacy of police work. Department spokesperson Paul Setsetse said that the new section 49, due to come into effect in August, will in no way hamper police […]
WALLABY winger Ben Tune was on Tuesday named in Queensland’s Super 12 side to play the Cats on Saturday despite the Australian team doctor’s recommendation that he be rested for at least a month. Tune is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Queensland and Australian officials who both want him for their respective campaigns. […]
THE Organisation of African Unity committee on conflict resolution and states of the Indian Ocean region met Tuesday in Maputo to examine the situation in the Comoros after the 30 April coup d’etat and an agreement reached in Antananarivo 23 April aimed at solving the country’s crisis. The participants vehemently condemned the coup and called […]
FOUR Zimbabwean soldiers are confirmed killed and 32 others injured in an accidental explosion at a military engineering camp in the capital Harare on Monday, an army spokesman said Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ben Ncube said that of the surviving 32, several are in critical conditions with one still in intensive care. Ncube said the blast […]
MORE than 5000 women are brutalised in Africa every day, according to leading African human rights activist Mary Okumu of the Nairobi-based Africa el Taller. The most common forms of violence include wife battering, sexual harassment, forced marriage, rape and female genital mutilation. In South Africa, one in every three women are battered by their […]
THREE Mpumalanga politicians have accused the Sunday World newspaper of attempting to drum up support for embattled Premier Mathews Phosa and are suing it for R1,5-million. The politicians contend in a strongly worded letter of demand that Sunday World deliberately smeared and defamed them while attempting to boost Phosa’s campaign to remain in power. Provincial […]
STRIKE bowler Allan Donald said on Tuesday he had lost all respect for Brian Lara as a captain after West Indies’ 5-0 series loss in the republic this year. In an extract from his biography, published in The Express, Donald said West Indies had looked demoralised before the series began while Lara had lacked the […]
JUDGE Willem Heath’s special investigating unit has targeted “illegal” cottage owners on the Transkei Wild Coast. Eviction orders will be served to cottage owners from Mnyameni and Sikhombe, south of Port Shepstone. The cottage owners plan to fight the notices, says attorney Stephen Mortinson, who represents the Mnyameni owners.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dunedin | Tuesday 1.30pm. SOUTH Africa are favourites to win the World Cup in Wales later this year, according to All Black coach John Hart. Hart said he believed South Africa has more depth overall than New Zealand and the other teams in the tourney, reports the New Zealand Press Association. Hart said […]
THE Commonwealth announced on Tuesday that it has brokered a breakthrough in the political crisis on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous twin islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku said the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to a package of measures to promote human rights, democracy and political dialogue and “put the past behind them.” A […]