TUBERCULOSIS is raging through Zambia, possibly overtaking malaria as the number one killer. TB cases have escalated to alarming levels and drugs in hospitals are in short supply. Observers say the government seems to have underplayed the seriousness. David Mondoka, a director of the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Trust, says the ailment is rampant in those […]
THE Mpumalanga man who was arrested last week for strangling three women and a baby to death with his shoelaces, was out on parole when he allegedly went on a six-day killing orgy. The man, nicknamed the Whisperer, was arrested by accident before police were even aware of the trail of bodies.
INJURY doubts hang over key Cats players Chester Williams and Willie Meyer ahead of their Super 12 clash against the Chiefs on Saturday. Should the Williams be fit, he’ll come in on the left wing for Thinus Delport while Meyer, who is suffering from bad flu, is likely to be replaced by the able Dougie […]
GHANA’S under-20 soccer team, the Black Satellites, returned home on Tuesday from Nigeria after being eliminated by Spain last Sunday in the ongoing World under-20 soccer championship in Nigeria. Thousands of enthusiastic Ghanaians thronged the Kotoka International Airport in Accra to welcome them. In his welcome address, Minister of Youth and Sports, E.T. Mensah said […]
President Nelson Mandela will pay state visits to the Russian Federation, Hungary, Pakistan and the People’s Republic of China.
A NATIONAL strike by bus operators looks set to move into its eighth day on Friday as talks between union members and the South African Bus Employer’s Association remain deadlocked. The three participating unions — the Members Transport and General Workers’ Union, the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, the Western Cape Omnibus Staff Union and […]
GAFFIE du Toit, last year’s sensation who debuted as a Springbok before playing in the Currie Cup, makes his return from injury for Griqualand West in Saturday’s Vodacom Cup match against the Namibia Kudus. Du Toit, who Bok coach Nick Mallett wanted to play at fullback for the national side, has been injured for most […]
THE European Union (EU) said on Friday it is preparing to cut all but humanitarian ties with Niger, following the brutal assassination of that country’s president earlier this month by his own bodyguard. “We have proposed suspending the application of the Lome Convention, except for humanitarian aid,” a European Commission spokesman said. The Lome Convention […]
A NEW species of human ancestor, which looks like something halfway between the famed “Lucy” and true pre-humans, has been found in Ethiopia, scientists said on Thursday. More surprisingly, they found nearby evidence that the creature, named Australopithecus garhi, butchered and ate meat 2,5-million years ago. Other australopithecines are believed to have been vegetarian. The […]
ONE man died and another is in a coma after a Cape Town mob hanged and beat them for allegedly stealing a television set, South African police said on Friday. Fifteen men allegedly hanged Luvuyo Gaga (20) and Zamikhaya Tshona (21) from the roof of a shack in Cape Town’s Black City settlement, police spokesman […]