THE 63-year-old Hungarian herbalist accused of drugging girls as young as 10 and then having sex orgies with them was remanded in custody in the Belfast magistrate’s court in Mpumalanga on Monday. Members of the Congress of South African Students filled the courtroom where Charles Josef Baksai of Machadodorp appeared on two rape charges and […]
NIGERIA’S trade union umbrella body, the Nigeria Labour Congress, has ordered an indefinite public sector strike from next Monday if workers are not paid a promised minimum wage. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said that the federal government and the governments of Bayelsa, Delta, and Lagos states should abide by promises to pay all workers a […]
THE rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army and southern factions loyal to the Khartoum regime have agreed to observe a ceasefire, an official of one of the factions said on Monday. Teny Youk of the United Democratic Salvation Front and a state minister in an interim governing body, said SPLA leader John Garang himself gave instructions […]
THREE South African films took top honours at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkino Fasa on the weekend. Fools, a film by South African director Ramadan Suleiman won the prize for the best debut, while the award for the best documentary film went to Masseko Zola for The Life and Time of […]
THE bidding contest for copper mining firm Namibian Tsumeb Corporation Limited is continuing, with a Namibian company insisting that it remains in the running for the lucrative copper mines. Namibian bidders — Namibia Mining and Processing (Pty) Limited, formerly Namibia Base Metals — offer to buy TCL for N$360-million remains on the table and is […]
The Mpumalanga town of Belfast is bracing itself for the start of a sensational hearing on Monday when a 63-year-old Hungarian herbalist appears in the Belfast Magistrate’s Court on child rape and child labour charges. Charles Josef Baksai was arrested in February after allegedly bribing groups of girls with food and promises of money in […]
STEPHEN FLEMING has been included in a New Zealand squad of 12 named on Monday for the second cricket Test against South Africa at Jade stadium, Christchurch, starting on Thursday. Fleming, who underwent a groin operation in January and hasn’t played a first-class game since, has been given 48 hours in which to prove his […]
AGRICULTURE authorities in Malawi, which normally faces a maize deficit, said on Monday they expect a record yield of the crop this year. Ellard Malindi, principal secretary in the ministry of agriculture, said estimates show that 2,35 tons of the staple maize will be harvested. “This will be the highest ever maize yield to be […]
TRADE unions in the Northern Province won an historic victory last week when they forced one of the region’s most powerful traditional leaders to reinstate his office clerk. The Zebediela tribal authority clerk, Josephine Kekane, was fired two weeks ago after joining the Union of South African Authorities (Tusaa) as its provincial secretary. Tusaa threatened […]
NIGERIA might rejoin the Commonwealth on May 29, when the military government is due to hand over to president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo, Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoko said on Sunday. Anyaoko, himself a Nigerian, told the BBC: “The Commonwealth has become an association of democratically elected governments and until that is in place in Nigeria, I […]