Sechaba ka’Nkosi Embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe snubbed this week’s gathering of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), sending only a junior Cabinet minister and a diplomat to represent his country. Mugabe, a founder and senior SADC member, failed to attend this year’s SADC World Economic Forum currently taking place in Durban despite expectations from […]
The Heath unit will launch an investigation into the affairs of Prince Gideon Zulu after receiving the approval of the premier of KwaZulu-Natal Paul Kirk KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali has signed a proclamation allowing the Heath special investigating unit to probe the affairs of his Minister of Welfare and Population Development, Prince Gideon Zulu. The […]
Mercedes Sayagues Rufaro stadium erupted in a deafening cheer when opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda arrived at the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) final campaign rally in Harare last Sunday. In an impressive show of strength, the MDC filled up 80% of the 40 000-seat stadium, where the trade union-based party was launched […]
A border war is now the most serious threat to peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo Gregory Mthembu-Salter The main flashpoints in the Democratic Republic of Congo are Kisangani in North Kivu – where Rwandan and Ugandan forces are disengaging after a battle two weeks ago that left hundreds dead – and Mbandaka in […]
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LIBYA has welcomed a decision by the United States government to cease classifying Libya and six other countries as “rogue states”. The United States earlier this week dropped the use of the term “rogue state” from its foreign policy lexicon in favor of the broader categorization “state of concern”. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher […]
EGYPTIAN archeologists have discovered two limestone tombs modeled on the design of the Great Pyramids of Giza. They were built by the builders of the pyramids for themselves and not for the kings, but the authorities did not say if their mummified bodies were found inside them. “The two tombs were conceived on the inside […]
THE South African Chamber of Business has approved a proposal that the organisation merge with the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce Nafcoc. The merger has been negotiated over the past six months. The agreement is however seen as a stab in the back of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut which had its eyes on uniting with […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Wednesday 5.45pm. THE South African cricket squad gathered in Durban on Wednesday to prepare for their upcoming three-nation tour, as their sacked captain was being grilled at the King Commission inquiry into corruption in Cape Town. The squad, now captained by Shaun Pollock, leave next Friday to travel to Sri Lanka, […]
AXED cricket captain Hansie Cronje had accumulated a considerable personal fortune from professional cricket, and hardly need to accept the lure of easy bribe money. Cronje on Wednesday told the King Commission he estimated he had earned some R9 million in sponsorships and endorsements since 1995, in addition to the salary he earned from the […]