HUNDREDS of thousands of women poured onto the streets of Morocco’s two main cities on Sunday for rival demonstrations over government plans to change the law on women’s rights. In Rabat, feminist groups and politicians from all government parties gathered in support of the plans to give women greater divorce rights, raise the minimum marriage […]
MPUMALANGA’S police anti-corruption unit has arrested 15 police officers and six other suspects since January on charges ranging from kidnapping to theft and fraud. Acting provincial police commissioner Denn Alberts said in a statement on Monday that the suspects included a former police director, clerk of the court, two police reservists and two civilians. ”Corrupt […]
OIL’S inexorable price rise appears finally to be peaking as producers prepare to release more supply onto thirsty markets. Highs above $30 a barrel this week should relent to a $22,59 full-year average for world benchmark Brent, according to a Reuters poll of 18 analysts and consultants. The 10 Opec members whose 4,3-million barrels per […]
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KENYAN police on Friday denied that 4,8 tons of hashish they seized in the port city of Mombasa in January has disappeared from a police store. “This not true. The seized drugs are safely in police hands and elaborate arrangements for their security have been put in place to ensure maximum security,” said a statement […]
SIXTEEN members and supporters of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) on Friday suspended their five-day hunger strike after the SA Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights intervened. The five, currently in Pollsmor Prison, went on hungerstrike on Monday after prison authorities failed some of their demands.
SUSAN NJANJI, Maputo | Sunday 6.10pm HEAVY rains fell in the centre and north of flood-stricken Mozambique on Sunday and are expected to intensify, weather experts said. “There will not be much rain in the south, but the centre and north are expected to see rains intensifying over the next 48 hours,” meteorologist Americo Leonardo […]
ALL eyes are expected to be glued to television on Saturday when the first draw in the country’s national lottery will name an instant millionaire. Goverment’s eyes are no execption as it is estimated that the lottery will raise R1-billion annually for the government to use for good causes such as housing, the arts and […]
THE head of UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that DRC President Laurent Kabila has given the green light for the deployment of an observer force to monitor a ceasefire. Bernard Miyet emerged from a 90-minute meeting with Kabila saying the government now appears to understand the planned the role […]
STEFANO BLIN, London | Sunday 7.00pm. LESS than a minute into the fourth round match on Saturday night Prince Nasseem Hamed’s straight left caught Vuyani Bungu on the chin sending the 33-year sprawling onto the canvas. The knock out crowned Hamed’s 14th defence of the WBO featherweight crown with an electrifying performance. Hamed was always […]