No image available
/ 19 February 2001
TWO toddlers have been found dead in a swimming pool in Meredale, south of Johannesburg. Police said the bodies of the toddlers, a boy and a girl aged about two, were found floating in the pool at the Palm Springs Townhouse complex. The boy and girl were rushed to the Meredale Clinic where they were […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
SWAZILANDS Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has announced a surprise cabinet reshuffle, demoting two of the kingdom’s most prominent politicians to junior portfolios. Dlamini declined to give reasons for the reshuffle, which saw outspoken finance minister John Carmichael shifted to education and veteran foreign affairs minister Albert Shabangu transferred to the housing and urban development portfolio. […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
SIZWE SAMAYENDE, Nelspruit | Monday THE State is about to expropriate a second farm and give it to rural families after its owners demanded double what the government was prepared to pay for it. Land and agriculture minister Thoko Didiza’s signature will ensure that 20 hectares of land belonging to Cairn Trust (Pty) Ltd outside […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
A PILOT burned alive when his plane burst into flames shortly after it crashed in Ematimatolo near Pietermaritzburg. “The pilot was buckled to the plane seat, but due to the fire and excessive heat, the local residents were unable to save him,” said a police spokesperson.
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
SOUTH African Constitutional Court judge Johan Kriegler has urged Africans to respect the rule of law regardless of their position in society. Kriegler made the remarks at a human rights retreat for Namibian judges at the weekend. The judge said there was significant pressure on constitutional democracy and human rights in developing countries, but when […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
US archeologists have found prehistoric tombs containing skeletons and rock drawings of the ancient Goddess Hathor which date back more than 6_000 years. The illustrations of the sky goddess Hathor were found on Mount Nabta, 1_350km south of Cairo. In Egyptian mythology, Hathor, the patron of love and joy, is variously represented with either a […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Monday MPUMALANGA is prosecuting doctors and nurses for gross misconduct after they tried to help rural rape victims get counselling and free anti-Aids drugs. The province’s health MEC Sibongile Manana has already fired district health manager Careen Swart for failing to get written authorisation for the Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
A TRUCK driver is expected to appear in the Harding Magistrate’s Court after 17 people were killed when his vehicle collided with a minibus taxi near Ngeli in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. The smash occurred on the N2 highway when a truck travelling from Kokstad to Harding apparently overtook a vehicle on a single barrier […]
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
ANGOLAN paramilitary Civil Defence Force Unit members have allegedly stolen livestock from villagers inside Namibia and sold them for about $10 each. Human rights sources within the Namibian Defence Force said members of the Walvis Bay-based artillery battalion earlier this year robbed Angolan villagers of between 45 and 50 heads of cattle.
No image available
/ 19 February 2001
DISGRACED anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak phoned top ANC politicians – including transport minister Dullah Omar – and a well-known Cape Town judge using a stolen cellphone from his cell in the Malmesbury prison, where he is serving a fraud sentence. According to weekend newspaper reports, Omar confirmed that he had been telephoned by Boesak from […]