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/ 13 November 2001
THE trial of three members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) who escaped from the Cape High Court on October 4 but were later recaptured will continue on Wednesday. Ebrahim Jeneker, and brothers Abdullah and Ismail Maansdorp escaped from the holding cells of the Cape Town High Court during their trial on 138 charges […]
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/ 13 November 2001
An 18000-ton scrapped tanker adrift in Algoa Bay could pose a potential danger to shipping, Smit Pentamarine salvage director Dave Main said on Saturday. He said the situation was currently under control as both the company’s salvage tugs, Wolraad Woltemade and Gondwana, were put on stand-by. Every effort was made to ensure that The Era […]
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/ 13 November 2001
Pretoria | Tuesday THE Pretoria High Court has for the third time this year declined to endorse a conviction of a child rape accused because a magistrate failed to hold a proper enquiry to ensure the victim was a competent witness. On Monday, Judge Johan Els set aside the rape conviction of a 26-year-old man […]
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/ 13 November 2001
Cape Town | Thursday A CARGO compartment smoke warning light and landing gear that failed to retract were among reasons that forced a total of 13 South African Airways planes to return to the airport after take-off during the first five months of this year. This is according to Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe, who […]
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/ 13 November 2001
THE Bloemfontein High Court is expected to pass judgement in the case of Piet Odendaal who is accused of murdering his employee, Mosoko Rampuru. Odendaal (45) stands accused of killing Rampuru at his business, Odendo Construction, on August 25 last year and then dragging the body through the streets of Sasolburg behind his bakkie for […]
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/ 12 November 2001
Playing the part of a cultural tour leader, Andrew Graham-Dixon began an interesting three-part series on BBC World last weekend. Called Art that Shook the World, the series began by examining the effect of the work of French Impressionist Claude Monet. In particular Graham-Dixon speculated about Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise. The painting is credited […]
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/ 12 November 2001
Geneva | Monday CAMPAIGNING New York lawyer Ed Fagan is to sue banks in Europe and the United States on behalf of victims of South Africa’s apartheid regime, it was reported on Sunday. Fagan told the Swiss newspaper Dimanche.ch that banks in France, Switzerland, Britain and the United States had profited from supporting the regime […]
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/ 12 November 2001
AMER OUALI AND MARC PONDAVEN, Algiers | Monday THE Algerian government said on Sunday the death toll from fierce storms that swept the country had killed at least 343 people, injured more than 300, and left at least 4 000 families homeless. Rescuers continued to search in clinging mud and through piles of debris for […]
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/ 12 November 2001
Khwaja Bahauddin, Afghanistan | Monday US B-52 bombers unleashed their heaviest payloads on Taliban frontline positions on Sunday as militia and opposition forces battled for a key district in northern Afghanistan. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld meanwhile defended plans to carry on raids through the Muslim holy month of Ramadan saying there was a real […]