BILL BLUMENFELD, Cape Town | Monday DISGRACED former cabinet minister and New National Party member, Abe Williams, says he is planning to look at the interests of the community, especially to the people of Atlantis on the Cape West coast where poverty is rampant. ”There are lots of priorities in terms of poverty. It’s a […]

JEFF FRANKS AND JACK REDDEN, Washington/Islamabad | Tuesday US PRESIDENT George W Bush moved on Monday to freeze the assets of Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the September 11 aerial assaults on America, while Russia offered to aid any US military operations in Afghanistan by funneling arms to anti-government forces. Russian President Vladimir […]

TWO South African brothers suspected of posting a hoax e-mail on the Internet claiming that South Africans were involved in the terrorist attacks on the United States were on Wednesday freed on bail. SABC public radio reported that the Bellville Magistrate’s Court, just outside Cape Town, granted William and Christiaan Conradie bail of R10_000 ($1 […]

Washington | Wednesday THE International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it had barred Zimbabwe from IMF loans or use of its general resources as the country’s overdue payments mount. The IMF executive board ”declared Zimbabwe ineligible to use the general resources of the IMF and removed Zimbabwe from the list of countries eligible to borrow […]

THE Pretoria High Court will hear an application beginning on Wednesday by former South African national cricket captain Hansie Cronje to reverse his life-long ban from the sport. The United Cricket Board of SA banned him in November last year from all forms of cricket under its jurisdiction. That came after Cronje admitted to the […]

NORTH West health MEC Dr Molefi Sefularo and a group of senior managers will spend half a day at the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital on Thursday providing front-line services as part of Public Service Week. Department representative Cornelius Monama said Sefularo’s day would consist of washing dishes and assisting in the preparation and serving of meals. […]

IRWIN ARIEFF, United Nations | Tuesday THE United Nations warned on Monday that Afghanistan was plunging into a crisis of ”stunning proportions” after the country’s Taliban rulers crippled UN humanitarian relief operations there. ”We urge a world wounded by the horrific and deplorable terrorist attacks of September 11 to be mindful of the principles of […]

OSAMA bin Laden has displaced Pamela Lee Anderson in cyberspace and people looking for information about the American flag outnumbered those curious about Britney Spears. For the first time in the short history of the Internet, popular search engines report that ”sex” dropped off their lists of top 10 search terms in the days following […]