AFRICAN EYE NEWS SERVICE, Nelspruit | Monday MPUMALANGA has launched an inquiry into how South Africa’s largest and most controversial vigilante group, Mapogo-a-Mathamaga, was appointed to guard the province’s glitzy R600m legislature complex just outside Nelspruit. Mpumalanga public works, roads, transport, safety and security MEC Steve Mabona said officials responsible for the appointment would be […]
BARELY a month after the European Union (EU) a fish export ban on Uganda, there are growing fears that the ban could be reinstated. A local newspaper reported that the country is behind schedule in implementing changes laid down by the EU geared to bring the fishing industry in line with their regulations. Dr James […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT and AFP, Khartoum | Monday SUDAN has accused the United States of “being one of the main reasons” behind the civil war in south Sudan by supporting and assisting the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). “The US provides one of the main reasons behind the suffering of the people in the south, […]
SOUTH Africa has been shipping blood contaminated with the HIV virus and hepatitis via Britain to India, China and possibly other countries, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation. A British newspaper reported that thousands of people could face contamination through a multi-million dollar racket, where blood from South Africa was often labelled as […]
IVORY Coast’s army-led government should follow the recommendations of the country’s electoral commission and push back the date of a planned presidential election to October because ”preparations were behind schedule”, a senior minister said. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has asked the government to postpone the election to October 15 or 22 from September 17. […]
SOUTH A BOLIVIAN man arrested this week for drug smuggling has passed 20 of the “cocaine bullets” detected in his stomach, but police suspect the 31-year-old man has at least another 60 of the foreign objects in his stomach. The Bolivian apparently swallowed up to 80 condoms filled with cocaine before attempting to pass through […]
A 30-YEAR-old man has been sentenced to 229 years in prison by the Pretoria Regional Court after he pleaded guilty to 23 charges, including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, armed robbery and the illegal possession of a firearm. Andre Gregory Mohammed admitted to attacking his victims at or near their homes during the day in […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Friday RETIRED Judge Edwin King, who is heading a commission probing corruption in South African cricket, has doubts about whether disgraced cricket captain Hansie Cronje has come clean about his illicit involvement with bookmakers. King’s interim report was made public on Friday, two weeks after it was handed over to […]
FIFTY Sudanese school children died when a wooden ferry capsized in the fast-flowing Blue Nile River in eastern Sudan this week. The overloaded ferry capsized in midstream, killing 50 pupils between the ages of 10 to 17. The small wooden craft was overloaded with 30 bags of sweet potatoes and 10 bags of sorghum in […]
THE Kenyan government has introduced a bill to target corruption and economic crimes in an effort to appease the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The introduction of the bill was a key condition for the resumption of IMF lending, suspended three years ago on the grounds of rampant official corruption and economic mismanagement. Meanwhile, Kenyan members […]