AN outspoken University of Venda lecturer who mobilised students against the university’s controversial vice-chancellor, Gessler Nkondo, has been charged with violating the university’s rules. Theology lecturer Thivhalaeli Nedohe faces five charges of instigating a class boycott, organising a protest march and running a meeting during working hours. He is expected to appear before the university’s […]

SOUTH African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has become the latest high-profile victim of crime after being held at gunpoint and robbed of his cellphone at a Johannesburg garage. Mboweni, a security guard and three cashiers were held up by five gunmen at the Houghton garage before making off with items from six other customers […]

AFRICAN EYE NEWS SERVICE, Washington | Monday OUTSPOKEN Wits University professor and social commentator Patrick Bond has criticised President Thabo Mbeki’s economic policies at a seminar in the US, instead lobbying US activists to join a boycott on the World Bank. Bond told non-government organisations at the Washington Centre for Economic Justice and Policy Research […]

A SASOLBURG businessman will appear in court today after allegedly killing one of his employees and dragging his body through the Sasolburg Industrial area behind his bakkie. Free State police said members of the public called the police after seeing the bakkie dragging what appeared to be a body behind it, and had followed a […]

U.S. President Bill Clinton wrapped up a two-day state visit to Nigeria, preaching that democracy is good for business and promising American help on trade and in the fight against disease. Clinton told business leaders that the way to revitalise the battered economy was to rally round their democratically elected president and government. “Along with […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT with AFP, Harare | Monday ZIMBABWE’S war veterans association has voted to oust its firebrand leader Chenjerai “Hitler” Hunzvi for being too dictatorial, and plans to make the often-violent farm invasions that he started “more orderly” – but a defiant Hunzvi has dismissed the challenge as a waste of time. Provincial leaders of […]

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, […]

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. […]