Khadija Magardie The South African Communist Party has launched disciplinary proceedings against one of its senior members, freelance journalist Dale McKinley, for allegedly bringing the party and its alliance partners into disrepute. McKinley is set to be grilled on Friday August 11 for more than two hours by a panel made up of the top […]
AN 11-year-old American boy was attacked and killed last month by a hyena while he was sleeping in a tent during a safari in Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, a tour operator has told a local news agency. Reports yesterday named the boy as Mark Garrat Shea, from Baltimore. Bridget Hedges, a spokesperson for Botswana tour […]
EGYPTIAN women are looking for more and more ingenious “anti-lecher weapons” to ward off bottom-pinchers and arm-strokers in Cairo’s buses and cinemas, the weekly Al-Ahram Hebdo has reported. Marwa, a 22-year-old student, told the paper she had to threaten to hit a man with one of her shoes before he stopped pressing himself against her […]
TWO KwaZulu-Natal policemen arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the death of ANC MP Bheki Mkhize have appeared in the Empangeni Regional Court. Captain Zeblon Dlamini, 39, and Sergeant Phiwa Nkosi Magwaza, 39, appeared on Thursday, charged with murder. Dlamini was also charged with defeating the ends of justice — according to provincial Independent […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday EUGENE Terre’Blanche, the firebrand leader of the far-right Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) who was jailed six months ago for assaulting a black man, is likely to be freed on bail as early as Monday. Terre’Blanche was granted bail of R5000 rand by a Pretoria High Court judge on Thursday pending […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has suspended the listing of retailer Q Mart Holdings Ltd’s ordinary shares at the request of its directors. – Reuters 09
THE chairman of African Gem Resources Ltd (Afgem) said uncommitted shareholders were responsible for the steep fall in the group’s share on its debut on the Johannesburg bourse, but was confident its price would firm. The share opened at 400 cents but fell to a low of 245 cents. ”It looks like we have a […]
GERMAN sex products firm Condomi AG said it had won a bulk order for 28.8 million condoms for the land-locked African country, Burkina Faso. Condomi said the contract was the largest order it had ever received. Deliveries to the west African country start in October and will run for 13 months. – Reuters 08
AFRICAN EYE NEWS, Washington DC | Tuesday A GROUP of reformed Soweto teenagers – described as former “tsotsis” – have undergone an extensive empowerment programme in street-smart New York to learn how to help their peers. The 23 teens were trained by a New York helpline, Youthline, which uses teenagers to help youths caught up […]
AFRICAN EYE NEWS, Pietersburg | Tuesday A TEAM from the American space agency NASA has arrived at the Pietersburg International Airport in preparation for a science initiative to monitor the earth’s environment and atmosphere. Airport corporate relations manager Howard Khosa said a Washington University Convair 580 transport plane will soon be joined by two more […]