THE Cape High Court has refused to grant bail to People Against Gangsterism and Drugs leader Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim, arrested in December. Ebrahim, 41, is facing charges of murder — including the public lynching of gang boss Rashaad Staggie in August 1996 – public violence, intimidation, attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, extortion and conspiracy […]
NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo is holding crisis talks to prevent a second nationwide public sector strike within a month, as industrial unrest spread in the country. The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states met in Abuja on Monday and issued a communique agreeing to pay their lowest paid workers a minimum of 5500 naira (55 dollars) […]
ALMOST 400 families who squat illegally in the protected Dukuduku forest near St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal registered this weekend to be moved to alternative land. The squatters have lived in the forest for the past 20 years and their presence prevented what is one of South Africa’s last indigenous coastal forests from being included […]
BRAZIL have withdrawn their candidature to host the 2006 World Cup and will instead be supporting South Africa’s bid, Brazilian Football Confederation president Ricardo Teixeira confirmed on Monday. In exchange South Africa will support Brazil hosting the event in 2010. The move follows reports that football’s world governing body FIFA were favouring South Africa’s bid, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 5.30pm. ZIMBABWE could need food aid within months unless its government pushes through urgently needed economic reforms, Britain’s junior foreign minister, Peter Hain, warned on Monday. He told a Foreign Office press briefing that it was vital President Robert Mugabe began working with the World Bank and the International Monetary […]
FIVE women bus passengers were injured — two of them seriously — when gunmen opened fire on a bus in Khayelitsha on Saturday morning, Golden Arrow Bus Services spokeswoman Jeanne Welsh said. Welsh said the bus was driving in Block 23 around 7.15am when the incident happened. Three people sustained cuts and bruises from shattered […]
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The ‘countertrade’ component of South Africa’s weapons package is in danger of falling through Ivor Powell Promises by foreign companies and governments to organise substantial investments in the South African economy in exchange for weapons contracts are going sour – before the government’s controversial R32-billion arms deal is even finalised. Government sources defending the weapons […]
Mark Ouma Banyana Banyana aim to secure the future of women’s soccer in South Africa by putting up an inspiring performance when South Africa hosts the African Cup of Nations in October. Aware of the enormous challenge that lies ahead, the national women’s team are determined to overcome the odds stacked against them and perform […]
Four farm labourers claimed at the hearing that they were sacked for joining unions, unproven theft and protesting against being assaulted.