PRESIDENT Charles Taylor of Liberia said on Saturday that the decision of the Sierra Leone government to make rebel leader Foday Sankoh stand trial for atrocities was “foolish”. “It does not make any sense at this time to deal with the question of Foday Sankoh before disarmament and demobilisation and before elections are held,” Taylor […]
JOHANNESBURG police fired stun grenades and towed taxis away after several taxi drivers blockaded West Street in the centre of the city. The drivers blockaded the street during a demonstration involving some 400 people, who were apparently protesting against the murder of National Taxi Drivers’ Association executive member Velaphi Mzuza on Thursday night. Mzuza was […]
A LAWYER who once served as a part-time army commando was appointed Australian cricket’s anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday. Greg Melick, 50, has been given wide-ranging powers to investigate claims of corruption and matchfixing in the game. A barrister who has served on Australia’s National Crime Authority for the past four years, Melick will also work […]
JULIAN LINDEN, Canberra | Saturday 1.45pm. NEW Zealand’s Canterbury Crusaders confirmed their status as rugby union’s top provincial team by winning the Super 12 competition for the third year running on Saturday. The Crusaders, surprise winners the previous two years, beat the ACT Brumbies 20-19 in the final to restore a measure of pride to […]
MATTHEW TOSTEVIN, Freetown | Saturday 6.00pm. ANOTHER 180 of the UN peacekeepers held hostage in Sierra Leone have been released, leaving only about 70 still in the hands of Foday Sankoh’s rebels, Liberia’s government said. A United Nations spokesman in Freetown confirmed the arrival in Liberia’s capital of 46 hostages, who were among almost 500 […]
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OWN CORRESPONDENT, Asmara | Friday 10.40am. ERITREA’s army must be incapacitated before Ethiopia will agree to halt a two-year-old conflict with its neighbour, the Ethiopian ambassador said in Nairobi on Friday. “Ethiopia would not stop the fighting until it makes sure that Eritrea is not a threat to its national security,” Tashome Toga told a […]
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The sheer, reckless imbecility of the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is breathtaking. The fighting, which began in 1998 and flared again last week, seems totally pointless. Its ostensible cause is a dispute over demarcation of the two countries’ 1 000km border. To the extent that there is a half comprehensible explanation for the conflict, […]
Luvuyo Kakaza When the African drum telegraphed a mystic rhythm in the Market Theatre’s foyer on May 21, it was time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the annual FNB/Vita Market Theatre Laboratory Community Festival. The two-week long festival gives a platform to over 30 community-theatre groups from across Southern Africa. At the official opening […]