A HIGH Court application against Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Zuma by the department’s media director was heard in Pretoria on Wednesday. Marco Boni brought an urgent application asking the court to order Zuma to grant him his severance package, which he said was initially approved by Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, but later declined […]
MALAWIAN crocodile hunters have asked for their culling quota to be increased fourfold from 200 to 800 animals in an attempt to put an end to crocodile terror at a time when the reptiles kill at least two people a day. Malawi Crocodile Hunters Association president Khalid Hassen said that the country’s crocodile population is […]
AT least three Xhosa circumcision initiates have died and a large number have been admitted to Eastern Cape hospitals recently following botched circumcision procedures. Doctors said traditional surgeons often use the same blade on a string of initiates. At least 42 patients were admitted to northern Eastern Cape hospitals since December for treatment for serious […]
GRAEME Pollock was named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Century in Cape Town on Sunday at a ceremony in which close contender Basil D’Oliveira walked onto the Newlands ground for the first time in his life. The 55-year-old Pollock, an elegant left-handed batsman whose Test average of 60.97 was second only to that of Australian […]
FLOODS have caused extensive damage to roads, animals and crops in several Northern Cape farming towns following heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours. In Postmasburge streets were flooded and bridges collapsed. In the farming community of Gatkoppies four houses were badly damaged, 10 goats were killed and 50 others washed away and vegetables worth […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lusaka | Wednesday 6.00pm. THE Zambian government began emergency talks late on Wednesday with senior doctors who earlier issued an ultimatum to go on strike over the sacking of their junior counterparts, a health official said. Elwyn Chomba, the executive director of the country’s largest University Teaching Hospital (UTH),said the meeting to avert […]
ALL-ROUNDER Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the remainder of England’s tour of South Africa after fracturing his foot while bowling during the fourth test. The initial diagnosis on Monday was confirmed by a specialist on Tuesday and Flintoff will now spend up to a month in plaster. “Andrew needs to spend three to […]
THE Angolan army said on Wednesday it has found a massive Unita heavy arms depot near the central town of Andulo. It also said that its troops have killed 400 rebels in operations close to the southeastern borders. A senior officer in the Angolan Armed Forces, General Jorge Barros, told state media that the 100-ton […]
EMELIA SITHOLE, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.35pm A DEADLOCK over rules of origin have scuppered plans by southern African countries to start creating a regional free trade area by January, the Trade and Industry Ministry’s Southern Africa Development Community director, Sifiso Ngwenya, said on Wednesday. Ngwenya said senior SADC trade officials will meet later in January […]
A HEAVILY armed cash-heist gang ambushed an armoured vehicle and made off with R300000 near the Mpumalanga capital of Nelspruit on Tuesday in the second such attack this week. No-one was injured in the attack by five masked men between Nelspruit and White River just before noon on Tuesday, but the armoured van and two […]