The historic town of Weimar has played a pivotal role in shaping the German identity. John Matshikiza recently spent some time there Another week, another airport. I was staring at an empty carousel revolving before me at Frankfurt International. My luggage wasn’t there, and I was beginning to do the now-familiar trot around every baggage […]

THE death toll in the ongoing carnage on South African roads since December 1 had reached the 500 mark by Wednesday afternoon, Arrive Alive said. In a statement it said 500 people have died in 335 accidents. Of those killed 229 were passengers, 136 were drivers and 135 pedestrians. KwaZulu-Natal still has the highest death […]

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu, who is currently in resident in the United States, is to be honoured by the New York Stock Exchange by ringing the closing bell of trading on December 23. The ringing of the bell forms part of the stock exchange’s Bridging the Millennium programme, a series honouring distinguished leaders of this century […]

HOLIDAY traffic to Cape Town has been diverted to Rawsonville after a mudslide caused by heavy rain blocked the tunnel on the N1 just outside the city. Traffic officials said on Wednesday night that they were unsure when the tunnel will be re-opened. No-one was injured in the mudslide.

PASSENGERS left stranded when their ship broke down off the French west coast in November have finally arrived on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena. St. Helena Line general manager Tony Bownes said a replacement ship, the Greek-registered MTS Jason, arrived on Saturday at St. Helena, a British overseas territory, with 223 passengers […]

BURKINO Faso claimed their first international club prize when ASFA Yennenga lifted the West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup in Ouagadougou at the weekend with a 3-2 final win over Stade Abidjan. ASFA levelled twice through Amadou Toure after Lacina Traore had struck two goals for the Cote d’Ivoire team and Burkinabe national team midfielder […]

THE Department of Correctional Services said on Tuesday it is considering a total ban on smoking in prisons as one way of complying with the government’s proposed tobacco regulations. The draft regulations, issued for comment on December 3, will allow prison authorities to set aside designated smoking areas or rooms in jails. However these rooms […]

OVER a thousand people attended a memorial service for Kaiser Chiefs founder Clarence Mlokoti at Vista University in Soweto on Tuesday. Mlokoti was killed during an attempted hijacking in Pimville, Soweto, on Wednesday last week. Speakers at the service challenged government and communities to do more to address crime. Isaac Mogase, Mayor of Greater Johannesburg, […]

SOUTH Africa signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings in New York on Tuesday. The convention was signed by South Africa’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kumalo. The purpose of the convention is to criminalise acts of terrorist bombings in the hope of strengthening the international legal framework for combating […]

THE Finance Department said on Friday that R15,87-billion was requested from the exchequer in November by government departments and agencies, compared to October’s R14,86-billion. This brings exchequer issues for the first eight months of the financial year (April to November) to R140,72-billion,the department said in a statement. The total was 5,1% up on the R133,91-billion […]