DOZENS of people, mainly women, handed in their excision knives and blades at a solemn weekend ceremony in eastern Guinea to renounce the sexual mutilation of girls. The ceremony in Kouroussa, some 500km east of the capital Conakry, drew thousands. The practice of female excision has continued in Guinea even though it is illegal and […]

THE Department of Tourism and Environmental Affairs said on Sunday that it wants to sell its ivory stockpile worth some R25-million. It said the money will be used for elephant preservation. The department intends putting forward the proposal at the 11th Conference of the International Trade in Endagered Species. Environmental Affairs Minister Vallie Moosa said […]

ANDY COLQUHOUN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. FORMER captain Michael Atherton and uncapped Chris Adams put on 147 to spare England’s blushes as they gave an otherwise indifferent batting display against the combined Western Province and Boland X1 on Sunday. Atherton scored 83 and Adams hit 89 in contrasting style in their fifth wicket stand […]

A METRORAIL train driver faces disciplinary action after the accident near Riverlea, Johannesburg which left four commuters dead and at least 20 injured in October. A Metrorail statement issued on Friday said the driver had been travelling at high speed and had lost control of the train when it went through a red signal and […]

A POLICE inspector from the National Protection Service has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a “Checkers bag full of goldfish” from Nelson Mandela’s new R4-million house. Inspector Petrus Kotze of the protection service’s Rondebosch office was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in the Wynberg court the same day. His case was postponed until November […]

SWAZILAND’S health and welfare ministry has threatened to publish the names and faces of snappily dressed city slickers who have left their elderly parents destitute in rural areas. The department announced this week that it would conduct a census to identify the abandoned elderly, find out who their children are in the cities, and then […]

MARTYN Gidley gave Griqualand West their first bit of good news in three days as the hosts saw a glimmer of hope after the third day of their Supersport Series match against the Northerns Titans on Saturday. At stumps, Griquas were still 94 runs behind overall as they reached 240 for four in their second […]

WICKETS were the order of the day with 15 falling in just two sessions as Gauteng recovered from a wretched batting collapse to have Easterns reeling when rain ended play at tea. Gauteng set Easterns a daunting target of 284 despite being bowled out for a paltry 122 on a treacherous, though innocuous-looking pitch. Easterns […]

STYMIED by rain and concern over the fitness of Allan Donald, Free State faced another day of toil against the gutsy North West side on the third day of their Supersport Series match on Saturday. At the close, the Series minnows, North West, had fought their way to 203 for six – an overall lead […]

EARL Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana, is being accused by his former housekeeper of being a cheapskate. Virginia Ganyaza said Spencer paid her only R55 per day during the two years that she worked for him in his mansion in Cape Town, refused to allow her time off to attend Sunday church […]