THE South African Democratic Teacher’s Union has cut ties with the Mpumalanga education department, insisting more officials were involved in the recent matric exam scandal than just the two senior officials who were fingered two weeks ago. Former education MEC David Mabuza suspended the department’s chief education specialist Gogo Alphina Anna Ndlovana, and first education […]
THE man widely tipped to become Nigeria’s new defence minister, Theophilus Danjuma, has been treated in France for clinical depression, diplomats said at the weekend. Danjuma, a former chief of defence staff, flew to France this month for the treatment after suffering a breakdown, and is recovering, the sources said. Danjuma, a close adviser of […]
KENYAN authorities on Monday began a bid to extradite a British woman charged with plotting to steal thousands of dollars’ of United Nations property after peacekeeping troops withdrew from Somalia. Kerry Page (30) organised the shipping of UN goods from Somalia to the Kenyan port of Mombasa in 1995. At a London court, lawyers for […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.45am. GAUTENG’s health services are on the verge of collapse, and intensive-care patients will begin to die unnecessarily if a freeze on hiring new doctors at Johannesburg’s four teaching hospitals is not reversed by month’s end. That was the sobering message of a panel of four senior state-employed doctors, who […]
MONDAY, 6.30PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange started the week on its back foot on Monday, with the all share index dropping 3% in early trade. All eyes were on the interest rate, which, floated by the Reserve Bank on Friday, rose further to 23,985% from 20,377% on Monday prompting fears of further bank prime rate […]
THE Judicial Service Commission has invited nominations for the positions of two judges president and twelve vacancies for judges in provincial divisions of the High Court. The vacancies for judges president are in the Eastern and Northern Cape divisions of the High Court. The provincial vacancies are: Cape – three; Natal – two; Transvaal – […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Sunday 7.15pm. ANGOLA spurned three late chances as they drew 2-2 with South Africa in a thrilling African Nations Cup Group 4 qualifying match at the Citadela Stadium in Luanda on Sunday. Betinho and Salvador Avelino shot over and goalkeeper Hans Vonk tipped a Osvaldo da Cruz header away as Angola […]
THE State on Tuesday provisionally withdrew charges against two people accused of murdering 31-year-old teacher Nandi Mhlengo. Nkosisana Ximba and Ntambizini Mandazi were charged with the murder after Mhlengo was gunned down in full view of her Grade One pupils at a Olifantsvlei pre-primary school two weeks ago. Prosecutor Edward Engelbrecht said in the Johannesburg […]
FOURTEEN Zambian children face death by brain seizure after a dog suspected to have rabies bit them during a two day rampage in the country’s central province of Kabwe. The only way to avoid the fatal disease after exposure is immediate and relatively expensive treatment. “Victims of the mad dog’s rampage are in despair, as […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: A NERVOUS Johannesburg Stock Exchange lost 3,28% of its value on opening on Monday morning, as market sentiment plunged with fears over the debilitating rand/dollar exchange rate and Friday’s indications that the Reserve Bank is scaling back its intervention in the foreign exchange market. On Friday, the market was caught off guard when […]