John Grobler A brave attempt to pass progressive anti-rape legislation in the Namibian Parliament ran into heavy weather as even members of the South West African Peoples Organisation (Swapo) found themselves at odds with each other – the women against the men. At stake is the passage of the Combatting of Rape Bill, which breaks […]
World music’s latest folk music craze makes it to Grahamstown. Peter Makarube reports.
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: THE United States department of agriculture may consent to allow South African pineapples — banned from the US since 1986 — back into the country after deeming that no “pest of concern” lurks in the fruit, and that they pose no competition to US producers. This opens up the market for South Africa […]
THE National Maize Producers’ Organisation has been dissolved to make way for a new national controlling body made up of a coalition of the country’s four main grain producers’ organisations. Nampo’s demise was ratified at a congress on a farm outside Bothaville in the Northern Free State on Wednesday. The new grain body will be […]
JEAN-CLAUDE Ganga, one of six International Olympic Committee members expelled from the organisation in March for taking bribes, is to resign as president of the African Olympic body, a South African Olympic official said on Monday. Ganga is expected to leave the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (Anoca) at an extraordinary meeting in […]
DENMARK, long one of Zimbabwe’s closest allies, has suspended more than $26 million worth of aid — until Zimbabwe pulls out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denmark had pledged the aid to upgrade Zimbabwe’s eight airports.The Danish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Erik Fiil, said on Thursday that the move was a protest against Zimbabwe’s continued […]
ZIMBABWE admitted on Thursday that the village of Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo has fallen to rebel forces, but said southern African troops made a “tactical withdrawal”. Army spokesman Chancellor Diye said in a statement that just 94 men had held out at Manono, the birthplace of DRC President Laurent Kabila, against several […]
THE African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party on Thursday agreed to form a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal. In a joint statement the parties said that they commit themselves to a need for the formation of a coalition government between the ANC and IFP. They said they hope “to finalise the talks in due […]
THE Lions kicked off their Currie Cup campaign with a 22-16 win over Eastern Province on Sunday, seeing off a spirited fightback. The Vodacom Cup winners scored three tries to two against the Port Elizabeth team.
WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: SOUTH AFRICAN goalkeeper Andre Arendse’s World Cup may be over as he bacame the latest victim of the injury jinx surrounding Bafana Bafana as he injured his knee during practice on Monday night. Arendse was on crutches before he was taken to hospital in Vichy to undergo tests and observation on the injured […]