BRYAN PEARSON, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00pm. THREE opposition parties in the Western Cape agreed Wednesday to form a coalition and said the ANC — which won the provincial election last week — could join them or be excluded from the provincial government. However, the New National Party, Democratic Party and the African Christian Democratic […]
AT least 18 suspected robbers have been killed by irate Lagos residents in the last week, press reports said on Wednesday. The victims were roasted alive by the residents, who organised themselves into a vigilante group in the Ebute-Metta area of the city, the independent newspaper The Punch said. Amid escalating crime in Lagos, residents […]
PRESIDENT-ELECT Thabo Mbeki hinted strongly that an alliance with the Inkatha Freedom Party is on the cards when he invited IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi to join him on the podium on Monday night to receive the election results. A deal with the IFP gives Mbeki 75% of seats in the National Assembly, and control of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Edgbaston | Tuesday 12.25pm THURSDAY’S clash between South Africa and New Zealand will produce an interesting player head-to-head. Among them are: Geoff Allott vs Gary Kirsten Left-arm seamer Allott, once dropped because he was regarded as overweight and unfit, is the surprise top wicket-taker in the World Cup with a record-equalling 18 victims. […]
AN independent candidate in Malawi’s parliamentary elections due next week said on Tuesday she had been warned at gunpoint by a member of the ruling party to withdraw from the race. Patricia Chipungu said a candidate from President Bakili Muluzi’s United Democratic Front threatened her at the weekend, saying she was causing problems in the […]
FIERCE fighting was reported on Wednesday in Angola’s northern Vije province, where UNITA rebels have taken the Ambuila district. According to humanitarian aid sources, clashes in the region have intensified since the end of last month in western and southwestern parts of the province. Aid workers say delivering relief to victims of the fighting is […]
BRYAN PEARSON, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.30pm. OUTGOING President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday concluded his final cabinet meeting before his retirement next week with an emotional address to his ministers and deputy ministers. “The meeting was businesslike … but towards the end it became quite emotional,” chief government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe said after the four-hour cabinet […]
A 65-YEAR-OLD Northern Province woman was arrested on Monday for cutting out one of her 27-year-old son’s testicles for muti. The woman, from Cunningmoore village 60km from Bushbuckridge, was arrested with three other suspects after they evaded police for two days. The other suspects are two men, aged 22 and 23, and a woman of […]
NIGERIA’S national assembly is set to remove repressive laws from the country’s statute books, a top official said on Tuesday. “We are going to set up a committee to look into the laws and fish out those ones that you and I regard as being obnoxious,” Senate President Evans Enwerem told reporters here. Enwerem said […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Tuesday 5.00pm. FIFA President Joseph Blatter urged Africa to pull behind one of its two national candidates to give the continent a good shot at hosting the World Cup in 2006. “To have a real chance… Africa should make sure that there will be only one candidate from Africa,” Blatter said […]