MORE than 100 schoolgirls underwent an exorcism in the Eastern Cape town of Umtata on Thursday to rid them of “evil spirits” which have apparently caused them to collapse en mass. Anglican priest Ebenezer Ntlali, who conducted the ritual, said that although the demons resisted him, the exorcism has been successful. Afterwards, 32 girls were […]
THE European Union has decided to offer Mozambique $75-million to help repair the roads and develop in central and northern parts of the country, an EU official said. Jaxier Puyol, EU representative to Mozambique, said on Saturdays during his tour to Zambezia, a province in central Mozambique, about $30-million of the aid will be used […]
THE almost two million members of South Africa’s Apostolic and Zionist churches will support the Inkatha Freedom Party at next week’s election, the churches’ council said on Thursday. The churces have chosen to back the IFP on June 2 after the African National Congress “snubbed us,” said president of the Council for Apostolic and Zion […]
BEREAVED Eastern Cape Premier Makhenkesi Stofile broke off his election campaigning to travel to Cape Town on Sunday following the death of his son, Sikhulule (21) in a car crash on Saturday. Stofile was due to attend an African National Congress rally at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, but left for the Cape where […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT and DENNIS BARNETT, Johannesburg | Monday 8.30am ELECTIONEERING ahead of Wednesday’s general election wound up on the weekend in a frenzy of party rallies across the country as a two-day moratorium on electioneering kicks in on Monday. In Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, two African National Congress supporters were wounded when shots were fired […]
WORLD Cup holders Sri Lanka managed to beat cricket minnows Kenya in both sides’ final qualifying match in Group A of the World Cup in England on Sunday. The match had little significance, as both teams have already been eliminated from the Super Six second round. At 275/8 in their opening innings, Sri Lanka had […]
A PROMINENT local leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead when a lone gunman sprayed his vehicle with gunfire, police reported on Thursday. Elliot Shangase (57) was a traditional chief and a local leader of the IFP in the province, site of sporadic feuding between the IFP and the African National […]
CRICKET was difficult enough to understand before the World Cup. It has now become incomprehensible – and that’s official. Steve Waugh admitted earlier in the tournament he did not understand the scoring adjustments for rain-affected games, as worked out by the well-received but little understood Duckworth/Lewis system. On Saturday, meanwhile, Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell announced […]
EGYPTIAN archeologists have discovered a 3000-year-old temple honoring the Pharaonic-era sun God Horus, in the first such find in the northern Sinai, the antiquities authorities said on Monday. Black granite and sandstone statuettes of gods and people were found inside the temple which dates from the New Kingdom (1567-1065 BC), the Supreme Council of Antiquities […]
A CONCESSION contract, worth an estimated R2,5-billion, for the N3 road from Heidelberg to Cedara near Pietermaritzburg was signed on Thursday between the South African National Roads Agency and N3 Toll Concession Limited. The 30-year concession involves the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of 420km of the main Durban/Johannesburg route. Transport Minister Mac Maharaj […]