LONDON’S The Sunday Times claims it has evidence that Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi played a direct part in ordering the 1998 Lockerbie bombing of a PanAm jet. The paper said it is unable to publish full details of its evidence after Treasury Solicitors said that unless certain information is removed from the report, they will […]
A DELEGATION from armaments parastatal Denel will be represented on this week’s high-powered trade visit to Libya. However, CEO Max Sisulu said at the weekend that Denel is not planning to sell weapons to Libya. He said: “We are not going there to sell arms, we are going there to sell South Africa.” Sisulu noted […]
MANCHESTER United, the English Premiership club chasing multiple European football honours, has followed Ajax Amsterdam by signing up with a Cape Town club. United, known by the Old Trafford faithful as “The Reds”, have signed a deal with FC Fortune making the Cape club their official youth soccer player development representative in southern Africa. The […]
THE United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Friday sentenced Clement Kayishema to life in prison and Obed Ruzindana to 25 years’ jail for genocide during Rwanda’s 1994 civil war. The tribunal, which sits in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, found the two men had jointly directed Hutu militiamen to kill Tutsi men, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.00pm LAST apartheid president F.W. De Klerk’s challenge to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will get a brief airing in the Cape High Court on Tuesday, his lawyer said. De Klerk will not have to appear and the matter will immediately be postponed to a date still to […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rally for Congolese Democracy, has chosen Dr Emile Ilunga as its new chairman, replacing Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba who was ousted on Sunday night. Both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America reported yesterday that Dr Ilunga, a medical doctor from […]
BOTSWANA’S first independent radio station has been granted a licence, breaking a 33-year government monopoly on broadcasting, the station’s general manager said on Thursday. Radio Yarona FM will broadcast within a radius of about 40km of the capital Gaborone, is expected to be on air within four months, and hopes to draw 50000 listeners, said […]
THE Department of Home Affairs has announced it will open its offices around the country every day until the election next Wednesday to allow registered voters to collect identity documents. The department said in a statement that all its offices will be open from 8am to 4pm from Monday until June 2.
THE Sea Fisheries Officials at Gansbaai in the Southern Cape on Monday warned the public not to eat potentially poisonous shell fish which has washed out onto the beaches. SABC radio news reports that Sea Fisheries spokesman Stanley Dramat said it is unclear what caused the washout of shell fish, which included starfish, abalone and […]
LAWRENCE Dallaglio, captain of England’s rugby side, is quoted in the British tabloid News of the World saying he used to deal in drugs, and that he and unnamed England teammates celebrated the Lions’ 1997 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa with Ecstasy and cocaine. The Rugby Football Union has issued a statement saying […]