leader The Griqua people have a long history of dispossession. Now, with political parties courting their vote, the y are asking some searching questions about themselves. John Matshikiza went looking for the people and their leaders A quiet drama unfolds in a small room in a building squashed between the police station and the Mary […]
THOUSANDS of residents of Makapanstad in the North West province gathered at a local police station on Wednesday demanding the release of 11 people who allegedly set alight the homes of two women accused by the community of practising witchcraft. The protesters submitted a memorandum to police asking for the women to be arrested for […]
A MAN arrested on Monday in connection with the arms cache found in KwaHlongwa near Hibberdene on the KwaZulu-Natal lower south coast last week made a brief appearance in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday afternoon. David Hlongwa asked the court to appoint a state lawyer for him and was not asked to plead. Hlongwa […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Wednesday conferred the Order of Good Hope on visiting Saudi Arabian crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and chose the occasion to highlight South Africa’s hopes of a resumption in the Middle East peace process. The crown prince arrived in South Africa on Wednesday on a six-day official visit during which […]
IVORIAN and French firemen finally on Tuesday extinguished a fire which has been raging in an oil depot since last week in the capital Abidjan. Abidjan residents were surprised by the fire outbreak last Thursday afternoon by at the depot of Cote d’Ivoire’s Security Petrol Stock, located at the Vridi Industrial zone, where 30000 metric […]
GHANA will host the Zone 3 qualifying competition for the All-Africa Games from July 10-18. Winners at this stage will go on to the finals held in Johannesburg from September 10-19. Fixtures: July 10 – Burkina Faso v Ghana, Liberia v Nigeria July 12 – Burkina Faso v Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire v Nigeria July 14 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cairo | Thursday 2.00pm AN Egyptian archaeologist announced on Thursday that he has discovered an ancient desert route which Moses might have taken to lead the Jewish people out of Pharaonic Egypt more than 3500 years ago. A series of dried up wells revealed an ancient route of around 200km from the Nile […]
PHILLIP NKOSI, Machadodorp | Thursday 2.15pm. A POLICEMAN from Diepkloof in Soweto was arrested on Wednesday after he and a gang of men allegedly tried to hijack a car on the N4 highway in Mpumalanga. Police spokesman Captain Izak van Zyl said the policeman was arrested when two other police officers drove by and saw […]
GAUTENG daily,The Star, on Wednesday endorsed the African National Congress for the June 2 election but called on Gauteng voters to back the Democratic Party in the provincial poll. In its editorial, the newspaper said the ANC has an imperfect record in Gauteng where the majority of its readers reside. Newspapers that have publicly backed […]
THE European Union has given Swaziland an estimated US $1,3-million as part of a regional initiative to help the country deal with the economic impact of a South Africa-EU trade agreement signed earlier this year. Economist Pierre Bide of the EU in Swaziland said on Wednesday: “The idea is help Swaziland cope with any fall […]