THE second of five toll gates on the multi-billion rand Maputo Development Corridor was opened on Tuesday. Trans-African Concessions (Trac) CEO Trevor Jackson said that the company has implemented a comprehensive incident management system along most of the route. He said the system integrated the services of Trac patrol vehicles, local emergency services, and protection […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee hearing into the 1992 Boipatong massacre was thrown into disarray on Wednesday when a woman who was sexually assaulted in the attack queried the manner of her cross-examination and refused to answer questions. Attorney Rian Strydom fell foul of the committee as he questioned Molete about her sister’s […]
THE Tunisian football officials arrested in Zambia at the weekend for allegedly trying to bribe a referee were charged with corruption on Tuesday. Club Sportif Sfaxien vice-president Yaiche Fakary and committee member Bouset Fadhi had their passports confiscated and must report to the anti-corruption commission in the central town of Ndola twice a week. The […]
AN inspector stationed at the Hout Bay police station was on Wednesday arrested by the Independent Complaints Directorate and will face charges of murder, defeating the ends of justice and perjury, according to ICD regional director Riaz Saloojee. Saloojee said the policeman allegedly shot and killed a man said to have been involved in a […]
ARMY worms have invaded parts of east and central Africa, threatening food security in the region. Reports in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi say the worms, also known as moth caterpillars, have destroyed 6000 hectares of crops in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi since lastmonth. Governments in the five countries have urged farmers to […]
THE Japanese government is to finance the modernisation of Mozambique’s biggest fishing port in the capital Maputo, official sources announced on Wednesday. The national director of fishing, Herminio Tembe, told Radio Mozambique that Japan is donating about four million US dollars for the rehabilitation of the port. The donation comes as the government is striving […]
CLARE LOVELL, London | Thursday 11.50am. THE top box-office clash of the World Cup’s first round pits bookmaker’s choice South Africa against home favourites England at The Oval on Saturday, the same day that London also hosts soccer’s F.A. Cup final. Both already look likely to progress further but Saturday’s contest has an extra significance. […]
MANAGEMENT at a Billiton’s Richards Bay Aluminium smelter plant in KwaZulu-Natal barred Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin from addressing 1200 workers, SABC radio news said on Wednesday. Erwin was invited to visit the plant by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. Numsa spokesperson Dumisa Ntuli said the company refused a request from […]
BOTH government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of extreme human rights abuse. Revolutionary United Front rebels have committed “scores of atrocities” against civilians, according to a press release sent out on Monday by Human Rights Watch. The international human rights organisation based its charge on the testimonies of […]
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 […]