THERE is fewer than one anaesthetist operating in Nigeria for every 1,2-million citizens, a top official from the Society of Anaesthetists of West Africa said on Monday. Navy Surgeon Olaniyi Oladapo said there are fewer than 100 trained anaesthetists in the country whose population is put by the United Nations at 121,8-million. “We have more […]
TUESDAY, 7.00PM: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s buoyant start to the week ended swiftly on Tuesday, with only the all gold index closing in positive territory as all share, industrial and financial indices lost almost 2%. Much of the slump was ascribed to the disappointing figures released by South African Breweries’ annual results presentation. Again, the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, | Kigali 10.00am AN air raid on the rebel stronghold of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, late on Tuesday night killed 28 people and wounded 15, rebel sources contacted in Goma by telephone said. The sources said the plane belonged to forces backing DRC leader Laurent-Desire Kabila. “I can tell you […]
THE African National Congress and the rival Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party on Tuesday agreed to sign a peace pact in the country’s volatile KwaZulu-Natal province. The peace deal — designed to bring an end to more than a decade of bloody feuding between supporters of the two parties — will be signed in the east […]
POLICE on Monday arrested eleven men suspected of involvement in a cash heist which saw robbers shooting at security guards on the grounds of a primary school outside Pretoria earlier in the day. Pretoria police spokesman Captain Morne van Wyk said the search is continuing for another six suspects. Those arrested will face charges of […]
RWANDA and Uganda are engaged in new moves to mediate in the year-old border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, it has been learned in Addis Ababa. According to diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa, president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has sent a special message to the Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi to indicate the two countries’ […]
SEVERAL superb saves by Mamadou Sidibe earned Mali a 0-0 draw with Namibia in an African Nations Cup Group 3 qualifier in Windhoek on Saturday. Namibia created numerous chances during an impressive performance at the Independence Stadium only to be foiled by wild finishing and the acrobatic Sidibe. Mali, needing a victory to replace Congo […]
MOZAMBIQUE will allow hunting of wild elephants and buffalo should an international tender to be held later this month prove successful, a provincial governor said late last week. Governor Aires Aly of the northern Niassa province said the tender will aim to select a company or organisation that can successfully organise the safaris. A recent […]
TWO naked thieves with painted faces and leaves in their hair leapt from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before making off with their handbags on the weekend. The state-run Herald newspaper reports on Tuesday that the thieves, whose only weapons were their birthday suits, […]
A GROUP of police reservists will protest outside police headquarters in Pretoria on Tuesday demanding that they be incorporated into the police service. The protesters say they represent around 2000 reservists who were promised incorporation into the police service. Police human resources spokesman Senior Superintendent Johan Smal said no such promise was ever made but […]