NIGERIAN communities demanding compensation for a Mobil Corporation oil spill threatened on Sunday to halt the operations of other oil majors working in the Niger Delta. A statement from the group of 61 communities said Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Agip and Texaco will be targeted this week to put pressure on Mobil to pay for […]
FIREFIGHTERS continued on Tuesday to battle a fire which has been raging in the Drakenstein mountain range above Franschhoek in the Western Cape Boland for the past two weeks. Firefighters are trying to protect buildings against flare-ups which are possible in the warm, windy conditions.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Tuesday 11.30am THE Easter weekend road death toll had reached 184 in 106 motor accidents by Monday night, the Arrive Alive campaign said on Tuesday. The Arrive Alive figures, which will be finalised on Wednesday, show that the dead comprised 101 passengers, 49 pedestrians and 34 drivers. The highest toll was […]
THE 20th anniversary of the hanging of African National Congress cadre Solomon Mahlangu was marked with a commemoration at the Mamelodi West community hall outside Pretoria on Tuesday. Mahlangu was caught and sentenced to death for his role in the armed struggle after returning to South Africa from exile in Tanzania. He was hanged in […]
THIRTY NINE bodies have been recovered from a ferry that sunk off the coast of south east Nigeria in a storm late on Thursday night. Some 300 passengers were aboard. A number of survivors who swam to safety on a sandbank were rescued on Saturday, but most passengers were trapped inside the boat as it […]
UGANDAN rebels staged an attack on a fishing village on the shores of Lake George over the Easter weekend, killing six people, abducting an unknown number of others, and destroying homes and shops. The rebels, members of the Allied Democratic Forces, are dominated by the Tabliq Muslim group which operates out of bases in the […]
A RIVER of lava from the volcano Mount Cameroon, which erupted on March 28, has now reached three kilometres from villages that are home to a thousand inhabitants. No further volcanic activity was recorded on Monday, but officials are on standby to assist with evacuations if needed. 01
NIGERIA, which last month objected to a Confederation of African Football offer to co-host the African Nations Cup next year, has now accepted the offer. Chief of General Staff Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe said before the start of a World Youth Championship match in Ibadan late on Sunday that Nigeria was looking forward to co-hosting […]
ISAAC Tshabalala won the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday, just 13 seconds ahead of Desmond Zibi. Tshabalala finished the 56km course in 3 hours, 11 minutes, 20 seconds, while Angelina Sephooa, of Lesotho, was the first woman home in a time of 3:38.07. The leading finishers: 1.Isaac Tshabalala 3:11.20 2.Desmond Zibi 3:11.33 […]
A NIGERIAN group representing 61 communities hit by an oil spill last year, has given the Mobil Oil company an ultimatum to pay up US$22 million today. Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reports that the group has warned Mobil that it will “take appropriate steps to make operation difficult or impossible for all oil companies in the […]