President Nelson Mandela on Monday thanked Denmark for its help in the struggle against apartheid.
PROFESSOR Willem van Riet has been appointed acting chairman of the board of trustees of South African National Parks. The appointment by Environmental Affairs Minister Pallo Jordan follows the resignation of Vusi Khanyile on March 12. Khanyile cited increased work pressure as managing director of Thebe Investments as the reason for his departure in a […]
HEALTH Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma leaves for Washington, DC. on Tuesday to attend the three-day International Conference on Children and Tobacco from March 17 to 19. The summit, hosted by the United States Senate, The Campaign for Tobacco Free-Kids and the American Public Health Association, will be attended by more than 100 delegates and health […]
ERNIE ELS slipped a spot to fourth in the world rankings on Monday after American Mark O’Meara rose two places to third after finishing joint third in the Honda Classic. Vijay Singh, who won the Coral Springs tournament by two strokes on Sunday, climbed one place to seventh. Tiger Woods leads the rankings with fellow […]
AT least 800 armed Democratic Republic of Congolo soldiers fleeing a rebel offensive have streamed into Zambia over the past few days, the Times of Zambia reported on Monday. The paper reported that nearly 10000 civilians including some French settlers had also crossed into Zambia. The soldiers entered Zambia through the northern town of Kaputa, […]
RAINS over prime sugar lands in eastern KwaZulu-Natal have staved off fears that the crop could be adversely affected by recent hot weather, a sugar official said on Monday. Soaking rains last weekend brought relief to maize farmers and sugar cane growers. Mtunzini on the North coast of the province had 43mm of rain, Durban […]
THE Azanian People’s Liberation Army will officially disband at a parade in Umtata on Saturday March 20. PAC spokesperson Wonder Masombuka said on Tuesday the move comes after a unanimous decision at the party’s conference in December that its armed wing be officially disbanded. PAC President Stanley Mogoba will preside over the final parade in […]
THE United Nations mediator to Angola left the war-torn country on Monday following the withdrawal of the UN mission there, as reports of weekend clashes reached the capital. “I am leaving Angola encouraged. We did our best,” Issa Diallo told journalists before his departure. Diallo said the United Nations would continue to work to end […]
TWO members of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army were convicted in the Bisho High Court on Monday of the 1994 murder of three Iranian nationals belonging to the Baha’i Faith church. The men claimed the crime had been politically motivated, and that they had mistook the Persians for “Boers”. The men have applied for amnesty […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee on Tuesday granted amnesty to apartheid-era spy Dieter Gerhardt. Gerhardt (64), a former commander of Simon’s Town naval base, was sentenced in the Cape Town High Court in 1983 to life imprisonment for spying for the former Soviet Union. He was released in 1992 as a political prisoner […]