THE centre-left Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo won an overall majority in both houses of the new Nigerian parliament, according to unofficial results compiled on Monday. The PDP held 56 seats in the 109-seat senate with some states still to return results and 181 seats in the 360-seat House of […]

A Mail & Guardian cartoon which appeared more than two weeks ago depicting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a naked emperor, is gaining a cult following in Zimbabwe. The independent Standard newspaper reports that the cartoon — which shows a journalist barking: “..and next time show some respect when describing his clothes.” — is being […]

GREECE does not intend to move three associates of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan out of its embassy in Nairobi, embassy spokesperson Forte Yanopulous said on Monday. Asked if the embassy was making plans to relocate three women who have been holed up in the building since Ocalan’s capture in Nairobi on February 15, Yanopulous […]

MPUMALANGA’S third largest hospital, Rob Ferreira Hospital, warned on Monday that patients would have to bring their own bedding and food for the next six weeks because the hospital has run out of money. Eskom recently threatened to cut electricity to the Nelspruit hospital because it had failed to pay an outstanding bill of R500000. […]

TRADE unionists in the Northern Province are set to make history this week when they take a traditional leader before the Commission for Conciliation, Medication and Arbitration for the first time for unfair labour practices. Zebediela tribal Chief Kgoshi Sello Kekane will have to explain on Wednesday why he fired his administrative clerk immediately after […]

NAMIBIAN copper mining company Tsumeb Corporation Limited was yanked back from the brink of sale on Thursday when creditors were informed that the sale had to be postponed. Joint provisional liquidator Ian McLaren yesterday directed a letter to all known creditors of TCL to tell them that it had not been possible to proceed with […]

THE International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have decided to suspend all disbursements to war-torn Sierra Leone until the situation improves, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah said on Friday. Kabbah, whose government last month survived a rebel invasion of Freetown with the help of Nigerian-led intervention troops, told journalists that the international financial bodies has […]

UNITED States First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will conduct a private visit to Morocco next week. Clinton will make stops in Fez and Marrakesh during her holiday. This comes after President Bill Clinton has advised his wife to “take time and rest” before a possible bid for a seat in the US Senate next year.

HIGHWAY robbers took away more than one million dollars worth of gold when they ambushed a bullion van transporting the precious metal to Accra, Ghana its owner, Resolute Amansie Limited said on Thursday. The head of the company’s risks management unit, William Usmer, said the gold weighing 170kg was being conveyed from the company’s mine […]

A FORMER mayor in the Rwandan town of Mabanza, wanted in connection for the 1994 genocide, was reportedly arrested in South Africa on Thursday and handed to the United Nations Court. Radio reports on Saturday said that Ignance Bagilishema was arrested in Pretoria for visa violations. He has been on the run since 1995 after […]