THE Medical University of Southern Africa re-opened on Wednesday, two weeks after closing its doors because students owed over R56,1-million in fees. Medunsa vice chancellor and principal, Professor Thibdi Mokgokong, said on Wednesday that some students have not paid fees for last year, while others fraudulently claim they cannot afford the fees. “These students are […]

BILL CLINTON’S long-awaited Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, involving a free-trade package for Africa, was resurrected in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. The Bill was killed in the Senate last year and was due to be reintroduced in the House of Representatives with revisions this year. Concerns about textile imports threatening certain […]

A HUMAN rights group in Swaziland on Wednesday expressed grave concern about a new law introduced by King Mswati III giving traditional chiefs sweeping powers. The controversial law, enacted last month without parliamentary debate, could threaten national unity and turn people against the chiefs, said the Human Rights Association of Swaziland’s Joshua Mzizi. The Swazi […]

THE Algerian government has been “totally silent” regarding violence against women who face abduction, murder and rape at the hands of insurgents, the International Federation of Human Rights said on Thursday. The federation said in a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women that Algerian women also face “institutionalized […]

MALAWI’S inflation rate has shot up to 51,2%, prompting a run on bank interests rates. Charles Chuka, a senior official at the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of Malawi, says the inflation rate was prompted by the mid-August fall in the external value of the kwacha which led to increases in fuel prices and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 3.30pm. ORLANDO Pirates has fined midfield star John Moeti R500 or he must sit out the rest of the premiership season without salary. Moeti failed to play in a league match two weeks ago. Pirates’s disciplinary committee chief Cyril Kobus said Moeti was fined R20000, but R15000 of the penalty […]

THE MANAGEMENT of e.tv on Wednesday rejected as unfounded reports that the station is in disarray and said it is comfortable that it has exceeded its licence conditions in some areas. The private free-to-air broadcaster will begin a 24-hour programming schedule on February 1. At a briefing announcing the expansion, e.tv CEO Jonathan Procter said: […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 10.00am. THE Tuesday night arrest of fugitive and heist artist Collin Chauke has captured the public imagination and dominated the Thursday morning press. Chauke’s lawyer alleged that his client was assaulted and has head wounds but Nelspruit police have denied this. They say that he may have hurt himself while […]

LIBERIA must be held accountable for its support of rebel forces in Sierra Leone, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Ignatius Olisemeka said on Wednesday. He said Nigeria might take the Liberian government to an international court.Speaking to reporters after meeting the United Nations envoy to Sierra Leone, Olisemeka said Liberia “should be held fully accountable” for aiding […]

ZAMBIA’S opposition United Party for National Development has asked President Frederick Chiluba to explain why foreign planes are seen in Zambezi and Solwezi at odd hours. The UPND Lusaka Province chairman Joseph Chilengi said despite United Nations sanctions against Jonas Savimbi and his rebel Unita movement, Unita officials are seen in Zambia. “The truth is […]