OWN CORRESPONDENT, Hoedspruit | Sunday 11.00pm. A STUDY of bovine tuberculosis has begun in the Kruger National Park, KNP director David Mabunda announced on Sunday. The survey aims to find out more about the disease, its geographic spread through the park and the risk to animals. Buffalo are the carriers of BTB and other animals […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Sunday 11.00pm. AN aircraft which crashed into Uganda’s Ruwenzori Mountains late last month was heading for a gold-buying mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Sunday. Earlier reports said the plane had crashed in the DRC, and had been shot down by Allied […]

There is an easy way to combat the burgeoning business of cellphone theft, write Belinda Beresford and David Shapshak Cellphones are particularly enticing to the brotherhood of thieves, whether acquired in muggings, hijackings or straightforward burglaries. Cancelling the SIM card will stop anyone else running up your telephone account with calls to friends and acquaintances […]

Mungo Soggot The United States evacuated Liberia’s leading opposition politician from its embassy in Monrovia last week, ending a confrontation with President Charles Taylor, who had demanded the US hand over his rival to his troops. The rival politician, Roosevelt Johnson, sought refuge in the embassy two weeks ago after a shoot-out on the pavement […]

Peter Makurube There is no better way to suss out where a country is at than through its music. There has never been any doubt about the quality of music this country can produce, the problem has been a chronic case of arrested development. Now that the old is out and the new is in […]

Several investigations are under way into NIA operatives allegedly involved in money laundering schemes, writes Justin Arenstein Police are preparing to arrest at least two members of a shadowy National Intelligence Agency (NIA) unit next week after they allegedly tried to cash stolen share certificates worth more than R180- million. The operatives have also been […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.45pm. A SPOKESMAN for Angolan separatists said on Friday that government troops supported by attack helicopters are advancing on an unknown number of Front for the Liberation Of Cabinda (FLEC) separatists in the country’s oil-rich enclave of Cabinda. Carlos Puna said that a battalion of 400 Angolan soldiers began an […]

Angella Johnson: VIEW FROM A BROAD I had always considered exercise to be way overrated. Not for me the panting ache of pushing my body to the maximum, or the orgasmic high of an endorphin rush. At least that was before I bought into South Africans’ fitness obsession and started working out like a lunatic. […]

Phillip Kakaza Diva shouts, harmonic sounds and thunderous rhythms swept through the remote village of Taung during the North West Cultural Calabash Festival last week. The high-pitched voices of the undisputed queen of gospel Rebecca Malope and her backing group Pure Magic resonated from the Mmabana (mother of the children ) Cultural Centre where the […]

Cheryl Carolus looked set for a high post in the ANC government; instead she opted to be South Africa’s first female high commissioner in London, writes Liz McGregor Cheryl Carolus is not your average diplomat. She travels by tube, wears mini-skirts and parties into the small hours. She has strong opinions about her host country […]