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”The initial formation of the private security industry was encouraged by the apartheid regime,” says Jenny Irish-Qhobosheane, a private security researcher. ”This was done…
The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday ordered that game and trophy hunting on private game farms bordering the Kruger National Park may go ahead. Judge William de Villiers had set…
Thousands of people packed St Peter’s Square on Friday as Pope John Paul II’s health deteriorated. They prayed and gazed up at his third-floor window in a quiet vigil repeated in…
"In an internationally condemned move, an enraged King Mswati III of Swaziland has decided to close his country’s borders with South Africa, starting on Friday." Sounds…
Bantu Holomisa, the president of the United Democratic Movement, has fired arrows laced with poisonous words at the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve. He has accused the reserve…
The Limpopo provincial government has placed a moratorium on hunting in the private nature reserves that border the Kruger National Park (KNP). The moratorium concerns private…
Hunting in private game reserves that border South Africa’s national parks is of "specific concern" to Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk, he…
South African civil society groups came back from Zimbabwe disillusioned about the state of democracy in the country, they said on Tuesday. The six-member delegation said that…
Children outside a primary school in Cape Town were approached on Tuesday by animal activists who are trying to persuade young people to stop eating chicken. The activists use…
Bantu Holomisa, the president of the United Democratic Movement, has fired arrows laced with poisonous words at the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve. He has accused the reserve…
It was quite a week for Justin Nurse. The 27-year-old ”David” and his company, Laugh It Off, appeared in the Constitutional Court.
Animals from the Kruger National Park, including ”protected species and even lions”, are being hunted and killed in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve (TPNR) in order to…
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Monday criticised the South African government for not being vocal enough about the Zimbabwe government’s clampdown on the…
While it is unlikely that any of the judges in the Constitutional Court will be wearing ”Black Labour — White Guilt” T-shirts under their robes on Tuesday, the offending shirt…
Beggars at major intersections in Johannesburg were pulled off the streets on Thursday by the Johannesburg Metro Police in a crackdown forming part of Operation Token Days, which…
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is about to embark on its second fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is about to embark on its second fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. The question is whether this mission will be a success or…
The Zimbabwean government has warned the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) not to undertake a mission to Zimbabwe on the same terms as its previous visit. At the…
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change is caught in a catch-22 situation in deciding whether to participate in Zimbabwe’s upcoming general elections, party leader Morgan…
South Africa might be the focus of African soccer when it comes to the 2010 World Cup, but its players do not seem to be among Africa’s best. The nominations of the MTN…
