KAIZER Chiefs star midfielder Doctor Khumalo is the latest celebrity to try his hand at the Dusi Canoe Marathion, which takes place in the Umsindusi river between Pietermaritzburg and Durban from January 21 to 23. Khumalo will team up with SA surfi ski champion Oscar Chalupsky for the race. Also taking part will be local […]

A BOTSWANA judge granted an eleventh-hour stay of execution for two men due to be hanged for murder on Saturday amid an outcry from human rights groups that the men were convicted on circumstantial evidence. Justice Reynolds ruled late Friday night that the death sentences for Gwara Brown Motswetla, and Tlhabologang Phetolo Maauwe were unconstitutional. […]

NIGERIA’S centre-left Peoples Democratic Party won the governorship of Rivers State in a re-run vote this weekend, taking its national tally to 20, officials said on Sunday. PDP candidate Peter Odili won the southeastern state with 770074 votes, against 710280 votes for Ebenezer Isokrari of the centre-right All Peoples Party. Eric Bekwele Aso of the […]

A LIGHTNING bolt struck a house and killed a family of seven in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape late on Sunday, police said. Two other people were injured and admitted to hospital. Police said a grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, two teenage boys and a girl were killed by the bolt in the Libode […]

WATER levels in Mozambique’s Pungue valley continue to rise after widespread flooding at the weekend. Maputo daily Noticias reports that the rising Pungue river in the central Sofala province are threatening to cut off the main highway between Zimbabwe and the Indian Ocean port of Beira. The newspaper reports flood waters were lapping at the […]

AN unmarried Egyptian couple caught kissing in public were sentenced this week to one year in prison under Egypt’s morality laws, judicial officials said on Saturday. Noha Ali and her boyfriend Magdi Abderahim were locked in a passionate embrace outside the courthouse in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in May 1997, oblivious to everything and […]

THE expertise of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu could be called upon to help with plans to put on trial leaders of the Khmer Rouge, according to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. “We are looking at the South African example of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an interesting one, where they have the end […]

THE start in Namibia of a mini-summit aimed at making some progress on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo was delayed Sunday by the absence of a Rwandan delegation. The Namibians “still hope” that Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu would arrive, Foreign Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab said on Sunday evening in the capital Windhoek. Earlier, […]

POLICE detained South African national soccer star Steve Lekoelea for reckless driving, on Saturday. Lekoelea, 19, was arrested Saturday and his name was only made public after he was charged and released on bail. A traffic officer said the Bafana Bafana player “nearly caused a pile up before he was forced to pull of the […]

ACTIVITIES at the Lagos docks were at a standstill on Thursday, the third day running, due to a strike by licensed customs agents protesting against the continued presence of unauthorised security agencies at the waterfront. The customs agents said they will continue with the strike until the banned agencies leave the ports, as directed by […]