OWN CORRESPONDENT, Victoria Falls | Monday 11.00pm. THE summit held to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will run into a second day. The summit, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, started later than planned on Monday because of a round of preparatory meetings in which officials attempted to find a way to broker […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Abuja | Monday 6.30pm. NIGERIAN leader General Abdulsalam Abubakar on Monday confirmed that the government is currently investigating several corrupt officials thought to have siphoned billions of dollars off the national coffers under the regime of Abubakar’s predecessor, the late General Sani Abacha. Abacha’s statement comes after media speculation last month that former […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 10.30PM. FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda has appealed against his life sentence for crimes against humanity handed down by the war crimes tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha on Friday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda registry in Arusha confirmed that the appeal was filed on Monday morning. Kambanda’s legal […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 7.00pm. SOUTH African business confidence fell to its lowest level in 12 years during August as the fragility of emerging markets was exposed in the global market instability, figures released by the South African Chamber of Business on Monday indicated. Business confidence fell 4,1 points during the 4,1 points over […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. SOUTH African oil-from-gas producer Mossgas on Friday signed a R2,2-billion alliance agreement with United Kingdom-based Dresser-Kellogg Energy Service to develop the EM gasfield in the Bredasdorp Basin. The companies have formed what is known as the Bredasdorp Alliance which is the largest contract ever in South Africa using alliance […]

SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Friday 5.30pm. LOCAL stock toasted the end to a turbulent week by ending firmer on Friday, leaving gold pundits smirking as the all gold index gained 11,71% on the day. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s rise came despite an overnight fall in the New York stock market which was expected to […]

Andy Capostagno Rugby The Currie Cup has reached its halfway stage and no one is yet counting any chickens. That in itself is remarkable, for the competition has been shared between an elite four provinces for so long that at the very least a well-informed guess should be able to provide the semi-finalists. Natal have […]

Many thousands of women undergo plastic surgery to alter their looks, but when Orlan does it, it’s called art. Alex Dodd reports `In the future we will change our bodies as easily as we change our hair colour,” says radical French performance artist Orlan, currently in Johannesburg. She is participating in a conference at the […]

Emanuel Shaw II is too sick to appear in court but well enough to attend meetings. Mungo Soggot reports from Monrovia Emanuel Shaw II, the Liberian politician who insinuated himself into South Africa’s state oil industry, has tried to deceive the Johannesburg High Court by filing a fraudulent doctor’s note purportedly signed by Liberia’s minister […]

Anthony Holiday Over a Barrel The secret malaise is no longer concealable. Its symptoms are manifest everywhere from conclaves in Cape Town to the conflict in the Congo. South Africa’s Department of Foreign Affairs – and hence also Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and President Nelson Mandela himself – are taking decisions and engaging in the […]