No image available
/ 11 February 2008
Now, word in Dar es Salaam has it that some Tanzanians are kind of enjoying Kenya’s present plight. Of course this shall not be said nakedly. Tanzanians do not just speak nakedly. Words are well dressed. Kind eyes will open in concern and ask you: ”Ohhhh ndugu [brother], how bad things are for you … tell me, tell me more of the terrible things happening in your country. Argh … shame … God will provide …”
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad on Monday he was in favour of a short pause in troop drawdowns from Iraq after about 30Â 000 soldiers have been sent home by July. Gates said the security situation in Baghdad remained ”fragile”, a comment echoed on the streets of the capital, which was rocked by two car bombings.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
Isidingo actress Ashley Callie remained in a critical condition in the intensive-care unit of a Johannesburg hospital on Monday after a car crash over the weekend, her sister Lauren said. ”She’s still stable but she’s in a critical condition,” said Lauren Callie.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) and its student representative council (SRC) reached an agreement on outstanding student fees at a meeting on Monday. University spokesperson Nomondi Mbadi said the SRC had committed itself to ending student protests as an agreement in terms of outstanding student debt had been reached.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
A 14-year-old boy appeared in the Kwamsane Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the rape of an 11-year-old girl at Mchakwini reserve near Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal police said. The girl was sent by her mother to a shop on January 26. On her way back home she was accosted by a boy who threatened to kill her with a knife.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
A Pretoria High Court judge ruled on Monday that Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla had failed to exercise her constitutional duties diligently over the applications of 384 prisoners for presidential pardons.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
Hillary Clinton shook up her campaign as Democratic rival Barack Obama overtook in the race for delegates to win the party nomination for the White House. Obama is expected to extend his lead in the so-called Potomac Primary on Tuesday after defeating Clinton on the weekend.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
Fifty years ago, the village of Slyozi in western Russia was a bustling place full of men, women, children, cows and pigs. Just down the road was a busy collective farm. People kept bees and looked after chickens. In the late 1950s, it got its first combine harvester.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
The Erasmus commission, appointed to look into the Cape Town city council ”spy” saga, has suspended its hearings following a request on Monday by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool, who says he is seeking legal advice on the inquiry. Rasool’s request was prompted by objections from Cape Town mayor Helen Zille.
No image available
/ 11 February 2008
The United Nations launched an appeal on Monday for almost -million in aid for the hundreds of thousands of victims caught up in devastating flooding in a large swathe of Southern Africa. Floods have already affected the lives of nearly half-a-million people from Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.