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/ 10 November 2007
Two hundred South African Airways (SAA) passengers stranded in Senegal will arrive back in the country on Saturday, the airline said on Friday. Their SAA 204 flight experienced technical on Thursday, when the Airbus failed to take off from its scheduled stop-over in Dakar.
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/ 10 November 2007
A career-best haul by Dale Steyn and an unbroken partnership of 159 between Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis put South Africa in control of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand at the Wanderers on Friday. South Africa were 179 for two at close of play, for an overall lead of 287.
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/ 9 November 2007
Mark Gevisser’s book on Thabo Mbeki is easily the most serious effort by a biographer to get to grips with the elusive leader, writes Drew Forrest.
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/ 9 November 2007
The case against a 36-year-old man accused of murdering 10 KwaZulu-Natal women and dumping their bodies in sugar-cane fields was remanded on Friday in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court for further investigation. The courtroom was packed with relatives, and outside the court there was a heavy police presence.
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/ 9 November 2007
A bloody day of fighting on the streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, left at least 51 people dead in one of the goriest 24 hours the city has seen in months, residents and hospital sources said on Friday. Ethiopian troops backing the fledgling Somali government fought insurgents in an up-close battle.
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/ 9 November 2007
The government of Niger has launched a probe into the extent of slavery in the impoverished West African country, an official said on Friday. Unofficial estimates put the number of slaves at about 800 000. The three-month probe was launched on Thursday.
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/ 9 November 2007
An outbreak of cholera has swept a hideout camp housing Uganda’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, infecting its leader, Joseph Kony; his deputy, Vincent Otti; and scores of fighters, a spokesperson said on Friday. The outbreak was first reported in September, but details of fatalities remain unclear.
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/ 9 November 2007
The government in Mauritania on Friday defended its handling of food riots this week, claiming that violent protests in opposition strongholds that left one dead were deliberately orchestrated. In the north-west African nation’s coastal capital, Nouakchott, several dozen youths on Friday hurled rocks at buildings.
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/ 9 November 2007
The fatal shooting at the South African Air Force College in Thaba Tshwane outside Pretoria on Thursday is an indication of the ”outstanding transformation” work still needed in the defence force, the South African Security Forces Union said on Friday. An air-force candidate officer allegedly shot two of his instructors, killing one.
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/ 9 November 2007
A home owner who disposed of household goods worth R99 000 belonging to his former tenant, without the tenant’s permission, was on Friday sentenced to two years’ house arrest. Vaughan Fred Alberts (45), was also fined R1 800 or four months’ jail on a charge of malicious damage.