Cape Town’s mayor says vigilance will be needed to sustain democracy in South Africa after bruising battles with the African National Congress in her first year leading the sole bastion of opposition to the ruling party. "So far, we have passed the test," Helen Zille said in an interview with the media ahead of the March 15 anniversary of her installation as mayor.
South Africa’s new low-cost domestic airline Mango has done better than expected, the airline said on Tuesday. The airline, operated as a subsidiary of South African Airways, has carried more than 300 000 passengers since it started operating four months ago and has sold more than 600 000 tickets.
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Australian and South African squads landed on St Kitts late on Monday ahead of practice sessions on Tuesday to analyse either injured or out-of-form players before their opening Cricket World Cup matches. Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds will increase the intensity of his training, having recently undergone biceps surgery.
Amid the majestic beauty of South Africa’s Magaliesberg mountain range, veterans of the battle against whites-only rule are trying to banish demons that still haunt them. Matlapeng lodge translates from Xhosa as the ”Place of Stone”, but tears flow freely and deep-seated fears are revealed by the former warriors.
Government prosecutors on Tuesday demanded two years in jail for the editor of Playboy Indonesia magazine for violating anti-indecency laws by publishing ”porn” pictures in the magazine. Chief prosecutor Resni Muchtar told the court that the magazine editor Erwin Arnada ”damaged the nation’s morality”.
A British journalist was on Monday snatched from his car by masked men in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian police. The gunmen are believed to have followed Alan Johnston, the BBC’s Gaza correspondent, from his office to his apartment in Gaza City before kidnapping him.
The contract for South African Breweries (SAB) to produce, market, sell and distribute Amstel lager has been terminated, Heineken NV said on Monday. Heineken would build a brewery in South Africa and Amstel would be sourced from existing European breweries until the new brewery was complete.
Police assaulted and tortured Zimbabwe’s most prominent opposition leader after breaking up a protest prayer meeting, leaving him with deep gashes on his head and shoulders, colleagues said on Monday. Lawyers reported that Morgan Tsvangirai fainted three times after being beaten by police.
Playing on European and United States fears of expanding terrorist networks in North Africa, Morocco is seeking international backing for a new peace plan for the Western Sahara. But ownership of the vast mineral-rich territory bordering the Atlantic is disputed by Algerian-backed Polisario Front separatists.
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