The remaining two of 11 suspects initially implicated in the murders of actor Brett Goldin and fashion developer Richard Bloom were on Friday remanded to November 3 in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town. Clinton Davids (22) and Shavaan Marlie (25) appeared briefly in court and were remanded in custody.
The death toll in China from Typhoon Saomai rose by 106 to 436 on Friday with the confirmation of dozens more deaths in the eastern province of Zhejiang, state media said. All 106 new fatalities were in the coastal province of Zhejiang, which had previously reported 87 dead and 52 missing, Xinhua news agency said.
Forty-four Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) members who occupied provincial government offices in Cape Town on Friday to call for the arrest of Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang were themselves arrested. The protesters, who included TAC chairperson Zackie Achmat, were charged with trespassing and warned to appear in court on Tuesday.
Now that I have read Pearlie Joubert’s article (”Paedophile priests’ victims slam Napier,” August 11) I understand the reason for her message saying she wanted to give me a chance to defend myself. Her next message — that she was not threatening me in any way — was quite incomprehensible, as I had not seen or heard what she had to say. Why was I to defend myself when I did not even know I was under attack?
Rwanda plans to strike capital punishment for genocide suspects from its statute books to encourage European and North American countries to extradite suspected masterminds of the 1994 genocide, the attorney general said on Friday. Rwanda has demanded that Western nations extradite genocide suspects, but some nations have expressed reservations because of the death penalty.
The Dutch government on Friday pledged â,¬5-million (,4-million) in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to improve health care and help people displaced by years of war return to their homes. About 1Â 200 people die each day in the DRC, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Agnes van Ardenne said in announcing the aid.
Uganda on Friday rejected a call by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels for South African mediation as fragile peace talks aimed at ending Uganda’s brutal two-decade war resumed. Kampala’s delegation to the negotiations said the LRA request was unwarranted and instead expressed full confidence in lead mediator Riek Machar, vice-president of autonomous southern Sudan.
East African defence chiefs expect to have the vanguard of a peacekeeping force for Somalia ready by the end of next month, officials said on Friday, despite fierce objections from powerful Islamists in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation. The first elements of the nearly 7Â 000-strong regional force are to assemble in late September, the officials said.
Police on Thursday stormed the biggest squat in France, evicting hundreds of West African families from a squalid, disused hall of residence at one of France’s elite universities. Up to 1 000 squatters, including 200 children, many from Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal, were crammed into 300 small rooms.
Newcastle boss Rob Andrew was on Friday named as England’s first director of elite rugby. The former England flyhalf was chosen over some high-profile candidates including England’s World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward. The position was created following the Rugby Football Union’s review of this year’s Six Nations where England finished a lowly fourth.