The United Nations is investigating a suspected child prostitution ring involving its peacekeepers and government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN mission said on Thursday. Among accusations being investigated is that pimps are using the presence of UN peacekeepers to lure vulnerable girls to go and work as prostitutes.
South African Breweries (SAB) has again warned consumers about an e-mail scan that is being widely circulated in South Africa and which promises free products from the company. SAB initially put a warning out to the public on July 20 and the e-mail has once again appeared in the public domain, SAB said in a statement on Thursday.
The economic collapse of South Africa’s neighbouring state, Zimbabwe, is stripping South Africa of economic growth of about 2% per year, yet South African President Thabo Mbeki has "handed over the baton" to others to resolve the political impasse in that country, Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) policy adviser Eddie Cross said on Thursday.
South Africa is pressing ahead with a law to ban mercenaries, clouding the prospects of thousands of South Africans now fighting for foreign armies or working for security companies in Iraq. But critics say the draft law will have far-reaching consequences for South African soldiers fighting for legitimate foreign forces.
The owner of a game lodge in the Free State where two security guards were killed by lions has been charged with culpable homicide, police said on Thursday. aptain Rosa Benade said the man was taken in by local police on Thursday. ”His fingerprints were taken and a charge laid,” said Benade.
Decades of exclusion and marginalisation of black lawyers have resulted in a skewed distribution of established and profitable law firms, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla said on Thursday. Speaking at the opening of a two-day indaba, Mabandla said special measures are needed if the problem is to be solved.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has castigated a draft African National Congress parliamentary resolution on the Middle East, saying it could have a dangerous and unfortunate double effect. ”The SAJBD condemns the draft resolution by the ANC on the Middle East as totally one-sided,” board chairperson Michael Bagraim said on Thursday.
Trapped and running out of air on the smoky 83rd floor of the World Trade Centre, Melissa Doi begged the emergency operator not to hang up. ”Can you stay on the line with me, please? I feel like I’m dying,” she said. On Wednesday, her voice was heard as New York City released new tapes of hundreds of heart-wrenching phone calls from that day.
Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has accepted the post of South Africa coach with the task of taking Bafana Bafana through the 2010 World Cup final, it was reported on Wednesday. The 63-year-old agreed the deal with the South African Football Federation on Tuesday, according to his lawyer.
Roger Federer was the only one who saw it coming: too much tennis, too little time off. The world’s top player knew it was the perfect combination for a long-awaited upset, one that a disbelieving British teenager pulled off on Wednesday. Andy Murray’s victory ended Federer’s 55-match winning streak in North America.