About 700 protesters gathered outside the Oberholzer Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday as four people appeared for the murder of National Union of Mineworkers branch chairperson Elias Mulaudzi. The four appeared in the court after their arrest last week, to make a formal bail application.
Namibia’s justice minister has praised Zimbabwe’s controversial programme of farm seizures, saying newspapers that run negative stories about the country are taken over by forces opposed to the success of Africanism, it was reported on Wednesday.
Bangladesh are confident of picking up a first overseas victory when they embark on a back-to-back one-day international series in Zimbabwe and Kenya later this month. ”We have displayed a lot of improvement in recent times, so it is fair to say we are favourites for both series,” said Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar.
Tightening South Africa’s porous borders to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants is futile if economic problems in neighbouring countries are not dealt with, Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday. The minister also admitted to ongoing corruption in her department, despite efforts to curb it.
The Underberg community is divided by the R160-million tarring of the Sani Pass — touted by Transport Minister Jeff Radebe as the southern Drakensberg’s gateway to tourism. ”They [tourists] enjoy the horror of the trip. That’s why they come,” a local tour operator said on condition of anonymity.
Springboks coach Jake White denied pushing the panic button on Wednesday as he slashed a third of his starting line-up for Saturday’s Tri-nations rugby Test against a buoyant All Blacks who have rested many leading players. White made five changes to the side humiliated in Australia last week by a record 0-49, after All Blacks coach Graham Henry discarded eight from his team.
Fifty years ago St Tropez was confirmed as a rich man — and woman’s — playground when a bikini-clad Brigitte Bardot frolicked on the beach in <i>And God Created Woman</i>. Now the racy southern Mediterranean resort is hoping to persuade tourists to mix a little culture with their cocktails.
Advantage Asset Managers’ chief investment strategist Wayne McCurrie said in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon that fair value for the rand was R7 to R8 to the dollar over two to three years, but that 50% of this had suddenly happened in the last month and a half.
As a child, Graham Ford dreamed of playing cricket on the English county circuit. He never realised that ambition but as director of cricket at Kent, he has helped a raft of other South Africans to do so. Although he is adamant that it was never his intention, Ford has overseen the establishment of a virtual South African colony in Canterbury.
Knowledge of available treatment options and the significance of drug resistance has declined in patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, according to results of a survey presented on Tuesday. ”In the early days of HIV, patients often understood the science of HIV as much as most clinicians,” said Dr Howard Grossman.