An initiative by the child-welfare NGO Save the Children is managing to overcome the timidity of urban dwellers in Swaziland about ”getting involved” in neighbours’ domestic disputes. ”Looking the other way … has led to tragedies,” says Elizabeth Kgalolo, programme director at Save the Children.
Nearly 900 students attend the high school in Orlando, a suburb of Johannesburg’s sprawling Soweto township, but there is only one qualified teacher to teach the three basic science subjects, the library has no up-to-date books and the ”computer lab” has no computers.
Greek detectives arrive in London on Monday for talks with Scotland Yard as Athens steps up its efforts to combat the international trade in smuggled antiquities. After the recent discovery of priceless relics in an Aegean island home, they hope the meeting will not only shed light on the murky business but also illuminate London’s role as a hub for traffickers.
President Thabo Mbeki would have to decide if he wants to change the Donen commission’s terms of reference before it could call further witnesses. The commission is tasked with probing alleged illicit payments by South Africans of oil surcharges and kickbacks to the former Iraqi regime under the United Nations oil-for-food programme.
Ten opposition leaders and businessmen detained last week in Malawi in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Bingu wa Mutharika have been released due to lack of evidence, police said on Monday. ”Police have not found sufficient evidence to prosecute them,” police spokesperson Willie Mwaluka told Agence France-Presse.
There have been many memorable moments in George Bush’s career — invading Iraq, declaring the war ”accomplished”, Hurricane Katrina. But the United States President recalled that his greatest moment in office had come not on the field of battle but while out fishing.
The Bush administration, which emerged from the September 11 2001 attacks vowing to make the United States safe from terrorists, was on Sunday warned that it risked provoking a new crisis over intelligence if the president appointed a controversial general to head the CIA.
The European Union is preparing to go it alone and channel emergency funds to the Palestinians if talks with the United States, Russia and United Nations on setting up an international mechanism for easing their financial plight fail this week, senior officials indicated at the weekend.
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Jacob Zuma gave his daughter Duduzile the thumbs-up during a brief break in his rape judgement in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. Meanwhile, the crowd supporting Zuma outside the court grew with an influx of schoolchildren in the early afternoon.
The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Alliance agreed on Monday to end a proposed week-long taxi strike, following discussions with the provincial transport department. The alliance was protesting against certain aspects of the government’s taxi recapitalisation programme, which is intended to replace the country’s ageing taxi fleet.