Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has ordered police to arrest miners who vandalise property while continuing a strike for higher pay and better work conditions, a presidential spokesperson said on Friday. Striking miners on Thursday set off explosives at the biggest copper mine, which caused extensive damage.
British Muslims said they fear police are operating under a ”shoot to kill” policy after a man was gunned down at an underground train station on Friday following a new wave of bomb attacks. Police have confirmed that officers pursued and shot a man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Friday insisted a draft Constitution pushed through Parliament by his ruling coalition will improve Kenya, though protesters who clashed with police as lawmakers debated the charter complain it gives him too much power. Lawmakers voted 102 to 61 to approve the draft Constitution.
London police released on Friday closed-circuit television images of four men they are "urgently" seeking in connection with the attempted suicide bombings the day before on London’s public transport system. The grainy images showed casually dressed men — one wearing a dark-blue "New York" sweatshirt.
Police were on Friday questioning the wife of slain Free State official Noby Ngombane. Police spokesperson Superintendent Annelie Wrensch confirmed that Nokwanda Ngombane and two other women — believed to be her relatives — were taken in for questioning.
It took a big budget and lots of research to create the R40-million <i>Drum</i>, the film about the historic 1950s magazine and its ground-breaking investigative reporter, Henry Nxumalo, director Zola Maseko tells Khubu Meth.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: The extreme stylisation of <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i> may irk some, but the real star is its look and its special effects, and the movie is intoxicating,writes Matthew Burbidge.
Three years after the end of a brutal, 27-year civil war, 150 000 Angolan schoolchildren are being fed by the World Food Programme (WFP), which plans to double that figure by 2006. The WFP and the Angolan government this week launched one of many feeding programmes in the village of Sachifunga.
Recently-appointed Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka needs to ”come clean” about her role in the Oilgate scandal, Strategic Fuel Fund tenders and related matters, says Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
At least 3Â 900 state officials in KwaZulu-Natal face arrest for social grant fraud, the Scorpions said on Friday. Spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said the arrests will be conducted over various phases. People expected to be apprehended include nurses, teachers, police officers and clerks.