House prices in general are less affordable now than a few years ago as house prices have risen faster than remuneration, according to banking group Absa.
Belgium’s interior minister was left red-faced on Thursday after it emerged that photos comparing United States President George Bush to a chimpanzee had been used in a police training manual. The pictures in question show a series of the US leader’s facial expressions next to shots of a chimpanzee making apparently similar faces.
The former head of Nigeria’s police force, who quit suddenly amid allegations of corruption in January, has been arrested by the country’s financial crimes watchdog and may appear in court soon, his lawyer and government officials said on Wednesday.
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President Robert Mugabe on Thursday predicted a landslide victory for his ruling party in elections that the opposition in Zimbabwe charged were not free and fair despite a campaign that broke away from the political violence of the past five years. He dismissed opposition concerns of election fraud as ”nonsense”.
The firearms amnesty has missed its target and many ”illegal” guns that have been handed in are registered on the police database, but not in the names of heirs who have inherited them, the South African Gun Owners’ Association (Sagoa) said on Thursday. A Sagoa spokesperson said such people are legal owners under previous legislation.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday upheld an appeal by Laurie Frazer, who in 1997 made headlines for several failed attempts to get custody of his child, who was given up for adoption without his consent. The SCA set aside his prison sentence and replaced it with a fine, a suspended jail sentence and community service.
Fans of hit television drama series <i>24</i> can soon become agent Jack Bauer in a "brand-new day" of the show: a PlayStation2 game developed with the help of the <i>24</i>’s writers, musicians, stars and producers. The countdown has begun to the release of <i>24: The Game</i>.
A flight attendant offering to cuddle a prosecutor and a stand-up comic making fun of the lead defence attorney have helped to lighten a serious court case. The judge himself said he did not mind a bit of humour in his courtroom, and admitted that between the comedians and the lawyers, he preferred the comedians.
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Zimbabweans were holding landmark elections on Thursday that President Robert Mugabe hopes will tighten his ruling party’s 25-year grip on power after weeks of campaigning. Under an early-morning drizzling rain, thousands of people could be seen queueing at polling stations in Harare.
The looming indemnity deadline for those fraudulently receiving social grants has resulted in a last-minute rush of people queuing to apply, officials said on Thursday. Almost 6 000 people have applied for indemnity in the various provinces since the indemnity was offered on December 12 last year.