Nelson Mandela has been drawn into the controversy surrounding Deputy President Jacob Zuma. One of the R1-million amounts referred to in the draft charge sheet against Zuma’s financial adviser, Schabir Shaik, was in fact a donation from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Afghan soldiers were waging a fierce ground battle with entrenched Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan on Friday after a night of heavy bombing by United States warplanes that left many Taliban fighters dead.
The Mail & Guardian continues its award-winning ways. Last week the paper won a top-ranking award in the Frewin/ McCall/Mervis competition for newspaper design and production.
Former judge Willem Heath has announced his intention to canvass support to establish an independent body to monitor corruption and manipulation in the criminal justice system. He said it has become clear that various organs of state and the police have become susceptible to bribery and corruption.
Kebble seeks to have charges dropped
More than half of Britons believe British Prime Minister Tony Blair cannot be trusted, according to a poll published a day after he dismissed claims of misleading the country over the war in Iraq.
Chinese authorities have banned the second Tomb Raider blockbuster starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie after complaining that it portrays the country negatively, giving the impression of a country in chaos.
Roger Kebble, chairperson of JCI, said on Thursday he would seek a high court order setting aside the charges he faces stemming from a "dirty-tricks campaign launched by Mark Wood, chief executive of Durban Roodepoort Deep".
Deputy Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and the African National Congress Women’s League acting president Thandi Modise are to vie for the league’s presidency. The two were nominated as candidates at the league’s fourth national conference on Thursday.
Emotions boiled over at a land conference recently, revealing deep rifts in approaches to land reform in South Africa. Heated exchanges also suggested a split in government views on the matter.
The United States on Thursday angrily denounced this week’s calls for the lifting of US and European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe by the leaders of Southern African nations and urged them to "openly distance" themselves from President Robert Mugabe’s government.
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