Former Cape Town Mayor Gerald Morkel is expected to announce his resignation as provincial Democratic Alliance leader on Wednesday afternoon.

In simultaneous attacks on Israeli tourists in Kenya on Thursday, three suicide bombers drove an explosive packed car into an Israeli-owned hotel killing eight people, and an Israeli charter jet narrowly avoided being hit by surface-to-air missiles.

Eclipse enthusiasts from around the world gathered in South Africa’s Kruger Park on Wednesday to witness the last solar spectacle in the region for the next 28 years.

South African security experts are to visit Kenya early next month to discuss the security measures for the two matches the country is due to host in the 2003 cricket World Cup

Travelling up the main highway from the coastal city of Douala to the administrative capital of Yaounde, you are struck by the rich variety of food sources in Cameroon. The land seems to be positively heaving with a profusion of nourishing fruits and roots.

It is the day of the Ascension. Or the Assumption. I am not sure which. Iam not schooled in these things. I don’t know what they mean, except that,like everyone else on this island, I am happy to take the day off from the rigours of the normal week.

In the rosy light of the dawn, a tall black man who carries himself with the coiled grace of a matador is mowing the beach. Well, I don’t know if mowing is the right word. The crude machine he is dragging back and forth across the sand in front of the sleeping hotel has no wheels.

The highway that strikes due east from the commercial capital of Douala towards the administrative capital of Yaounde is smooth and reasonably well maintained, although its two lanes are barely sufficient for the heavy volume of traffic that it carries.