Britain and the United States suffered a fresh blow last night when their main justification for war was undermined by reports that special forces have failed to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
US marines today launched a dawn raid on a southern Iraqi town following a tip-off that the Iraqi general known as ”Chemical Ali” could be using it as a base to orchestrate guerrilla attacks.
A charge of public indecency was laid against the deputy minister of minerals and energy after an incident at Johannesburg International Airport early this month, police confirmed on Sunday.
The South African rand failed to capitalise on a stronger euro and was steady against the dollar just before midday on Monday in a quiet market.
The body of an 11-year-old boy who went missing from Groblershoop earlier this month has been found, Northern Cape police said on Monday.
Two of the biggest court actions involving a trade union and the government began on Monday when papers were filed at the Labour Court in Johannesburg.
South African Airways and Air Tanzania on Monday launched a new airline, Air Tanzania Limited in Dar es Salaam.
Police deployed large numbers of security forces around President Robert Mugabe’s official residence in the capital on Monday as an opposition ultimatum to government was set to expire.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the Ivory Coast, Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed, was found dead on Friday in the economic capital Abidjan.
Though 70% of Americans in the United States back their president’s decision to go to war and approve of the way he is handling the situation in Iraq, most expatriates living in South Africa appear to be ashamed of George W Bush.