Kenyan women’s rights groups have expressed outrage at recent incidents in which policemen have been accused of rape, and urged the authorities to take appropriate action to instil discipline within the force in order to stamp out such crimes.

The process of licensing the majority shareholder in the new Second National Operator runs the risk of being shrouded in secrecy and deterring investor confidence, Mandla Langa, chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, suggested this week.

Africans will be the worst victims of a war in Iraq, according to the Stop the War Campaign. The campaign is a broad alliance of organisations that aim to mobilise South Africans against war in Iraq. Addressing a press conference the coalition announced a mass campaign in opposition to the war.

Business and government departments are to blame for more than a third of the R25-billion in municipal debt, according to a study by the Department of Provincial and Local Government. The findings were tabled at an, called to discuss the crisis of municipal finances.

Investigators for the Special Court for Sierra Leone may complete their work by June, the Court said this week. Depending on the information the investigators collect, the Court may thereafter indict and eventually try suspects.

Members of the South African Maritime Authority board are divided over an investigation into CEO Sipho Msikinya, amid allegations that chairpersonis protecting him. The allegations of money squandering and mismanagement were disclosed by the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.