Johannesburg | Thursday SOUTH Africa’s tortuous trek to telecoms liberalisation took another bad turn on Thursday with reports that President Thabo Mbeki has had to intervene in a battle between the regulator and the government. The Business Day newspaper reported that Mbeki had to step into a standoff between the Department of Communications and the […]
Maputo | Wednesday THE Mozambican army has surrendered its remaining landmine stocks for destruction by the National Demining Commission, in line with an international mine ban treaty, a senior government official said on Wednesday. At least 2 500 mines have already been destroyed, from a total of about 40 000, the head of the commission, […]
Nongoma | Friday TWENTY-THREE people were killed when a bus rolled down an embankment on the R618 between Nongoma and Vryheid in northern KwaZulu-Natal early on Thursday evening. Road Traffic Inspectorate representative Colin Govender said the bus narrowly missed an entourage transporting one of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s wives. He said the accident occurred around 5pm […]
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Karachi | Wednesday THE trial of four men accused of kidnapping and killing US reporter Daniel Pearl resumed in Pakistan on Wednesday, with the chief prosecutor saying he did not expect it to last much longer. Raja Qureshi said he believed the trial could be wrapped up within the seven-day period allowed under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism […]
Paris | Tuesday PROTESTS swelled in France on Tuesday as far-right challenger Jean-Marie Le Pen began campaigning against incumbent conservative Jacques Chirac for next month’s presidential run-off, insisting he stood a strong chance of winning. Thousands of high school students took to the streets in the cities of Montpellier, Le Havre, Rouen, Montauban and Toulon […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela said Monday he was relieved the South African government had changed its Aids policy, after it announced it would provide the anti-retroviral drug nevirapine to rape victims. The government at present supplies nevirapine to HIV-positive pregnant women and their newborn babies to prevent mother-to-child transmission of […]
United Nations | Wednesday A CAMPAIGN to pressure African governments to end taxes on mosquito nets treated with insecticide was launched on the Internet on Thursday by a non-governmental organisation. The campaign, by Massive Effort, coincides with Malaria Day in Africa, where the majority of the 300-million cases of malaria in the world are to […]
Brazzaville | Wednesday THE Congo government on Tuesday called on renegade militias, known as the Ninjas, in the southern region of Pool to lay down their arms. “Those who have not yet understood the peace message of President Denis Sassou Nguesso should put down their arms. Young people should lay down their arms, president Sassou […]
Harare | Tuesday A ZIMBABWE pro-government militia decapitated a 53-year-old woman at the weekend, forcing her two daughters to watch her die in their family kitchen, Zimbabwe’s opposition said this week. Brandina Tadyanemhandu was killed on Sunday, after the militia descended on her home demanding to see her 62-year-old husband, Enos Tadyanemhandu, who was away, […]