Krisjan Lemmer (March 15) informed readers that a statement in Parliament that the Zimbabwe election was free and fair came from an African National Congress MP who is blind. The blindness is apparently meant to symbolise the futility of his bothering to form a point of view. One imagines that if he had claimed the […]
A question that needs to be answered, since so much is at stake for us as a nation, is: Does Thabo Mbeki exist? The evidence appears to be overwhelming that he does exist. But the dissident view is that he could not possibly exist, since how could a Thabo Mbeki stricken with an earlier democratic […]
M&G reporter ”For a long time now, Africa has suffered like a motherless child. We have been at the receiving end of the decisions and resolutions taken by other people on our behalf. ”We must put an end to this … Something needs to radically change in the way the world perceives our continent, Africa, […]
AN Egyptian imprisoned in Italy has gone on a hunger strike over the mozzarella cheese served at the prison canteen, judicial sources said on Tuesday. They said Mohamed Maruy (44) has launched a formal complaint in a Rome court over being served the cheese, which is made from either cow or buffalo milk and so […]
Grahamstown | Thursday THE government cannot meet the health and welfare needs of South Africa’s estimated 700 000 Aids orphans, half of whom may be infected with HIV, a new study released on Wednesday said. In a paper presented this week at a conference held in Alice on Children, Aids and Communal Coping Strategies, the […]
ISABELLE LIGNER, Harare | Friday ZIMBABWE has six times more cases of tuberculosis than it did 20 years ago, and the spread of the disease shows no signs of slowing as more people suffer from Aids and poverty, the World Health Organisation said. Friday has been dedicated to the global fight against TB, a curable […]
FOLIAGE-eating worms have destroyed more than 11_000 hectares of crops in northern Tanzania, causing fears of food shortages later in the year, officials said Wednesday. Nearly 7_000 hectares of crops have been attacked by army worms in the Arusha region and another 3_500 hectares damaged in the Kilimanjaro area, according to Yusuf Nyakunga, the assistant […]
ISRAEL on Wednesday accused Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of having failed to issue orders to prevent anti-Israeli attacks, after a suicide bomber killed himself and four others on a bus in northern Israel. ”Unfortunately we have seen that Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority has given no clear orders to put an end to terrorism,” government representative […]
New Delhi | Wednesday INDIA’S belligerent opposition made a spirited effort Wednesday to poke new holes into a contentious anti-terror bill, warning that the government could inflict abuse on political rivals and muslims if the draft becomes law. The opposition drew unexpected support when a key ally of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s coalition government […]
Durban | Thursday KWAZULU-Natal MPL and senior Inkatha Freedom Party member Blessed Gwala ran up a cellphone bill of R65 000 which will be footed by tax payers in the province, the Daily News reports. Gwala addressed members of the provincial legislature during a session in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday following revelations over the weekend that […]