Addis Ababa | Monday THE African Union, which is to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in July, on Friday launched an official Internet site at its headquarters in Addis Ababa. African ministers watched as OAU Secretary-General Amara Essy cut the red ribbon inaugurating the new French and English language websites: www.africa-union.org and www.union-afrique.org. […]
JASPREET KINDRA, Johannesburg | Friday MEMBERSHIP of the African National Congress has dropped to less than a third of what it was three years ago, the ANC’s parliamentary caucus has been told. When approached by the Mail & Guardian, ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe confirmed there had been a fall in membership, but refused to […]
Luanda | Tuesday REBELS from the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) last week attacked and captured a town in the central Huambo province, in a violation of a ceasefire agreement signed only hours earlier, local radio reported on Monday. The attack on Mundombe left two army soldiers dead, while a ruling […]
A 71-year-old Jeffreys Bay man, Thomas Frederick Dreyer, committed suicide after murdering his girlfriend, 56-year-old Rachel van Niekerk. Eastern Cape police said on Monday that Van Niekerk’s neighbours heard several shots around 8.30pm on Sunday. They saw Dreyer leaving the house just a few minutes later, Kleynhans said. When police arrived on the scene, they […]
Japan has cancelled a $2,6-million (2,9-million euro) debt it is owed by Tanzania as part of its efforts to support the east African country’s poverty reduction programme, officials said. An agreement to have the debt wiped out was signed in Dar es Salaam on Monday between the Japanese ambassador Keitaro Sato and the permanent secretary […]
A BODYGUARD of Home Affairs Minister and Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, was killed in a car crash, SABC radio news reported on Monday. Police spokesman Sabelo Zwane said Thokozani Mthembu (39) died when his vehicle collided with a minibus at Ndundulu near Melmoth in northern KwaZulu-Natal. He died on the scene and the […]
Johannesburg | Monday A BREAKDOWN in the family structure has been a major cause to health problems such as pregnancies, drug abuse, HIV/Aids and violence among Gauteng youth, a youth health seminar found in Johannesburg on Saturday. The seminar, sponsored by provincial Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa and attended by youths from 250 organisations, was held […]
ZINGISILE MAPAZI, Johannesburg | Tuesday THE African National Congress will on Wednesday announce its plans on dealing with HIV/Aids. ANC secretary-general Kgalema Motlanthe told journalists in Johannesburg that the party had, during its three-day NEC meeting at the weekend, adopted a comprehensive statement on its approach to the pandemic. While not divulging the aspects of […]
AYODHYA, India | Thursday THE man in the eye of a political and religious storm engulfing India is a diminutive, ageing Hindu ascetic who claims to take his orders direct from the gods. Ramchandra Paramhans is held up as a symbol of a long-running campaign to build a temple on the site of a destroyed […]
A MAN from Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg was arrested on Saturday night after he had allegedly shot and killed his father, Soweto police said. Inspector Mbhazima Shiburi said on Sunday two women had an argument around 10.30pm on Saturday night with one woman accusing the other of having an affair with her husband. The […]