Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete will introduce a new device on Tuesday that will tell if a person is a wanted criminal within five seconds. The device called the Morphotouch, is a mobile gadget the size of a cellphone. It has a screen where people place their fingerprints and it then reveals their identity […]

Mbabane | Monday A GROUP of University of Swaziland (Uniswa) students marched to King Mswati III’s Lozitha Palace in central Swaziland on Saturday to protest against the university’s new admission regulations. The march took place only a week after the institution had been forced to close down for two weeks amid lecture boycotts which were […]

STUART GRAHAM, Johannesburg | Friday WRONG perceptions, fear and speculation about BoE Bank’s R12-billion sale of its NBS home loan book to FirstRand caused the liquidity crisis at the bank, chief executive officer Tom Boardman said in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon. He said in the wake of the Saambou crisis, some depositors worried because word […]

Lagos | Monday THE family of Nigeria’s late military ruler Sani Abacha is close to reaching a deal to return $1,2-billion dollars stolen from public funds in return for ”an official pardon”, the newspaper This Day reported on Monday. The out-of-court settlement between the family and the government is being worked out by Justice Minister […]

Luanda | Thursday ANGOLA’S government ordered a halt to its attacks on Unita rebels beginning on Thursday, and said it was ready to jump start a moribund peace deal by offering amnesty for rebel fighters. The announcement issued late on Wednesday follows the death on February 22 of Unita’s veteran leader Jonas Savimbi, who was […]

Lisbon | Sunday A REPRESENTATIVE for Angola’s Unita rebels has called peace talks with the government were a sham and that the rebels holding them had been arrested, Lusa news agency said. It cited representative Rui Oliveira saying General Abreu Kamorteiro, the commander of Unita forces, and two other rebel generals had been arrested last […]

KWAZULU-NATAL police have reported the murders of at least two children including that of a 12-year-old boy who was burnt to death in the province since Monday. Durban south police representative Superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen said the 12-year-old burnt to death on Tuesday after his mother’s boyfriend set their Mariannhill house on fire following an argument. […]