MANUEL MUANZA, Luanda | Sunday THE Angolan government has shown off the bullet-riddled corpse of veteran rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, confirming his death and raising hopes peace could be within reach after more than 25 years of civil conflict. Angolan state television on Saturday broadcast pictures of the corpse of the flamboyant 67-year-old Unita leader, […]

WISANI WA KA NGOBENI, JASPREET KINDRA and SAPA | Friday THE huge complexity of the task facing South African observers of the Zimbabwe election was thrown into relief this week when senior observer Brigalia Bam warned that her team was powerless to act against politically motivated violence. Bam, chairperson of South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission, […]

SOUTH AFRICA was granted consular access last week to two nationals held in Angola after their aircraft apparently landed in a military zone by mistake, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Wednesday. Foreign Affairs representative Dumusani Rashaleng said two men, along with a British citizen, were recently moved to a hotel in Luanda. “The two […]

STEFAANS BRMMER, Johannesburg | Friday MINISTER of Home Affairs Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Monday called himself a “libertarian” who believes in vigilance “to ensure that once acquired, liberties and freedoms are not placed in jeopardy by subsequent actions of government”. That said, he unveiled Hanis, an information-age tool of social control potentially much more powerful than […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki took his commitment to answering questions in Parliament seriously and attempts were still being made to find a suitable date for this term, the Presidency said on Thursday. Presidential representative Bheki Khumalo was responding to criticism by the Democratic Alliance that Mbeki was neglecting his duties towards the lawmaking body. The DA […]

FORMER American president Jimmy Carter is scheduled to arrive in Durban in June to participate in a house-building project run by an international Christian organisation, a representative said on Wednesday. Tracy Purto said her organisation Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit Christian organisation that runs house-building projects in 83 countries. They have built over […]

FRENCH legislation which will allow for the repatriation of the remains of Saartjie Baartman will be debated in the lower house of the French Parliament on Thursday, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology Ministry representative Andile Xaba said. The department’s deputy minister Brigitte Mabandla would travel to France to witness the outcome of the motion to […]

A SOUTH African soldier was shot dead by a countryman and two others were wounded in Burundi on Wednesday night, the SA National Defence Force announced on Thursday. It said the incident happened at the Sandf base in Bujumbura after an argument between two members of the South African contingent doing duty in the Burundian […]