Gaza City | Friday THE death toll from spiralling Palestinian-Israeli violence continued to soar on Friday, as US President George W. Bush said he would send his envoy Anthony Zinni back to the region. But despite Bush’s appeals for an end to the devastating cycle of bloodshed, Israeli forces kept up their pressure on the […]
AN Alra Park, Nigel, grandfather has been arrested in connection with the rape of his five-year-old granddaughter, East Rand police said on Sunday. Superintendent Andy Pieke said the child’s mother left the girl with the grandfather (56) on Saturday afternoon. When she returned an hour later, she noticed the child was walking abnormally. ”The mother […]
Johannesburg | Sunday FIVE staff members at the privately-run Lindela repatriation centre for illegal immigrants at Krugersdorp have been arrested in connection with the beating to death of an illegal Nigerian immigrant, West Rand police said on Sunday. Describing the crime as particularly brutal, police representative Melica Bezuidenhout said the five were arrested at 3am […]
Sun City | Monday BELLIGERENTS involved in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were poised on Monday to accept a deal to end a row that has stalled peace talks in South Africa, the DRC government said. ”There was a meeting that came up with a compromise and we are debating it […]
Pretoria | Monday The Pretoria High Court on Monday ordered the government to provide nevirapine to HIV-positive pregnant women at state facilities with the capacity for testing and counselling, pending an appeal to the Constitutional Court. In December last year, Judge Chris Botha granted an application brought by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) paediatrician Dr […]
Sydney | Friday AMNESTY International on Friday dismissed Australian government arguments that unwanted asylum seekers were subject to prolonged detention because of September 11. Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock defended the time taken to process Iraqi asylum seekers at the Woomera detention centre amid reports of another hunger strike and 120 detainees burying themselves up to […]
FIENIE GROBLER, Johannesburg | Thursday AIRCRAFT manufacturer Airbus won the bid to supply South African Airways with its long haul fleet, the company announced on Thursday. Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe told reporters at the SAA press conference in Johannesburg that he was satisfied that the adjudication process was fair and transparent. ”The airline industry […]
Lagos | Monday FORMER US president Jimmy Carter met Nigerian prostitutes at the weekend on the sidelines of a one-day forum on HIV/AIDS to urge them to protect themselves against the killer disease, Nigerian newspapers reported on Sunday. The papers said Carter and William Gates, the father of Microsoft executive Bill Gates, went on Saturday […]
Pretoria | Monday A PRETORIA couple is expected to appear in the local Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges relating to theft and illegal possession of firearms, Gauteng police said on Sunday. Inspector Percy Morokane said the police followed up a tip-off and discovered an arms cache at the couple’s house in Laudium, west of […]
GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN | Saturday US-led forces said on Saturday they were preparing a ”final push” to destroy an al-Qaeda stronghold in eastern Afghanistan, as dense fog hampered warplanes that have bombarded the snowy mountains for a week. The US-led coalition said troops had killed more than 500 of the enemy fighters holed up in the […]