Jerusalem | Thursday THE Israeli army continued to pound the Palestinians with new air and ground attacks early on Thursday amid growing international concern that violence was spinning out of control in the Middle East and rare US criticism of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies. One Palestinian was killed and three others injured by a […]
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JANUARY’S foreign merchandise trade was likely to have been affected somewhat by the clearing of backlogs following industrial action at South Africa’s ports late last year, according to SCMB Securities. Previewing the release of South Africa’s external trade balance in Pretoria at 2pm on Thursday, SCMB Securities said that in December, imports fell by 25% […]
THE Russian equipment aboard Nasa’s Mars Odyssey space probe revealed large quantities of ice upon the red planet’s surface, Russian scientists said on Tuesday. The Hand instrument examined the Martian soil and revealed some 10-million square kilometres of ice underneath the planet’s south pole, head of Russia’s space research institute Igor Mitrofanov said as quoted […]
PEACE talks on the Democratic Republic of Congo resumed here Wednesday morning with a plenary session after rival parties resolved a dispute over representation. The first plenary session of the so-called Inter-Congolese dialogue finally opened eight days late, after rebels late Tuesday agreed to allow opposition politicians to take part in the process, said Congolese […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday A COURT application by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) against the legality of Telkom’s revised tariffs is to be heard in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. The matter was postponed on January 29 at the request of both parties. Telkom intended bringing its own application on Tuesday to […]
THE troubled Saambou bank could have a new owner by the March 20, SABC television news reported. It said three banks were currently going through the bank’s books with an interest to buy. Saambou curator John Louw wants to sell the bank in one piece. ”We have instituted a process for the disposal of the […]
Johannesburg | Wednesday PROSTITUTES would be better protected against abuse and exploitation if the practice was decriminalised, the Constitutional Court heard on Wednesday. The court was hearing argument on the validity of a section of the Sexual Offences Act relating to prostitution. The case arose from a Pretoria High Court judgment last August that a […]
Eerstehoek, Mpumalanga | Wednesday MPUMALANGA police are investigating a case of child abuse after it was reported that an 11-year-old boy had been tied to a tree on a daily basis for the past five years. Captain Sibongile Nkosi said police opened a case docket after The Star newspaper reported that the boy’s mother, Sophie […]
THE Constitutional Court continues to hear argument on the validity of sections of the Sexual Offences Act relating to prostitution. The case arose from a Pretoria High Court ruling handed down in August last year which held that a section of the Sexual Offences Act dealing with the furnishing of sex for reward was unconstitutional, […]