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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 | 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 […]
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Cape Town’s Michaelis campus, now home to a purpose-built venue dedicated to new media art, is hosting a selection of video works by some of Southern Africa’s brightest new artists, writes Paul Edmunds.
Johannesburg | Tuesday THE embattled South African rand powered to its best levels in three months against the dollar as exporters and overseas investors re-enter the market in anticipation of further gains, a report said on Tuesday. The move coincided with the start of public hearings by a commission appointed by President Thabo Mbeki to […]
NIGERIA, which was suspended from the Commonwealth for four years, will host the next leaders’ summit in 2003, officials said on Tuesday. The main summit to be hosted by President Olusegun Obasanjo will be held in the city of Abuja towards the end of next year, they said. The Nigerian state-run news agency Nan had […]
A LION killed a Mozambican illegal immigrant and dragged his body through the town of Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, said the police on Sunday. Inspector James Ngoepe said the lion had since disappeared and the police and SA National Defence Force (SANDF) were still searching for the animal. Ngoepe said the immigrant, aged around 35, illegally […]