A PIETERMARITZBURG man said his sister and 127 other South Africans who attended the Hajj pilgrimage were on Monday still stranded in Istanbul, Turkey after their airline tickets were botched up six days ago. Imtiaz Sooliman said after attending pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia the group arrived in Turkey to catch a connecting flight to South […]
Cape Town | Tuesday FORMER president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are among prominent South Africans enlisted in a new campaign to encourage parents to talk openly to their children about sex. The campaign is part of loveLife South Africa’s national HIV prevention programme for youth. Embracing television, radio and the print media, the […]
A GROUP of students at the Tsakane Secondary School on the East Rand booed Education Minister Kader Asmal when he took centre stage to address the pupils on Tuesday. Gauteng education MEC Ignatius Jacobs, who was accompanying Asmal on a tour of three schools in Tsakane, stepped in and said: ”You are here to learn, […]
Durban | Tuesday TWO men, one of them aged 74, were arrested this week following the rape of a one-month-old baby on a farm at Port Shepstone, police representative Superintendent Zandra Hechter said on Tuesday. The two men are expected to appear in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Hechter said the baby girl […]
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Floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee, actor Will Smith on Sunday said he did not have any plans to play former president Nelson Mandela in any future movies, writes Nivashni Nair.
<b>REVIEW:</b> <i>Robert Mugabe: Power, Plunder and Tyranny in Zimbabwe</i> by Martin Meredith (Jonathan Ball).
Cape Town | Monday ALTHOUGH he had resigned as chairman of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts, IFP MP Dr Gavin Woods said he still hoped to be part of Scopa. Woods, who resigned his position over the probe into the arms deal last month, said he believed he had built up some experience. “I […]
UNITA said on Friday that it must be allowed to have talks with the United Nations before agreeing to a ceasefire called for by the Angolan president. Speaking from Luanda, UNITA member Jaka Jamba called for the easing of UN imposed sanctions on UNITA. Following the killing of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in a battle […]
JOMO Cosmos Football Club founder and director, Jomo Sono has been appointed Chairman of empowerment oil company, Exel Petroleum it was announced on Tuesday. Exel aimed for a 10% market share within five years. The company’s on-going rollout now exceeded 100 retail service stations in Gauteng, the Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal. – Sapa