Luanda | Wednesday ANGOLAN rebels have launched a deadly ambush only days after the killing of their leader, media reports said on Tuesday, clouding efforts by the country’s president to end nearly three decades of civil war. Nine people were killed and 15 seriously wounded in the attack on Monday, the first by Unita rebels […]

THE FRAUD trial of suspended Eastern Cape Health MEC Dr Bevan Goqwana was postponed to July 22 in the Umtata High Court on Monday. Goqwana, together with Dr Mkhuseli Mashiyi, faces a total of 1493 counts of fraud involving more than R128000. Goqwana is charged with contravening Act 57 of 1974 of the Health Professionals […]

A SENIOR communications officer for the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) will be deported in the next 30 days after she was allegedly found with a fraudulent identification document. Home Affairs representative Leslie Mashokwe on Monday said the woman was being held for allegedly contravening the Aliens Control Act. He said the woman was arrested […]

Cape Town | Wednesday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki’s dissent on Aids is unravelling his presidency, the American magazine Newsweek claimed on Wednesday. In an article — featured on the front page of the latest edition — it says ”South Africa’s Lonely Rebel” is feuding with allies, fighting his Cabinet and losing international friends over the issue. […]

Los Angeles | Wednesday WORRIED about meeting people with that clammy handshake or dropping the ball because of those sweaty palms? US scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) said Tuesday that the embarrassing affliction is not a sign of nervousness, but is instead a more widespread problem inherited from our parents. […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday A NEW labour survey released on Tuesday found that a large majority of South Africa’s labour force believed it was the government’s responsibility to create jobs. The Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey Report was released on Tuesday by the South African branch of Norway’s Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). The study found […]

DIRK VAN ZYL, Kleinmond | Monday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki and members of his International Investment Council (IIC) agreed on Sunday that programmes to put South Africa’s image in a better light needed top priority. The IIC met at an exclusive resort at Kleinmond on the south western Cape coast on Saturday and Sunday to discuss […]

A PUPIL died after being hit by a truck carrying sand outside the Tsakane Stadium on the East Rand on Friday where about 700 school children held an ”illegal” gathering. Superintendent Andy Pieke said Jerry Mokoena (17) died after he was admitted at a local hospital. Mokoena took part in the gathering that was held […]