FIENIE GROBLER, Johannesburg | Monday ALL public hospitals in Gauteng will provide the anti-retroviral drug nevirapine to HIV-positive pregnant women this year, premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Monday in a speech prepared for the Gauteng legislature. Shilowa said: ”During the next financial year, we will ensure that all public hospitals and our large community health […]

ITALTILE, the retailer of ceramic tiles and bathroom accessories, has lifted headline earnings per share by 33% for the six months ended 31 December. Trading through two branded national retail chains, CTM and Italtile, the group reported turnover of R533,2 million, an improvement of 31% over the prior comparable reporting period (2000: R407,4 million). Trading […]

TWENTY students and one teacher from the Mzimba secondary school were killed overnight in a traffic smash in the northern district of Mzimba, police and hospital officials said on Sunday. The players were travelling in a lorry from a football match in Chikangawa town, some 300 kilometres north of the administrative capital of Lilongwe. The […]

Beira, Mozambique | Monday ZIMBABWE’s President Robert Mugabe on Sunday denounced the expelled head of the European Union’s observer mission for Zimbabwe’s presidential elections as ”dishonest and crookish”. Mugabe told a news conference in Beira that Pierre Schori, Sweden’s ambassador to the United Nations, displayed ”cheek” when he said he would stay in the country […]

London | Wednesday AMNESTY International has warned multinational companies that they faced major damage to their finances and reputation by becoming entangled in human rights violations abroad. The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, a non-profit organisation, joined forces with the human rights watchdog to produce seven mini-reports outlining geographical areas and financial sectors […]

FIVE men allegedly sodomised a 13-year-old boy for four days in a caravan at Zamdela township’s Chris Hani Section near Sasolburg, northern Free State police said on Sunday. Inspector Stephen Thakeng said the boy, who was unconscious, was admitted to the Sasolburg Hospital in a serious condition on Saturday. The boy was allegedly held in […]

A 35-YEAR-old Nigerian citizen was arrested on Sunday morning and several false passports, computers and police radios were recovered, police said. Senior Superintendent Chris Wilken said the man was arrested before he boarded a plane to Lagos at the Johannesburg International Airport. Police found 134 empty passports hidden in soap powder boxes. Eleven of the […]

WESTERN Cape traffic director was arrested in Beaufort West on Friday night for speeding, SABC radio news reported on Saturday. Greg Duncan, a director of traffic in the Western Cape, was caught on the N1 between Beaufort West and Leeu Gamka, driving his vehicle at 205 kilometres an hour. It said Duncan had already appeared […]

UGANDA has deployed troops in the northeastern DRC, where some 200 people are feared dead in ethnic clashes sparked by a land dispute. Major Shaban Bantariza said that the Ugandan battalion stationed in Bunia town were deployed to quell the unrest. ”If the commander in Bunia feels that the capacity he has is not enough […]