Tripoli | Monday A TWO-year trial of six Bulgarians accused of deliberately killing Libyan children by infecting them with the HIV virus folded on Sunday because of lack of evidence that they had threatened state security. A decision by the Tripoli court trying the case to refer it back to state prosecutors for reconsideration and […]

WOUTER Basson, South Africa’s chemical and biological warfare mastermind under the apartheid regime, is on the mend after suffering a stroke and could be out of intensive care soon. Basson (51) who has been dubbed “Dr Death” for his involvement in shady sanctions-busting deals and chemical and biological experiments during the apartheid era, suffered a […]

TWENTY-eight people were arrested and thousands of perlemoen and crayfish recovered on the Cape south coast since last week Wednesday as part of Operation Neptune, police said on Sunday. Inspector Eben Groenewald said in the most recent incident, 2 337 crayfish tails and 398 whole crayfish were discovered in Hawston, Hermanus on Sunday. Groenewald said […]

Pietersburg | Saturday A GROUP of Afrikaners in a protest against the proposed renaming of Pietersburg and other Northern Province towns – on Friday vowed to set up alternative city councils in the province. They also expressed support for the idea of withholding tax to underline their resistance to the new names. The demonstration took […]

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 […]