THE meeting between the warring parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to plan for a full Inter-Congolese National Dialogue will now be held in mid-February, the office of the chief facilitator Sir Ketumile Masire said in Gaborone on Monday. ”The talks have been delayed because of a combination of factors,” said Bo Heineback, […]

KWAZULU-Natal police have arrested five youths in connection with the massacre at Besters in KwaMashu north of Durban on Monday, in which seven people were killed and one wounded. Police representative Director Bala Naidoo said the arrests were made by a 20-man task team of detectives and crime intelligence officers, appointed immediately after the incident. […]

AN investigation into the death of five miners at the Driefontein Gold Mine west of Johannesburg would start on Wednesday. Gold Fields representative Willie Jacobsz said the investigation would be conducted by the company and mine inspectors from the Minerals and Energy Department. Five miners were killed on Tuesday when two earth tremors struck about […]

TWO men, who were arrested in December in Germiston and Beit Bridge for the multi-million dollar heist at the Johannesburg International Airport, appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Leonard Dube will appear in court again on March, 7 and Winston Pennington will appear next week Tuesday to apply for bail. Three other […]

THE medical information service, Medinfo on Monday warned Muslims preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca against doctors who issued fraudulent vaccination certificates. ”Medinfo has confirmation of a fraud being perpetrated against Muslim pilgrims preparing for the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, with the issue of fraudulent vaccination certificates by certain medical practitioners,” the service said in […]

Goma | Tuesday AT least 13 looters have been shot dead in this town ravaged by volcanic lava and those tempted to steal in houses and stores have been warned by radio there would be no mercy. Military sources late on Monday confirmed reports that 13 people, including seven soldiers, had been shot by officers […]

A WOMAN accused of being a witch was bludgeoned to death by the people of her Central African village after allegedly killing a man with sorcery, the national radio reported on Sunday. Another woman accused of being the alleged witch’s accomplice remains in critical condition after suffering the same fate, the radio station reported. The […]

THE Johannesburg Emergency Management Service on Sunday said it had attended to three drownings involving children in the last four days. Two of the children died and another was discharged from hospital after observation. The latest victim was a six-year-old child who went swimming with friends in the pool of the complex where they stayed […]

DIRK VAN ZYL, Cape Town | Tuesday SEXUAL abuse of schoolgirls by teachers and members of the community was rife in South Africa, with one case reported of a teacher who impregnated 20 girls at one Eastern Cape school, the National Council of Provinces members were told on Tuesday. The NCOP’s education select committee have […]