Maputo | Thursday SOUTH Africa and Mozambique have signed an accord allowing South Africa’s public railways Spoornet to run its trains from their border to the port of Mozambique’s capital, a move intended to boost growth for both countries. “This is a major development with (economic) implications for our region as a whole,” South African […]

Cape Town | Monday FORMER Cape Times photographer Benny Gool was subpoenaed at the weekend to testify in the urban terror trial of four members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs accused of murdering gang boss Rashaad Staggie. Staggie was shot and set alight when he was confronted by an angry mob as he alighted […]

Durban | Monday CONTROVERSIAL bidder in South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms deal Schabir Shaik on Monday accused Justice Minister Penuell Maduna of using the Scorpions to pursue “other agendas” for ordering a probe which led to his arrest late last year. Shaik was arrested in November last year and charged with theft of Cabinet documents, […]

NORTHERN Province could adopt the new name of Limpopo if popularity ratings on a shortlist of suggestions announced by the Committee on the Renaming of the Northern Province is anything to go by. An Ndebele word meaning “The Place of Waterfalls”, it also holds a lot of meaning for the people of the region, according […]

Goma | Monday BETWEEN 60 and 100 looters were incinerated in Goma on Monday as a large petrol station was ignited by molten lava from nearby Mount Nyirangongo, a rebel leader said. Azarias Ruberwa, secretary general of the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy which controls the region, said the victims were stealing petrol when the […]

GERMAN President Johannes Rau arrived in Pretoria on Monday for an official visit and will hold talks with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki in the morning. South Africa’s acting minister of foreign affairs, Zola Skweyiya, met Rau on his arrival, said the official, Manusha Pillai. The German embassy in Pretoria said the four-day visit […]

ONE patient remained in a serious but stable condition at the Ga-Rankuwa Hospital and three others were stable by Friday after a suspected racially motivated shooting near Rustenburg earlier this week when alleged gunman Lucas Ignatius Dreyer opened fire on nine motor vehicles. Dreyer (42) from Wolwekrans near Krugersdorp, armed with a .303 rifle and […]

ANGLOGOLD announced on Friday it had closed its offer for Normandy Mining. AngloGold’s chairman and CEO, Bobby Godsell, said AngloGold had not achieved a level of acceptance that warranted an extension of the offer. The company believed that it was not possible for AngloGold to obtain majority control of Normandy. ”We are clearly disappointed at […]