Greece offered on Monday to lend antiquities to the British Museum in exchange for the Elgin Marbles that once decorated the Parthenon but now are a star London attraction.
South Africa’s chief justice on Thursday deplored the treatment meted out to a retired Zimbabwean judge facing criminal charges in his country, describing it as a threat to judicial independence.
The bail application brought last month by a man alleged to have used a fake bomb to rob a bank, may have to start afresh if not finalised by the end of June.
Luyanda Mboniswa, the security guard accused of killing first lady Marike de Klerk, confessed his role in the murder to the investigating officer, the Cape High Court heard on Friday.
The Cape High Court has rejected a bid by alleged fraudster Jurgen Harksen to stay out of jail, ruling that German had never been under formal witness protection as he claimed.
Tanzania’s government has approved a -million bid by South African Airlines for 49% of state-owned Air Tanzania Corporation.
Two Somali refugees who ran the local branch of a money transfer group linked to al-Qaida have been sentenced to jail time for illegally structuring bank deposits.
The US Forest Service said on Sunday it has arrested one of its own for setting one of several wildfires that have ravaged the western state of Colorado for the past several days, forcing thousands to flee their homes.
Satisfaction with the way things are going in South Africa is very low, with 79% saying they were dissatisfied, according to the results from a survey by a Washington based research centre.
Films in the future will reflect the world’s greater state of confusion and uncertainty following last year’s September 11 attacks, say a group of European filmmakers.