The Grahamstown High Court has sentenced an 18-year-old youth to five life terms for his part in the gang rape and murder of Somerset East teenager Shirlene Goliath.
A Ugandan-backed rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday it has suspended its participation in peace talks being held in South Africa, complaining it had become ”marginalised.”
The lack of journalistic skills in South African newsrooms will come under scrutiny at an indaba hosted by the SA National Editors’ Forum in September.
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) G-Force member Ebrahim Jeneker and two other Pagad members were still at large on Friday afternoon after escaping from the Cape High Court holding cells during the lunch hour on Thursday.
The 14-nation Southern African Development Community opens a two-day annual summit Wednesday in Angola, as the region faces a growing threat from famine and Aids but also new hopes for peace as the host nation emerges from a 27-year war.
Genetically modified food is safe for human consumption and should be used to fight famine threatening millions in southern Africa.
Fear is settling into this leafy, affluent suburb on the northern edge of the US capital, where lurks an eagle-eyed sniper who has killed six and wounded two in the past week and is still at large.
French Family Minister Christian Jacob was beside himself with outrage. ”The book actually glorifies paedophilia, and no crime is more ignoble, more shameful.”
The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, was expected to arrive at Durban harbour at 3pm on Sunday, Greenpeace representative Sara Holden said.
Former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni asked Michael Woerfel to get him a luxury car at a 50% discount, the businessman said on Friday.