WHAT was supposed to be an occasion to celebrate a marriage of a Harare couple suddenly turned into a funeral when the bride died on her wedding day, last Saturday, at Harare Hospital – a day after she gave birth through a Caesarean operation. Siboniso Zinyengere died as relatives and guests prepared to converge at […]

JOURNALIST Max Hamata of The Namibian newspaper was assaulted by the Special Field Force (SFF) of the Namibian police while he was trying to investigate an alleged drug bust at a Windhoek nightclub in the early hours of Thursday morning, December 13. Hamata said that he was informed about the drug bust when received a […]

A FOUR-year-old girl was raped at Mandileni village in Mount Frere in Umtata on Sunday night, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said it was not clear how the incident occurred or whether the victim was alone at the time. ”All I can say at this stage is that the child was […]

SHARES of Billiton Plc, listed in Johannesburg, lost almost 6% just before the weekend, extending its fall as traders locked in profits after recent gains and mulled its Canadian deal. Traders said much of Billiton’s fall was a result of sector- switching and profit-taking following good gains on the bourse’s resources index. ”Billiton is down […]

WESTERN Cape police on Monday seized more than 6 000 shucked abalone and arrested eight people after searching a house in Silver Town, on the Cape Flats. Inspector Eben Groenewald said on Tuesday a special police task team attached to Operation Neptune acted on a tip-off and searched the house. They confiscated 6323 shucked abalone, […]

BILL BLUMENFELD, Cape Town | Tuesday INDIGENOUS languages such as Xhosa, Afrikaans and Khoi are continuing to grow in stature in the Western Cape, according to the Western Cape Language Committee. However, concern has been expressed by the Xhosa Action Group over the lack of Xhosa signage in the Western Cape; the shortage of translation […]

Johannesburg | Monday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki appealed to Johannesburg’s black and white residents on Monday to work together in restoring the city to its former glory. Mbeki was speaking during the opening of the Mary Fitzgerald Square in the Newtown precinct, central Johannesburg. He said that during apartheid, Johannesburg was reserved for whites while big […]