DEPUTY Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad on Saturday condemned the suicide bombing which left 15 people dead at a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, calling on Israel not to retaliate. In a statement, released in Pretoria, Pahad said he ”condemned in the strongest possible terms” all such attacks against civilians. But Pahad added that the government is […]
THE gold index of the JSE Securities Exchange jumped almost 5% on Friday, pushed higher by an increase in the price of the yellow metal. By 9.25am, the index had gained 4,84% or 56,6 points to 1_226,2, compared to the overall market, which was 0,23% weaker. ”The gold price is up because the dollar has […]
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Commonwealth talks hosted by Nigeria, aimed at pulling Zimbabwe out of international isolation over its violence-wracked land reforms, have been delayed to the first week of September, Zimbabwean state television said on Friday. Nigerian and Zimbabwean officials had announced that the Commonwealth group would be meeting in Nigeria August 15-17 to seek ways to heal […]
DAVID LE PAGE, Johannesburg | Sunday ACCORDING to Independent Online, Willem Heath has wound up a week of hearings into the Cape Town street renaming scandal, in which council members are alleged to have manipulated so-called public petitions in support of the proposal. The proposal was a favourite of Democratic Alliance mayor Pieter Marais, who […]
Pretoria | Sunday PROSECUTORS said Saturday they would not appeal a High Court decision which overturned an order issued to foreign journalists to hand over video material of the killing of druglord Rashaad Staggie. The National Directorate of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), said in a statement they would not further delay the trial of the men […]
DAVID MACFARLANE, Johannesburg | Friday ABOUT 75% of schools expel girls who fall pregnant, but only 25% of schools also expel the father of the child. “There’s not a school in the country that doesn’t have to face the problem of pregnancy among learners,” says Ken Alston, acting rector of the Teachers’ Centre in East […]
A FRENCH tourist was attacked and killed by an angry elepant he was filming in southern Kenya’s Tsavo East national park, officials said on Friday. The Kenya Tourist Federation said in a statement that Jacques Boxberger (52) was trampled to death by the elephant at a picnic site in Tsavo where he had gone with […]
Brazzaville | Sunday IVORY COAST Transport Minister Kabran Appia on Saturday urged his counterparts from the 11 countries that own Air Afrique to find “definitive options” to save the troubled company. “We must save Air Afrique,” he said. “We must find definitive options … the heads of state summit must decide on a definitive solution,” […]
AT least 91 people died and 146 were injured when a train struck a landmine east of the Angolan capital Luanda, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Saturday. The train, consisting of four passenger cars, two freight cars and two oil containers, was derailed by the explosion. Some 500 passengers were reported aboard. Angola, […]