Cape Town | Thursday PARLIAMENT will be briefed on Thursday by the Public Protector Selby Baqwa, National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka and Auditor-General Shauket Fakie about the long-awaited forensic report into the controversial arms deal. National Assembly speaker Dr Frene Ginwala received a copy of the 250-page report on Wednesday afternoon and said […]

Cape Town | Thursday THERE was a conflict of interest in the role played by the department of defence’s chief of acquisitions Chippy Shaik, according to the forensic report on the arms deal. This arose through his brother Shabir’s indirect interests in the Thomson Group and ADS, companies that were awarded contracts for the supply […]

ABOUT 100 children kidnapped by a rebel group in Burundi have managed to escape from their captors, one of the teenagers said on Saturday. “There was shooting between the army and the rebels, they told us to head east, and we took advantage of a moment of inattention to escape,” said Edmond Nsimirimana. Nsimirimana is […]

Cape Town | Tuesday SOUTH Africa will not allow US warships to dock in its ports while the military campaign against Afghanistan continues, a press report on Monday quoted a senior official as saying. Sipho Pityana, the director general of foreign affairs, said South Africa had taken this position as the country “will not collaborate […]

LAUREN GELFAN, Washington | Monday FEDERAL investigators were on Sunday tracking an 18th infection by anthrax, while public health officials girded for a possible bioterrorist attack using the extremely-contagious smallpox virus. A New Jersey woman was undergoing treatment for skin anthrax after handling mail sorted at the Hamilton Township mail processing facility, which delivered anthrax-laced […]

Harare | Wednesday STEPPING up the pace of their land ”reform” process, the Zimbabwean government has ordered 1 000 white commercial farmers off their land. Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was quoted as saying that a further 3 500 white farmers who had received preliminary warnings their land would be seized would soon receive seizure notices. […]

ONE man was killed and another arrested on Tuesday morning after a Fidelity Guard vehicle was robbed on the Dundee road in Nqutu, northern KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Buhle Ngidi said the security vehicle was forced off the road and a large sum of money stolen. Four armed men then got into a Toyota Cressida […]

Cape Town | Wednesday DESPITE initial estimates of R1,5-billion, the cost of deploying South African troops in Burundi should not cost more than R535-million, even if the operation lasts a year. This is according to Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota, who says he is confident South Africa will be reimbursed for all expenses incurred during the […]

Johannesburg | Monday AN eAfrica commission would ensure that every high school graduate on the continent left school ”e-literate”, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Sunday. She was speaking at the formal opening ceremony of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Telecom Africa 2001 conference in Johannesburg. ”Education is important in crossing the digital divide. The […]