Former South African president Nelson Mandela made a brief visit to Tripoli on Sunday during which he met Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi.

KIDNEYS, livers, corneas and other body parts harvested from executed Chinese prisoners increasingly are making their way to patients in the United States, shortening a wait for organs that otherwise could stretch on for years, the New York Times reported on Sunday. According to the newspaper, more transplantable organs are available in China because more […]

Harare | Tuesday THE Zimbabwean government has warned foreign correspondents in the country against demonising it in the eyes of the world, or face the consequences of the law. In a statement issued late on Monday, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo said the ”political band of Harare-based foreign correspondents” must ready themselves ”to be subjected to […]

THE Bloemfontein High Court is expected to pass judgement in the case of Piet Odendaal who is accused of murdering his employee, Mosoko Rampuru. Odendaal (45) stands accused of killing Rampuru at his business, Odendo Construction, on August 25 last year and then dragging the body through the streets of Sasolburg behind his bakkie for […]

POLICE in Nigeria’s sprawling commercial capital, Lagos, were on Saturday preparing to prosecute a man detained after being found holding two human heads in a sack. ”We arrested the suspect on Friday carrying two human heads… We are going to prosecute him,” said Lagos State Police Commissioner Mike Okiro. The man, whose name was not […]

Cape Town | Tuesday WESTERN Cape director of public prosecutions Frank Kahn says he will not prosecute people for smoking in public places until ”sloppy draughtsmanship” in the law has been changed. The issue has been highlighted by a charge laid by a Cape Town anti-tobacco activist over smoking in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in […]

Pretoria | Tuesday THE Pretoria High Court has for the third time this year declined to endorse a conviction of a child rape accused because a magistrate failed to hold a proper enquiry to ensure the victim was a competent witness. On Monday, Judge Johan Els set aside the rape conviction of a 26-year-old man […]

Cape Town | Thursday A CARGO compartment smoke warning light and landing gear that failed to retract were among reasons that forced a total of 13 South African Airways planes to return to the airport after take-off during the first five months of this year. This is according to Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe, who […]

An 18000-ton scrapped tanker adrift in Algoa Bay could pose a potential danger to shipping, Smit Pentamarine salvage director Dave Main said on Saturday. He said the situation was currently under control as both the company’s salvage tugs, Wolraad Woltemade and Gondwana, were put on stand-by. Every effort was made to ensure that The Era […]

JUSTINE GERARDY, Johannesburg | Tuesday EVERY exam was the same. An inexplicable illness would strike, leaving her unable to write and unable to explain why. No one could give a reason. Until an igqirha (traditional healer) told her that a witch whose daughter had dropped out of school did not want her to write her […]