THE man accused of shooting a motorcyclist in an apparent road rage killing in August will appear briefly in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Owen Kroeger is on R5 000 bail following the shooting of Morare Matekane, who damaged the mirror of Kroeger’s car in a minor accident in central Johannesburg. A report of […]

A PREGNANT woman sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Nigeria has fled her home. Safiya Tungar-Tudu (33) was sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of adultery by an Islamic court in the northwestern town of Gwadabawa, in Sokoto State, northwest Nigeria, on October 9. Earlier this week, she disappeared […]

GOUDINI | Sunday A MEETING of more than 1 000 Democratic Alliance supporters in a packed hall at the Goudini Spa, near Worcester, on Saturday, unanimously supported a motion calling for the NNP federal council’s recent decision to pull out of the DA to be rescinded. The delegates — largely from the New National Party […]

PRESIDENT George W. Bush on Thursday extended US sanctions on Sudan by one year, citing “continuing concern” about Khartoum’s record on terrorism and human rights. The punitive measures were imposed on Sudan in November 1997 by then US president Bill Clinton. In late September, the UN Security Council lifted UN sanctions imposed on Sudan after […]

EMMANUEL GIROUD, Bujumbura | Saturday BURUNDI’S new government, aimed at giving ethnic Hutus a greater share of power, faces a mammoth task in ending fighting, easing mistrust and creating a more balanced army currently dominated by minority Tutsis. A three-year interim administration was set up on Thursday in a major step toward stopping eight years […]

RESCUE workers searched on Thursday for a second day looking for 20 people missing after an accident on the Nile river in southern Egypt, which left two confirmed dead. The accident happened late on Tuesday when two motor boats, one empty and the other carrying around 30 people, collided near a village in the region […]

A deputy principal was granted R3 000 bail by the Engcobo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday where he appeared on charges of rape and indecent assault of schoolgirls, SABC radio news reported. Siphiwo Maqume (36)is a deputy principal at the Entabeni Junior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape. He is alleged to have impregnated 20 schoolgirls […]

CHARMAINE PRETORIUS, Durban | Saturday GOVERNMENT proposed to increase the number of students in higher education by 20% over the medium to long term, but South Africa could no longer afford to produce thousands of students for the international labour market, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Friday. Manuel was speaking at a University of […]

Johannesburg | Sunday DURING a week in which the vulnerability of South Africa’s children was highlighted by reports of child rape and dire poverty, the country celebrated its annual National Children’s Day festivities. Thousands of under-privileged children were invited by their respective provincial governments to attend all-day parties on Saturday, where they were entertained and […]

A 40-year-old gym instructor from Paarl was sentenced to eight and a half years for molesting young students, e-tv news reported on Wednesday. Piet Olivier was sentenced to two and a half years on each of three indecent assault charges, and one year for attempted indecent assault. His victims were boys between the ages of […]