ANOTHER endangered mountain gorilla died in a crossfire in the forested Virunga volcanoes which straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and eastern DRC, a statement from the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) said. AWF quoted the director of the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), Annette Lanjouw, as saying that Rugendo [the dead gorilla], was shot dead […]
A YOUNG male lion that escaped from the Kruger National Park two weeks ago is still on the prowl in forests surrounding the small holiday town of White River in Mpumalanga. Mpumalanga Parks Board spokesman Gary Sutter said on Monday the renegade lion had dodged baited traps and ranger patrols but was believed to still […]
ALGERIANS who served with the French army during the Algerian civil war are planning to charge France with crimes against humanity for allegedly abandoning them after Algerian independence, their lawyer said on Monday. The ex-soldiers will file a suit before French courts at the end of next month, said Philippe Reulet, representing the National Liaison […]
Pretoria | Tuesday WOUTER BASSON, the mastermind behind apartheid South Africa’s chemical warfare programme, on Monday denied having supplied potions to kill liberation fighters from the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo). Basson (51) was contradicting testimony by a former fellow soldier in the Pretoria High Court that Basson had given him deadly muscle relaxants […]
STEVEN SWINDELLS, Johannesburg | Tuesday CATHOLIC bishops from southern Africa on Monday condemned the use of condoms to fight the Aids pandemic gripping the continent, saying it was immoral and dangerous. The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference wrapped up a seven-day meeting by denouncing the use of condoms, which they said destroyed moral fibre and […]
ALLAN SECOMBE, Johannesburg | Tuesday SOUTH AFRICA’S number two bullion producer Gold Fields Ltd said on Monday it had made a revised wage offer to avert Wednesday’s strike, and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it would weigh it up. ”We have given the NUM a revised offer and they will take it back […]
Johannesburg | Tuesday TELECOMS regulator Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) said on Monday it would invoke special legislation to ensure that state-owned telecoms operator Telkom’s long-awaited IPO (initial public share offering) goes ahead in November. The regulator issued new policy directives last Thursday that are key to the listing of about 20% of […]
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Kgafela oa Magogodi’s poetry shocks many, directly addressing subjects such as Aids, sex and racism in hard-edged, often obscene language. He spoke to Themba ka Mathe.
NINETEEN Zanu PF farm invaders at Chishaku Farm in Mvuma were last Friday convicted of armed robbery, housebreaking and theft and sentenced to effective jail terms ranging from one to three years. Shadreck Thomas, who led the invasions on Andrea Scheepers’ farm in November last year, was convicted of five counts involving public violence and […]