THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, called on Friday for a pause in the US-led air strikes against Afghanistan so vital aid could reach civilians before winter sets in. The former Irish president said a suspension of attacks would allow the world to focus on saving hundreds of thousands of people […]

Pretoria | Saturday THE New National Party (NNP) announced on Friday night that it is to quit the Democratic Alliance (DA), a move that will leave the Democratic Party isolated in the Western Cape. ”The NNP suspends its participation in the DA with a view to shortly withdraw from the alliance,” NNP leader Marthinus van […]

AXED Cape Town mayor Peter Marais has not backed down on his demand to be allowed to continue his mayoral duties pending the outcome of his court challenge, his lawyer Adri Brand said on Friday. Media reports claiming this was the case were incorrect, he said. Marais’ application for a judicial review of the DA […]

A NORTHERN Province chief magistrate appeared briefly in the Pietersburg Regional Court on Friday on charges of theft, SABC radio news reported. The case against 47-year-old Makhanya Ronald Shimange was postponed to January 18 and his bail of R20 000 was extended. In terms of his bail conditions, Shimange was prohibited from communicating with staff, […]

CONGRESS of SA Trade Unions president Willy Madisha has been receiving death threats, Cosatu representative Patrick Craven said on Wednesday. Madisha is currently in hospital for tests following his collapse at a function on Tuesday night. ”The Cosatu leadership is extremely concerned about the recurrence of yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) incident. It is not the first time […]

THE body of a Soweto woman who went missing after the car in which she was travelling was swept away by floods near the New Canada station in Johannesburg has been found, SABC radio news reported on Friday. The woman identified as 26-year-old Lebohang Machaba and a MTN call centre employee, was found near Roodepoort. […]

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gave his backing Thursday to the US response to the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, saying the bombing of Afghanistan was within bounds. ”It is absolutely remarkable that in spite of a few excesses recorded now and again since the start of the American riposte … we remain […]

FOUR men were killed while trying to rob a security vehicle transporting cash near the Welkom airport on Wednesday afternoon. Captain Pauline Earle said the first robber deliberately crashed his vehicle into the security vehicle and was killed instantly. Another car driven by one of the robbers then crashed into the first escort vehicle in […]

DREW FORREST AND BARRY STREEK, Johannesburg, Cape Town | Friday MBEKI’S address, at the inaugural ZK Matthews memorial lecture on October 12, makes no direct reference to the disease. However, after referring to medical schools where black people were ”reminded of their role as germ carriers”, he says: ”Thus does it happen that others who […]

The African Christian Democratic Party has been told religious drumming in South Africa will not benefit from arts and culture department funding. ”I did not commit myself to use funds of my department to finance the reintroduction of religious drumming in South Africa,” Arts and Culture Minister Dr Ben Ngubane said in written reply to […]