EVIDENCE WA KA NGOBENI, Johannesburg | Friday THE South African National Defence Force (SANDF) hid key apartheid-era military intelligence information from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The commission had investigated the wholesale disposal of apartheid-era information and concluded that all military intelligence had kept was three series of files. Each series contains thousands of […]

UP to 15 000 Zimbabweans working on farms in South Africa will be deported on Monday by immigration officials, supported by the defence force and police, a home affairs official said on Wednesday. The majority working on farms on the border with Zimbabwe are here illegally, and those with permits, particularly for unskilled jobs, will […]

NAWAAL DEANE, Johannesburg | Thursday THE Minister of Housing, Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, launched a R3-million defamation action against the Mail & Guardianin the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday in response to how she fared in the paper’s 1998 Cabinet “report card”. The report card, which gave Mthembi-Mahanyele an F, referred to how the controversial Motheo housing […]

Cape Town | Saturday THE leader of South Africa’s political opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has demanded the resignation of the mayor of Cape Town in the worst crisis to hit the shaky 15-month merger with the apartheid-era National Party. DA leader Tony Leon asked Mayor Peter Marais, who used to be member of the NP […]

Paris | Tuesday HERE is a summary of the latest developments as US forces again strike targets in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on US cities. – US warplanes and cruise missiles targetted strategic installations in Afghanistan for a second night of reprisals. Five land-based B-1 and B-2 stealth bombers, as well […]

THE Nigerian government said on Wednesday that it was considering closing down its diplomatic missions in seven countries either because they are unnecessary or because of problems funding them. The plan follows a recommendation of a committee set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo that some of the missions considered either unnecessary or too expensive to […]

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for the abduction and rape of an 18-year-old woman in Krugersdorp earlier this week, West Rand police said on Friday. Inspector Yolande Bouwer said the woman and her boyfriend were walking along Ockerse Street in Krugersdorp around 11pm on Wednesday after visiting a tavern. A vehicle with five […]

LIONS will be reintroduced to the Tembe Elephant Park on the border of Mozambique in northern KwaZulu-Natal, making it a big five reserve, it was announced on Wednesday. Wildlands Trust, an independent fund-raising and project management organisation involved in conservation-based community development in the province, has allocated R100 000 to upgrade the park fence before […]

A MALAWIAN court has sentenced a 60-year-old woman to seven years in jail for infecting an 11-year-old boy with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, police said on Wednesday. Police publicist Oliver Soko said the woman, Emmie Nkumbira, forced the boy to have sex with her on August 24. The boy revealed the incident to […]

Islamabad | Tuesday US WARPLANES on Tuesday continued to pound Taliban targets in Afghanistan, killing ”tens of civilians,” as well as four Afghans employed by the United Nations, according to the militia. In the first daytime raids of the three-day-old air assault, missiles are also said to have destroyed the former Kandahar home of Taliban […]