THE human race is likely to be wiped out by a virus before the end of this millennium unless space colonies are built as an escape route, famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking warned in an interview on Tuesday. He told the Daily Telegraph he thought biology — rather than the threat of nuclear Armageddon — was […]

CHRIS MCGREAL, Cape Town | Wednesday A DEVASTATING report into Aids suppressed by the South African government because it identifies the disease as the largest killer in the country and predicts millions more deaths, was finally made public yesterday after unions, churches and politicians demanded its release. But cabinet ministers spent recent days trying to […]

Harare | Wednesday AN estimated 8 000 Zimbabwean workers have left South Africa since Friday, apparently unaware of an agreement that postponed their deportation, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Wednesday. South Africa had ordered the deportation of some 15 000 Zimbabweans working on farms near the border, but agreed to postpone their repatriation after […]

THE murder trial arising out of the Bisho shootings nine years ago resumes on Wednesday in the Special Investigative Unit tribunal courts in Sanlam Park, East London. This follows a brief in the Bisho Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to hear the court’s findings from Monday’s inspection of the site. Former Ciskei Defence Force officer Vakele […]

Afghanistan, Washington | Friday AT least 160 bodies have been recovered from a village in eastern Afghanistan that was bombed by US planes, the Taliban said on Friday. ”So far 160 bodies have been recovered, mostly women and children,” a representative for Afghanistan’s ruling militia told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press. ”This is not an […]

ALGERIAN President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, accompanied by a ministerial and business delegation, will arrive in Cape Town on Tuesday morning on a four-day state visit to South Africa. During his visit, Bouteflika will co-chair the second session of the South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission (BNC) with President Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria. The visit is intended to strengthen […]

Cape Town | Wednesday DEFIANT unicity mayor Peter Marais refused to quit when asked to do so by party leader Tony Leon and has now planned a triumphant return to office on Wednesday. Speaking on SAFM on Wednesday, he said: ”Councillors, members of the public and even a church choir will be there to welcome […]

Pretoria | Wednesday THE Pretoria High Court on Wednesday partially turned down an application by former national cricket captain Hansie Cronje to overturn a life ban imposed on him by the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA). The UCBSA imposed the ban on Cronje in November last year after his involvement in matchfixing surfaced. […]

NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo has set up a committee on human trafficking tasked with repatriating Nigerian victims of the illegal business. The six-man committee, headed by deputy justice minister Musa Elayo Abdulahi, will also ensure the prosecution of all suspected and arrested human traffickers, Mike Mku told a Senate public hearing on child slavery and […]

THE search and rescue operation to find nine crew members from a capsized fishing trawler off St Francis Bay on the Eastern Cape coast was to resume on Wednesday morning after poor weather conditions and bad visibility hampered earlier rescue efforts. The Southern Reaper, with a crew of 19, overturned in heavy seas on Tuesday […]