AN angry snub by President Thabo Mbeki, who put his hand in the face of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela when she tried to greet him at a Youth Day celebration this weekend was on Sunday slammed by opposition parties. The incident happened at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium, southwest of Johannesburg, on Saturday where Mbeki was due to address […]
THE Central African Republic’s armed forced chief has ordered all troops and police back to barracks on Monday, after announcing the imposition of ”physical controls” following an abortive coup attempt. All troops must present themselves at their barracks and garrisons at 8:00 am General Francois Bozizee said in a statement late on Sunday. Absentees will […]
SOUTH African scientists have come up with an unlikely alternative to prevent eye damage while looking at this week’s solar eclipse — teabag tinfoil.
THE United States on Thursday slammed new restrictions on foreign journalists imposed this week by the government of Zimbabwe, saying the rule was “particularly troubling.” State department representative Philip Reeker said it appeared the government of Zimbabwe ?wants very much to limit media reporting on what goes on inside Zimbabwe,” On Wednesday Zimbabwean President Robert […]
Johannesburg | Sunday SOUTH Africa celebrated Youth Day on Saturday with President Thabo Mbeki honouring the memory of an apartheid-era youth hero and urging the country’s youth to face new challenges with the same zeal. Addressing a national Youth Day celebration at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, Mbeki identified the new challenges as […]
A BRITISH court on Friday jailed two Nigerian nationals convicted of selling banned African delicacies such as monkey and anteater meat from a shop in south London. The judge said the illegal trade was causing the extinction of protected species and that the meat could have been a cause of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak which […]
Kigali | Saturday CLOSE on 730 members of an extremist Hutu militia have been killed since May 1 after infiltrating Rwanda from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an army representative claimed here. Another 250 extremists have been captured, according to representative Colonel Jean-Bosco Kazura. Those captured — members of Rwanda’s disbanded Hutu-dominated army […]
A Ghanaian ship has been prevented from docking in Benin’s main port Cotonou since June 7, stranding 170 passengers on the vessel in Benin’s territorial waters, the harbour master’s office said on Friday. “The ship, called Alnar, is currently in Benin’s territorial waters with 170 passengers on board,” adding that “for the moment, this ship […]
MATTHEW BURBIDGE, Johannesburg | Sunday THE Sunday Times is leading with an analysis on the machinations behind the employment of Coleman Andrews at SAA, that says President Thabo Mbeki backed the huge salary for the former CEO. The paper’s sports section examines how the French rugby team turned the form book upside down and thumped […]
CARS, furniture and garden equipment from the Swiss villa of the late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire were auctioned off in Savigny for 58,700 euros, the ATS news agency reported on Wednesday. The item considered the auction’s main prize was Mobutu’s bed, which went for 5,160 euros ($4,460). A small garden tractor went for […]