UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni has warned the United States against “arrogance and behaving as a bully” in its fight against terrorism and encouraged Washington to instead work towards solving the Palestinian question and attaining democracy for the whole world. “The US should not be tempted into using dirty methods at all that cause unnecessary tension […]

Pretoria | Thursday APARTHEID era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson on Wednesday closed his defence case without calling any further witnesses. Basson has spent more than two months in the witness box, defending himself on 46 charges, ranging from murder and drug trafficking to fraud. He flatly denied that he had ever been asked […]

OSAMA bin Laden is an ”evil man” with ”evil goals” that will be thwarted by the United States’ new anti-terrorist operations, US President George W Bush said on Wednesday. Speaking to media at a meeting with leaders of the US Muslim community at the White House, Bush also indicated he no longer thought of bin […]

Johannesburg | Thursday TEN disease-free buffalo have been bought by Gauteng as part of a provincial plan for a new game reserve that will include the ”Big Five” — lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros and buffalo. The buffalo have been bought from the Willem Prinsloo game reserve in the Free State for R1,2-million. The province has […]

JAMES REGAN, Sydney | Wednesday SOUTH Africa’s Gold Fields Ltd said on Wednesday a decline in the global supply of gold was looming as mine activity wanes and some central banks exhaust their sales. ”It is coming clear there is a mine supply slowdown coming,” Gold Fields chairman and chief executive Chris Thompson said. ”It’s […]

Johannesburg | Thursday THE government was working to ensure the South African Post Office’s ”honour” was restored, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Wednesday. Speaking in the National Assembly, she said the investigation into claims of corruption within the Post Office may take some time, but the department would make sure that no-one involved escaped. […]

NINE out of 10 Americans think the United States should take military action against those it holds responsible for the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, and 78% expect ”another terrorist attack,” according to an opinion poll released on Monday. The poll of 1 216 Americans, conducted for CBS Television and The New […]

SOUTH African stocks started trade slightly firmer on Wednesday thanks to gains in Anglo American and Richemont, but weakness in synthetic fuel producer Sasol capped the gains. At 0730 GMT, the benchmark all-share index was 0,39% or 30,5 points higher at 7,804.8, taking its lead from the US markets which ended higher for a second […]

COMEDIAN Mark Banks’ aggression towards a policeman offering to drive him home led to an arrest for drunken driving, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday. Banks pleaded not guilty to the main charge of drunken driving as well as not guilty to an alternative charge of driving with a blood-alcohol count of 0,13%. […]