OSAMA bin Laden has left Afghanistan, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Friday, citing various unidentified sources and a former interior minister of Pakistan. The News daily reported that the Saudi-born militant left the country on Monday, ahead of a meeting of Afghan Islamic clerics to discuss whether to extradite him. The meeting ended on Thursday […]

Suzan Chala Five years ago, at the top of a mountain, Scotch Madhlophe realised his potential. He understood there was more to him than being a murderer and an alcoholic. Madhlophe (28) was on a wilderness therapy trail suggested by a psychologist. He and nine other people climbed a mountain together, helping each other overcome […]

Maverick dancer Tossie van Tonder and four young Jazzart graduates have collaborated to bring a wealth of diverse experience to this year’s Dance Indaba in Cape Town Guy Willoughby One of the more watchable events on the upcoming FNB Vita Dance Indaba programme will be the explosive interaction of maverick dancer Tossie van Tonder and […]

Scientists are working to improve our agricultural products by researching why bees are being threatened by a mite, how our wines can become more globally competitive and improving the fruit and flower industries Sean O’Connor I watched a bee working my garden the other day. In future, I may not be so lucky. Over the […]

JACK REDDEN AND PETER MILLERSHIP, Islamabad/Washington | Thursday AFGHANISTAN’S clerics on Thursday urged Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, Washington’s prime suspect in last week’s nightmare attacks, to leave their country where he has lived as a ”guest.” The United States, which ordered 100 extra warplanes to the Gulf region in response to the attacks in […]

A CASH -in-transit guard was shot dead and his colleague seriously injured after an attempted robbery outside Kwamhlanga on Friday, Mpumalanga police said. Superintendent Izak van Zyl, who was on his way to the scene, said it appeared the guards were from SBV security company. He said the guards were travelling in their van when […]

Johannesburg | Thursday THE South African government on Wednesday ruled out military support for the United States’ war against terrorism, but said Pretoria would co-operate with Washington’s investigations into the acts of terror. US President George W. Bush telephoned South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday and agreed with him that a ”cool head” was […]

TWO men were arrested in Cape Town on Friday night in connection with a hoax email implicating South Africa in the terrorist attacks on the United States, police said on Saturday. Western Cape police commissioner Joseph Ngobeni said the men will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. According to email message called […]

Harare | Friday ZIMBABWE’S parliament on Thursday approved a 17,5-billion dollar (about US $316-million) supplementary budget, state television reported, to help the government meet soaring expenses in a crumbling economy. Government expenses have risen 14% beyond what was planned for in the 2001 budget, the report said. The supplementary budget is to meet the shortfall […]