POLICE in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos have taken into care 16 children aged from one-and-a-half to nine and are questioning a businesswoman suspected of trafficking in children. The children were found by police late on Tuesday packed into a mini-bus in Lagos. Police had taken the children to a juvenile welfare centre in the city. […]
A Namibian policeman is to be charged with murder and attempted murder after shooting two South Africans, killing one and wounding the other. Namibian police representative Chief Inspector Hofni Hamufungu said charges had been laid against the policeman but declined to release his name. The policeman apparently opened fire last Thursday on Bloemfontein shop-fitter Manuel […]
A FORMER project consultant of the controversial Mpumalanga Development Corporation (MDC) appeared for the second time in the Nelspruit District Court on Monday on fraud charges amounting to R1-million. The case against Mafa Obed Maseko, 44, of Kamagugu near Nelspruit was postponed and he is out on R5_000 bail. He has not yet been asked […]
A WHITE farmer whose land came close to being expropriated in March for the resettlement of a black community formally accepted an improved offer for it on Tuesday, government officials said. Chief land claims commissioner Wallace Mgoqi said that cattle farmer Willem Pretorius had agreed to sell his farm in Mpumalanga for R1 285_000 ($160_625). […]
EVIDENCE WA KA NGOBENI, Johannesburg| Friday THE disgraced former chair of the Central Energy Fund (CEF) awarded the head of the state oil company an annual salary of R1,2-million without following proper civil service procedures. Keith Kunene gave Renosi Mokate, CEO of the CEF, the R100_000 a month salary without consulting the parastatal’s board or […]
GLENDA DANIELS, Johannesburg | Friday THE Johannesburg High Court this week found in favour of a handyman who worked at the brothel The Ranch, in a civil case brought against the Ministry of Safety and Security. Matthew Palmer claimed R800_000 in damages for brutal assault and unlawful arrest and detention when the police raided The […]
Paul Kirk When guests at the Penwarn Country Lodge sit down for mid-afternoon tea, they’re joined by the wildlife. A caracal one of Africa’s smallest wild cats can be seen near the hotel door eating his dog pellets, while inside a full-grown otter is fast asleep in a dark spot of the bar. It seems […]
Andy Capostagno rugby The countdown to the first Test match of the season has begun. On Sunday Harry Viljoen will trim his Plettenberg Bay squad of 32 down to 26 and three days later four more players will fall away to leave us with the 22 who will line up against France at Ellis Park […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi A retired public prosecutor from the Johannesburg Magistrate Courts’ traffic division has launched a lone crusade against wheel clamping and fining at shopping malls. Roy Welsh has embarked on a mission to put the two practices on trial, believing that they violate motorists’ constitutional rights to a free and fair trial. He is […]
A lawyer’s letter has revealed how Umgeni Water tried to cover up its illegal activities Paul Kirk The Mail & Guardian has obtained documentary proof that a cash-strapped parastatal organisation, Umgeni Water, has illegally tapped the telephones of serving and past senior employees as well as members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ […]