Harare | Thursday A ZIMBABWEAN white farmer and 30 of his labourers have been formally charged in court with murder after violence when his land was invaded at the weekend, the government press reported on Thursday. John Bibby (70) had initially been accused of inciting violence and being an accessory to murder before the murder […]

A NORTHERN Province man who allegedly stabbed his estranged common-law wife just moments after appearing in court for violating a protection order against him, was remanded in custody on Wednesday. Lazarus Sirovheli (36) of Madzhatsha village in Dzanani, near Thohoyandou, was not asked to plead on an attempted murder charge in the Dzanani Magistrate’s Court. […]

Kabul | Thursday THOUSANDS of terrified Afghans have begun to flood into Pakistan, fleeing the twin spectres of famine and war haunting their homeland. Despite Pakistan’s attempts to close its long border with Afghanistan, at least 15 000 refugees have made it into Pakistan in the last week alone. Tens of thousands more are desperately […]

Johannesburg | Thursday THE government will not be able to hold back the Medical Research Council’s report on Aids mortality in South Africa for much longer due to pressure for the paper to be released, the MRC said on Thursday. MRC representative Merle May said: “They can’t sustain the pressure. The people want the report.” […]

MPUMALANGA and Northern Province will select their best female farmers over the next two days, who will then vie for the national Female Farmer of the Year awards later this year. Mpumalanga’s female farmer of the year will be announced on Thursday, while Northern Province’s will be announced on Friday. Winners in the provincial competitions […]

ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba next week will launch his party’s campaign and officially introduce his successor to the electorates. “We will have a mammoth rally on September 29 in the Copperbelt,” said George Chulumanda, a member of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) campaign team. The fast-growing Zambian opposition, the Forum for Democracy and […]

EIGHTEEN Northern Province hospital workers appeared in the Ramokgopa magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with stealing medicine and hospital supplies. The seven nurses, five assistant pharmacists, five general workers and an ambulance driver from Botlokwa Hospital in Soekmekaar, 50 km north of Pietersburg, were not asked to plead on charges of possession of stolen […]