David Le Page, Grahamstown | Tuesday THE twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York have collapsed — most likely with thousands of people still trapped within them. The collapse followed the flying of two hijacked passenger aircraft through highly restricted airspace into the towers. THE attacks on the New York World Trade […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday AFTERSHOCKS from the savage attacks on America are being felt around the world, with global aviation being plunged into disarray on Wednesday. US aviation authorities closed all airports after the deadliest act of terrorism ever on American soil was carried out by kamikaze hijackers who sent three airliners crashing into the World […]

SWISS reinsurance group Swiss Re said on Wednesday that the terrorist attacks in the United States on Tuesday would cost the company about the same amount as the damage from storms that ravaged Europe in December 1999. The storms, which were named Lothar and Martin, cost the company 1,9-billion Swiss francs (1,26-billion euros, $1,14-billion). Swiss […]

DIVERSIFIED miner Anglo American Plc said on Friday market conditions were tough and current trading was not showing any signs of improvement. “Trading conditions at the present time are not showing any signs of improvement,” Anglo Finance Director Tony Lea told a conference call, but added that he did not expect base metal and pulp […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE gold price surged on South African markets while the country’s currency plunged in a panic selling of rands to buy bullion following the attacks on the United States, market analysts said Tuesday. Gold opened trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange at 271,15 dollars an ounce but rocketed to a high of […]

FORTY people travelling in a truck were killed and 30 others injured when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle due to faulty brakes, the Catholic radio station Ecclesia reported late on Monday. The accident took place on Sunday near Kulu in Uije province, about 300 kilometers north of the capital Luanda. The vehicle, […]

UP to 800 people are believed to have been killed at the Pentagon building when a hijacked plane slammed into it earlier Tuesday, US media reported. The reports quoted an unnamed Arlington County official as giving the unofficial toll, as rescue crews continued to dig through debris following the attack that destroyed a section of […]

RAJA ASGHAR, Islamabad | Wednesday AID workers and diplomats began pulling out of Afghanistan on Wednesday after suspicions centred on Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, sheltered by the Taliban government, for horrific attacks in the United States. The United Nations said it was temporarily relocating its 80 expatriate staff in Afghanistan to neighbouring Pakistan. Australian, […]

AN international health body has turned to a new medium, public transport buses, to try to reach out to millions of Kenyans in the fight against the deadly HIV/Aids. The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) on Monday distributed thousands of posters and stickers to Kenya’s public commuter buses in this Indian Ocean port city for […]

MPUMALANGA may be home to the first black leopard spotted in sub-Saharan Africa in 40 years. Mpumalanga Parks Board representative Gary Sutter said on Monday that two confirmed sitings of a rare black leopard had been reported in mountains in Lydenburg in January and again in May. “It’s an ordinary leopard, but it has a […]