Kano | Thursday ELEVEN boys aged 3 to 11 died and 21 were injured on Wednesday when the wall of a mud-built Quranic school in the ancient northern Nigerian city of Kano collapsed, authorities said. The wall was apparently weakened after heavy overnight rain and fell into an open yard being used by the pupils […]

Cape Town | Wednesday GLOBAL warming will cause summer rainfall in some areas of South Africa to decrease by up to 25% over the next 50 to 100 years and kill off dozens of species of plants, a report published on Tuesday warned. The report, entitled “The heat is on” and funded by the World […]

SOUTH African Nick Rowe has been discovered dead amongst the rubble of the World Trade Centre, according to a statement released on Thursday by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Rowe did not work in the World Trade Centre, but at the time of the attack was making a presentation to employees of Canter Fitzgerald in […]

A HOLLYWOOD firm plans to take 200 Ethiopian farmers from a remote province to Namibia for parts in “Beyond Borders”, a big budget movie starring Angelina Jolie and Kevin Costner, a news magazine said on Monday. Production company Lions Gate International also sent representatives to Ethiopia last week to screen-test 12 indigenous artists to play […]

THE USA authorities have requested South African missions in New York and Washington to secure DNA samples from family members of South Africans presumed missing following the recent terrorist attacks in the USA. At the moment there are six South Africans reported missing in the USA. The US authorities have requested the following from family […]

MAX HAMATA, Windhoek | Wednesday THE Namibian government on Tuesday unveiled a new Defence Bill which includes draconian measures that attempt to restrict the media’s reporting on military activities. Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina said in the National Assembly that it would be an offence to publish “information calculated or likely to endanger national security or […]

THE Kruger National Park has appealed to anyone with information about the cause of the devastating fire that killed 23 people three weeks ago to contact investigators. A commission of inquiry into the tragedy will soon be established, said Kruger director David Mabunda, on Tuesday. Those with information could then make submissions to the commission, […]

Washington | Wednesday THE IMF and World Bank agreed on Tuesday to give Mozambique $600-million in special relief to ease its debt servicing burden. Mozambique had taken the required steps to complete its program under the so-called enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, drawn up to ease the debt burden of the world’s poorest countries. […]