When it comes to the truth about Ryan Coetzee’s master, Tony Leon’s inexcusable release to the public of Victoria Johnson’s confidential affidavit (August 31), then perhaps before denying and fulminating, Coetzee should inspect the records of the Heath commission. A reading of the Hansard of the Heath commission hearings yields the following exchange between advocate […]

A RANKING official of Angola’s opposition Social Renovation Party (PRS) in central highland Bie province has been missing for ”several days” and may have been killed, party leader Eduardo Kuangana told the Lusa news agency on Wednesday. Domingos Manuel Ningueve went missing last week when he was on a private visit to the Camacupa district […]

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday night had tributes paid to his late father Govan at a memorial service held at Centenary Hall in New Brighton and attended by nearly 17 000 people. The packed hall reverberated to revolutionary songs in praise of the veteran politician and his party, the ANC. Speeches were interspaced with ‘imbongis […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market (JFPM) will be relaunched on Friday with growth strategies that range from improving conditions for its vast R400-million hawker client base to examining the viability of trendy organic produce. Far from its origins as a barter market started in central Johannesburg in 1899, the sprawling City Deep […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday SOUTH Africa’s rand pulled itself well off its latest low against the dollar on Friday on news that Zimbabwe had agreed to halt the occupation of white-owned farms and enforce the rule of law in land reform. At 0700 GMT the currency was trading eight cents firmer at 8.4530 against the US […]

THE Nigerian government warned on Wednesday of a possible eruption of the largest volcano in neighbouring Cameroon this year and said it considered the danger serious. Information Minister Jerry Gana told reporters after a cabinet meeting that Nigeria had received warnings that an eruption of the 4070 metre Mount Cameroon was imminent. ”We have had […]

THE UN Security Council plans to lift its five-year-old sanctions on Sudan this month with the agreement of the United States, council president Jean-David Levitte of France said on Wednesday. Outlining the council’s programme of work, he told a news conference he had scheduled a September 17 meeting to adopt a resolution to remove the […]