London | Sunday BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II is to discuss the escalating crisis in Zimbabwe this weekend at her annual meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, British media reported on Sunday. According to The Mail on Sunday newspaper, the queen is understood to be concerned that growing violence in the former British colony will […]

A MAN handed himself over to police after his wife and son were shot dead in Alexandria, south of Grahamstown, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The man arrived at the Alexandria community police stationaround 2.15am on Saturday. He asked police for a drink of water and then handed the police a firearm — […]

MINISTERIAL labour representative Eddie Jayiya died on Thursday night, the Department of Labour said in Pretoria. It said the circumstances of death were still being investigated but initial reports indicated that he was shot dead around 9.30pm. Jayiya (44) was apparently on his way to the Tshepo Themba hospital in Dobsonville, Soweto. He was appointed […]

ZAMBIAN police on Thursday ordered more than 3 000 people who signed a petition calling President Frederick Chiluba a thief to surrender themselves for arrest. “All those who signed the petition consciously should report themselves to the police and put up their defamatory remarks against the president in writing,” said Lemmy Kajoba, police representative. Seven […]

Johannesburg | Saturday SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki has agreed to meet with leaders of the country’s largest trade union federation following a two-day general strike, the ruling party’s online publication said on Friday. Mbeki’s decision comes after a request for a meeting by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), which launched a […]

A WARRANT of arrest was issued for an Mpumalanga environmental affairs official on Thursday when he failed to appear in court on fraud charges of more than R30 000. The warrant against Lucky Mnisi of Barberton was withheld however, until he and his colleague, Zama Silinda of KaNyamazane appear in the Nelspruit District Court again […]

DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila on Thursday held talks in Johannesburg with trade officials, Congolese exiles and former president Nelson Mandela and called for closer ties between South Africa and his wartorn country. Kabila, visiting South Africa with 10 of his cabinet ministers, told reporters: “I have come to try to build […]

Johannesburg | Thursday AN outbreak of foot-and-mouth cattle disease has spread to four areas in the Beitbridge district, on the South African border, Zimbabwean state radio said Thursday. The outbreak was first detected two weeks ago in the second city of Bulawayo, 350 kilometers southeast of Harare, but the disease has now been found on […]

BARRY STREEK, Cape Town | Friday THE Democratic Alliance has put Cape Town’s controversial mayor, Peter Marais, on compulsory leave and suspended two DA councillors in the city for their role in the “streetgate” affair. The councillors now face a criminal investigation for fraud, which stems from an inquiry by advocate Willem Heath into the […]

PAUL KIRK, Durban | Friday DESPITE assurances to the contrary, one of the Big Brother contestants has not been cleared of all charges relating to his illegal possession of a machine gun and an unlicensed 9mm pistol. This week it emerged that Bradford Wood has a murky history – having in the past been charged […]