OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Thursday ZIMBABWES main opposition party lost a third legal battle Wednesday in its bid to have courts nullify the outcomes in 37 constituencies in last year’s parliamentary elections, a party representative said. The latest ruling is the third loss for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which has won three cases […]
THE family of a pregnant woman who died when she fell out of a speeding ambulance early Monday morning is considering taking legal action. Refiloe Masia, 28, of Greenvalley village in Acornhoek, Northern Province, was left alone in the back of the ambulance when the back doors flew open on the way to Tintsaolo Hospital […]
A SENIOR officer at the state-owned Botswana TV (BTV) resigned on Friday in protest at what he claimed is government’s gross interference in the running of the station. Briton Chris Bishop was in charge of the pivotal news and current affairs section. “I feel that it not only renders the running of TV news impractical, […]
MOZAMBICAN President Joaquim Chissano does not intend to run for a third term in office in general elections due in 2004, state media reported on Wednesday. Chissano announced that he would not seek re-election late on Tuesday in the southern industrial city of Matola. Mozambique’s constitution limits the president to serving two consecutive five-year terms. […]
THE Nigerian government has appointed a Anglo-American consortium as advisor to its state-run telecommunications firm NITEL, Nigeria’s privatisation agency said on Wednesday. “The National Council on Privatisation has approved of PricewaterhouseCoopers as privatisation adviser for the sale of 51% stake in NITEL,” representative for the Bureau of Public Enterprises Joseph Anichebe said. PricewaterhouseCoopers was one […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Thursday A HUNDRED and twenty people were killed and scores more injured in a stampede following crowd trouble at a football match in the Ghanaian capital Accra, local radio reported on Thursday. The trouble began late on Wednesday after a 2-1 victory by reigning league champions Hearts of Oak when supporters […]
THE Germiston Regional Court heard on Tuesday of how police found evidence of body parts that had been wrapped up and dumped on a road in Randburg, Johannesburg, e-tv news reported. The evidence was released during the appearance of two Chinese men in connection with the kidnapping of 23-year-old Wen Si in Edenvale on March […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki – under heavy fire over his leadership – picked up a vote of confidence on Wednesday from Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, chairwoman of the women’s league of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The president faces an ANC congress late next year where he needs to […]
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He is the most explosive actor of his generation, with a professional and personal life characterised by unparalleled intensity. But having turned 40, Sean Penn has become a non-smoking family man who likes boating and riding bikes with his kids. Just don’t tell him he’s not angry any more.