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Review:</b> <i>Jo Ractliffe</i> by Brenda Atkinson; <i>Samson Mudzunga</i> by Kathy Coates and Stephen Hobbs and <i>Jeremy Wafer</i> by Lara Frost (David Krut Publishing, by Kathryn Smith.
JAN HENNOP, Johannesburg | Thursday SOUTH Africa’s largest trade union federation Cosatu on Wednesday claimed the first day of a two-day general strike a success, but bosses said the impact of the action was limited. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said some 65% of the workforce around 5,5-million workers heeded the call […]
A BOGUS psychiatrist who apparently raped a mentally retarded woman was arrested when he returned to her house in Northern Province on Monday for another “house call”. Residents of Tshware village in Mankweng, near Pietersburg, lay in wait for the 23-year-old unemployed man after word got out that he had raped the 26-year-old woman on […]
A NORTHERN Province school principal has pleaded guilty in the Calcutta Magistrate’s Court to raping a 13-year-old pupil on his office floor. Deck Mabudze (42) who heads Harvest Rock Combined School in Kildare trust in Calcutta, Bushbuckridge, was remanded in custody on Monday and the case was postponed to September 18 for judgement and sentencing. […]
THE Rwandan government has unveiled plans for a new flag, new national anthem and new emblem, the pro-government newspaper New Times has revealed. The new flag will be yellow, green and blue, the newspaper said on Monday, quoting Joseph Nsengimana, an advisor to President Paul Kagame. Rwanda’s current flag is red, yellow and green. Nsengimana […]
Durban | Thursday THE pollution hits your lungs and nostrils as soon as you enter Wentworth, a mixed-race community and apartheid-era dumping ground south of the Indian Ocean port city of Durban. Towering above “Noddy-town” as its known locally because of the small, box-like houses, are two huge oil refineries and a host of other […]
Ireland | Thursday UP to one third of children in southern and east Africa countries could be orphaned by HIV/Aids by 2010, the head of a South African charity told a conference in Ireland on Wednesday. Orphanhood is the most critical issue affecting children in southern Africa and will remain so for some time, according […]
Port Elizabeth | Thursday GOVAN Mbeki, a veteran of the ANC’s liberation struggle and father of President Thabo Mbeki, died at his home in Port Elizabeth during the early hours of Thursday morning, the presidency confirmed. President Mbeki’s representative Bheki Khumalo said Mbeki died at his Summerstrand home in Port Elizabeth at 2am on Thursday […]
UNITED Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will arrive in Durban on Wednesday morning to attend the official handing over of the International Convention Centre to the UN ahead of the World Conference Against Racism which starts on Friday. Annan will arrive at the Durban International Airport shortly after 8am where he will be met by South […]