AN attack by UNITA rebels in Caxito, north of the Angolan capital, at the weekend left 100 people dead and 100 others missing, state television reported on Monday. The Angolan army said two soldiers and five police officers were wounded during the attack on Saturday by the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola […]
ADDITIONAL UN sanctions designed to force Liberia to break its ties with rebels in Sierra Leone will come into effect on Monday for 12 months, the president of the Security Council, James Cunningham, said Friday. The sanctions include a ban on imports of all Liberian rough diamonds and restrictions on air travel by senior officials. […]
ZAMBIAN parliamentarians have filed a motion to impeach President Frederick Chiluba in the wake of his unconstitutional bid to run for a third term, a parliamentary statement said on Friday. The impeachment notice was filed by former local government minister Ackson Sejani, who was recently sacked from Chiluba’s cabinet for opposing the president’s bid. So […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday SOUTH Africa’s technology sector leapt more than three percent at the start of trade on Monday as the market played catch up with a positive Friday Wall Street, traders said. Didata, the networking and IT company which has a 78% weighting in the IT sector, moved up 2.96% to R38.20. […]
SWAZILAND police questioned a local journalist for more than two hours on Tuesday demanding to know which sources in the royal household leaked information regarding King Mswati III’s alleged poisoning. Three policemen collected journalist Thulani Mthethwa from the Guardian of Swaziland offices in Mbabane and took him to police headquarters for questioning. “They called on […]
A RESIDENT of Mbumbulu, south of Durban, has confessed to police that he has eaten five people, including a neighbour, City Press reports. Patrick Mbuso Msani (26), a former prisoner at Westville in Durban, apparently told police that he would have eaten two more victims had they not escaped. When a team of reporters from […]
SOUTH African prison authorities went on high alert Saturday after more than 600 prisoners became ill with cholera at a jail outside the eastern port city of Durban, a prison spokesman said. Russel Mamabolo said the prisoners were treated for diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration after a cholera outbreak at the Westville Medium B prison, about […]
RECOVERY teams on Sunday pulled eight more bodies, two of them babies, out of the hull of a lake ferry that capsized and sank at Goma, DRC, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to 38. The bloated bodies, which had been under water for more than three days, were taken from the boat through […]
A NEW and affordable savings plan, aimed at the lower end of the market, has been launched by Sanlam. The Halala savings plan enables one to save as little as R50 a month over a minimum period of 10 years. Sanlam brand manager for the emerging market, Jimmy Makgato, on Wednesday said that there were […]
THERE was high demand at this week’s East African tea auction, with brisk trading on the floor for quality leafs that were on offer, Africa Tea Brokers (ATB) said in a market report released on Wednesday. According to the ATB report, most catalogues recorded an increase of an average of $1.5 on best lots due […]