SHARON HAMMOND, St Lucia | Wednesday AN investigation is underway to determine how two archaeological sites in the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park were damaged during road works three weeks ago. The park is one of four World Heritage Sites in South Africa and the archaeological sites, which are 30m and 70m in diameter and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday THE South African government on Tuesday condemned the general political violence in parts of Zimbabwe and the latest attacks on businesses. ”South Africa does not, and will never condone the violence seen in the country, excuse the occupation of farms and serious harassment of people in rural and urban areas, […]
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A UN Security Council delegation on Sunday announced the reopening to commercial traffic of the Congo river, the main supply line to the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo and which has been closed for almost three years by war. Navigation on the river between the capital Kinshasa and Kisangani, the country’s third largest […]
THREE children were killed when a bomb dating from the 1954-1962 Algerian war of independence exploded in Ouled Hezaz, near the countrys eastern border with Tunisia. The two sisters and their brother found the bomb on Friday on the so-called “Challe et Morice” line – an electrified borderline which French troops densely planted with land […]
SIX Algerian religious students were killed and one injured in an attack by Islamic militants in the village of El Hnenfa west of Algiers, security services said on Sunday. Witnesses said the six, aged from 24 to 32, had been shot at a monastery where they were studying the Koran and theology just outside the […]
TRADE and Industry Minister Alec Erwin has censured Khaya Ngqula, chief executive of the Industrial Development Corporation, and cut his bonuses in half at the weekend, the Business Day newspaper reported on Monday. The report said Erwin’s move followed the IDC board’s failure to agree on whether or not to fire Ngqula for receiving irregular […]
AN Egyptian child lived for nearly two years with half a ballpoint pen stuck in his brain after it entered through an eye, the Egyptian press reported this week. Ibrahim Farahat, now 10, fell down two years ago, and a ballpoint pen went into his eye, causing him to faint for a minute, his mother […]
THE government of Congo-Brazzaville has banned shark fishing off its Atlantic coast to prevent depletion of stocks caused by massive demand in Asia for shark fins. Shark fishing in the area took off in 1998, said Augustin Kegui, speaking for Ghanaian fishermen in Pointe-Noire. “You can catch four to five sharks a day,” Kegui said, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Monday A THREE-day hearing is expected to start in London on Monday to determine a final date and processes to be followed for a lawsuit by about 5_000 South Africans suffering from asbestos-related diseases against British mining company Cape plc. According to the claimants’ South African-based lawyer, Richard Spoor, the hearing […]