BRENDAN BOYLE, Johannesburg | Monday MINING resumed last night at Gold Fields Beatrix operation in the Free State after a methane gas explosion killed 12 people two weeks ago. Chief Inspector of Mines Mavis Hermanus said the Beatrix Number One and Two shafts had begun a staged resumption of operations on Friday night after accepting […]
BRITAIN has pledged $10m over the next five years to support Nigeria’s slow-moving privatisation programme, officials of both countries said on Wednesday. Talks were still under way over how the money will be spent, with no direct grants but funding to be made available for seminars, skills training and capacity building, they said. “The assistance […]
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SOUTH African police on Tuesday consulted a witchdoctor to shed light on a mysterious threatening letter to Tony Yengeni, a senior African National Congress politician alleged to have taken a bribe in a major arms deal. Hendrik Olivier from the police’s VIP protection unit said he asked a local sangoma to look at an envelope […]
TWELVE UN Security Council envoys flew into South Africa on Wednesday on the first leg of a 10-nation tour to speed up moves to end the multi-nation war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The team, headed by French UN Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, is due to meet with the heads of state of the countries […]
THE son of the Gauteng transport MEC Khabisi Mosunkutu, and an alleged accomplice appeared briefly in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on fraud charges. Police representative Sergeant Amanda Roestoff said Sechaba Mosunkutu, 21, and Mzwandile Dlamini, were granted R8_000 bail each. Roestoff said Sechaba was arrested together with a friend on Thursday around 9am […]
A MAN charged with 24 counts of rape is expected to apply for bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Police representative Senior Superintendent Chris Wilken said the 24 charges related to 32 young women who were raped in the Berea, Hillbrow, Yeoville and Alexandra areas of Johannesburg. Some charges related to two victims. […]
TWELVE UN Security Council envoys announced plans in South Africa on Thursday for a timetable to end the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), then headed for Kinshasa as President Joseph Kabila lifted a ban on political activity. Kabila’s move “sets the stage for positive development in the days to come,” the team’s […]
SWAZILAND has again advertised the post of a hangman, after applicants from Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland were found to be unsuitable, The Star reports. There are now 14 prisoners on death row, of whom four had their sentences approved by the court of appeal and the Committee on the Prerogative for Mercy. The post […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee has granted amnesty to the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Ronnie Kasrils for causing bomb explosions in and around Durban between 1961 and 1963. The committee also granted amnesty to four ANC cadres for bombing Ellis Park Stadium and killing Linus Mare and Clive Clucas in July […]