Scotch Tagwireyi After five years of struggling to feed and educate her three children, Gertrude Mahlangu (34) of Katlehong on the East Rand decided to give up the fight. On January 17, when she realised she had failed to raise enough money to send her children to school, she decided to end her life and […]

Robert Kirby CHANNELVISION In advance of another season of the rather pitiful Mr Bean, SABC3 last week ran a “special”, which was more a documentary on Rowan Atkinson than anything else. As a promo for Bean the exercise was oddly counterproductive in that, by offering a retrospective of Atkinson’s remarkable comic abilities, it left you […]

While their mothers entertain clients by night and sleep by day, children of the sex industry are forced to fend for themselves Thuli Nhlapo Mothers are expected to be selfless, caring and constant. Celeste Nqaki* has never experienced such love. When she celebrated her first birthday on December 21 last year, there was no candle […]

A DESPERATE, jobless woman who strangled her third baby and threw him down a pit toilet has appeared in the Nelspruit Regional Court. Marriet Myeni, 33, of Masibekela tribal trust near Malelane, told the court she was desperate when she killed her little boy on April 23 last year, because she had two other children […]

A MALAWIAN legislator has been beaten by young supporters of his own party for his ties to a group that opposes a third term for President Bakili Muluzi. Bamanai Zgambo, a ruling party lawmaker, was beaten by a group of the party’s “young democrats,” said Peter Chupa, a senior official with the National Democratic Alliance […]

EGYPTIAN customs officers have seized 150 live snakes from a Sudanese man preparing to board a flight to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The authorities spotted the snakes, which had not been declared, when the passenger tried to pass them through the electronic scanner in boxes at Cairo airport. The passenger later boarded a Kenya Airways […]

FOR the second time in two months, directors of Didata, SA’s biggest information technology company, have cashed in millions of rands in share options, widening the number of multimillionaires in the company, Business Day reports. Didata directors shed more than 3,4m- shares this week. A source close to the company said investors should be envious, […]

PAUL KIRK, Johannesburg | Friday THE South African Police Service and the Scorpions are investigating allegations of serious fraud committed by African Defence Systems (ADS), one of the companies at the centre of South Africa’s R43bn arms deal. The allegations come from a former engineer at ADS, who has opened a criminal case against his […]

THE Angolan Confederation of Unions (UNTA-CS) and the government have agreed to set the minimum monthly wage at $50, a union official said on Wednesday. UNTA-CS had staged strikes on December 12-13 and January 8 and 13 to push for higher wages. – AFP CUSTOM SHARE SERVICE CUSTOMISE your share portfolio and have live prices […]