It’s a truism as old as Hollywood itself that no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the public.
A ridge of cowrie shells braided into her hair, the Amazon reaches out and smashes a rebellious slave to the ground with a brutal blow. The she-warrior is just one member of an elite army running slave raids for King Adanggaman, a powerful African monarch who seizes villagers to sell to European slave traders.
SOUTH African soldiers leaving for the Democratic Republic of the Congo for peacekeeping duties should do their country proud, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and SA National Defence Force chief General Siphiwe Nyanda said on Friday. “You leave as heroes. Come back as even bigger heroes,” Lekota said as they bade farewell to 90 SANDF members […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday AN international panel of high-ranking lawyers returning from a fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe reported on Monday that democracy and the rule of law there were “in the gravest peril.” In the report written for the International Bar Association (IBA) they said the government of President Robert Mugabe was deeply implicated […]
THE chief editor of Sudan’s independent newspaper Al-Rai Al-Akher has won an international award for her courage in reporting news. Amal Abbas, the newspaper’s editor, said she had received a fax at the weekend from the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation announcing they had granted her the bravery award for 2001. “I believe in freedom […]
THE Sudanese government said on Sunday it viewed favourably a recent call by the UN Human Rights Commission for a ceasefire in the country’s brutal three decade civil war between the Muslim north and Christian and animist south. “The government has always advocated a comprehensive ceasefire as a prelude to a negotiated settlement to the […]
DISGRACED former chief executive officer of the Premier Soccer League, Joe Ndhlela, is to remain in custody after losing his second bail application in the Johannesburg Regional Court on Friday. Ndhlela’s R20 000 bail was earlier forfeited to the State after he failed to appear in court. His lawyers are considering lodging an appeal in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday A CIVIL society conference in Johannesburg starting on April 24 with Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton as speakers could be boycotted by unions and non-governmental groups, the organiser said on the weekend. The organiser and chairman of the Civil Society Initiative (CSI) conference, Roelf Meyer met powerful Congress of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday A POLICE investigation is underway into claims that President Thabo Mbeki is in “physical danger” from high-profile leaders within the ANC who are plotting to oust him, The Sunday Times reports. Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete told the newspaper that police intelligence units had since last year been investigating […]
Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Lagos | Monday NIGERIA, which this week hosts a major conference on tackling Africa’s three biggest killers – malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/Aids – is a case study of how not to go about public health, experts and concerned officials here say. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with a population of more than 120 […]