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 […]
KWAZULU-Natal police set up a five man task team on Saturday to investigate the killing of premier Lionel Mtshali’s nephew at Esikhawini, near Empangeni in northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday night. Alexander Mtshali, 44, was killed in front of his 10-year-old son Nelusi outside their Esikhawini home. Police representative, Director Bala Naidoo said given Mtshali’s standing […]
A 29-year-old Capetonian was arrested early on Sunday morning after he allegedly sold four diamonds worth R28_000 to undercover policemen in Springbok, Northern Cape police reported. ”Just as the man was about to be arrested in a guest room in Springbok when the transaction was finalised, the accused pulled out a 9mm pistol,” Superintendent Hendrik […]
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TWO hundred and thirty two people were taken by surprise when they were arrested during a police operation dubbed “cul de sac” in the North West’s Mooiriver area in the early hours on Friday, police said. Superintendent Louis Jacobs said the operation, which began at midnight, was launched simultaneously in 27 cities and towns throughout […]
TWO men convicted for the murder of a senior policeman in 1999 were on Thursday each sentenced to 15 years in jail by the Umtata High Court . Ncedile Dana, 43, and Morris Sophangisa, 33, from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, were found guilty of murdering Senior Superintendent Zola Sigotyana, who was gunned down on […]
A DRC government-appointed commission is turning over its findings on the January assassination of Congo President Laurent Kabila, the attorney general said on Thursday. Joseph Kabila would determine whether to make public the results, Attorney General Luhonge Kabinda Ngoy said. Laurent Kabila was shot and killed at the presidential palace on January 16. A presidential […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Malkerns, Swaziland | Saturday THE murder in Swaziland of at least 28 people – mostly women – in a spate of suspected serial killings has rattled the sense of well-being in the sleepy mountain kingdom, known for its low crime rate and friendly people. Stunned residents are blaming everything from religious excess to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Eastern Cape | Saturday THE agriculture department on Friday confirmed an outbreak of horse sickness in the Eastern Cape and announced it had scheduled a vaccination campaign. “This campaign will be accompanied by random sampling of the horses so as to ascertain the extent of the problem,” said provincial agriculture representative Mike Ngwane. […]
TANZANIAN President Benjamin Mkapa said too many Tanzanians were being jailed for insufficient reason, resulting in overcrowded prisons, the press reported on Friday. ”I believe we jail so many people without justifiable reasons,” Mkapa was quoted in newspapers after meeting with senior officials on Thursday at a prison in Moshi, in northeastern Tanzania. Mkapa cited […]