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MOZAMBIQUE has begun issuing tourist visas at the country’s main borders and at Maputo airport, the nation’s top tourism official said on Monday. “The measure is aimed at increasing tourism in our country, which has made a significant contribution to the national economy,” said national tourism director Antonio Saia. Although called a tourist visa, Saia […]
ROBERT HOLLOWAY, United Nations | Tuesday A UN panel has called for tough measures to stop the plunder of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including a regional ban on exports of timber to and from Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, saying it was now the motive and engine of the war there. “The […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday ANOTHER twist to South Africa’s controversial R43bn arms deal is expected this week, when feisty PAC MP Patricia De Lille is to release the name of a senior ANC MP alleged to have acted improperly with regard to the awarding of the contract. “I have already stated, and warned the […]
MOZAMBIQUES top tourism official on Monday accused several South African tourist companies of racism, and said the government had moved to discipline them. “We are fighting against all kinds of racism because our tourist resources are public and not private assets,” said national tourism director Antonio Saia. Allegations of racist practices by some South African […]
FOURTEEN people died and two were critically injured in a head-on collision between a minibus-taxi and a car on Sunday. Policeman Bala Naidoo said the taxi driver, who was among the dead, apparently crossed the road into the face of oncoming traffic around 5:00 am on the road between KwaDukuza and Zinkwazi in KwaZulu-Natal. KwaZulu-Natal […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday A HANDLER has been killed by an elephant cow which was being used on a film set in Broederstroom outside Johannesburg. A co-owner of Glen Africa farm outside Broederstroom, Vicky Brooker, said Fiso Mbambo, 23, was killed while walking through the veld with five fellow handlers, who worked for circus […]
FRANCES National Aids Council on Monday asked 39 drug companies suing the South African government over its plan to use cheaper, generic Aids-fighting drugs to withdraw their lawsuit. Hearings are set to resume on Wednesday in Pretoria into the complaint filed by the 39 companies including Glaxo Wellcome, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Boehringer Ingelheim for violation […]
EIGHTEEN people died during a heavy storm at the weekend in Luanda, a representative for the city said on Monday, while hundreds of homes in the city’s shantytowns were destroyed. Joao Dombaxi, representative for the city government, was unable to provide details on the deaths, but state media earlier reported that eight people died in […]
ADE OBISESAN, Lagos | Tuesday ETHNIC Igbo in southeast Nigeria are demanding more than $63bn in government compensation for alleged injustice and rights violations committed during the 1967-70 Biafran war. The request has been submitted to a human rights panel which will begin sitting this week in the historic city of Enugu. The panel, set […]