A RAPE suspect allegedly leapt to his death at the Wynberg Magistrates Court in Cape Town on Tuesday, shortly after he was denied bail. Police said the man, a 22-year-old rape suspect, appeared in court in connection with the rape of a Guguletu woman. He apparently jumped out of a window on the fifth floor […]
The Nigerian naira fell further in inter-bank open market trading, dropping to 114.30 naira to the dollar from 114 at the start of the week. The naira slipped to 168.50 from 168 naira against the pound sterling, and dropped to 163 from 162.50 to 1,000 CFA francs but held steady at 55 naira to the […]
RACING against time, Russian Navy rescuers have begun lowering an escape capsule to a crippled nuclear submarine on the bed of the Barents Sea in a new attempt to save the 116 sailors trapped inside, officials said. The latest bid came after two earlier attempts during the night to lower a rescue capsule to the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT and LESLEY WROUGHTON, Lagos | Wednesday THE winners of the four licences to operate digital mobile telecommunications in Africa’s most populous country will be announced on December 5 this year after contenders bid for the privilege. The Nigerian Communications Commission, in charge of an auction for the four sought-after licences, said bidding would […]
A TRAIN derailed in western Kenya, killing at least seven people and injuring 38 others, railway officials said. ”About seven people have died but there may be more,” said Eric Kathanga, public relations officer for the Kenya Railways Corporation. Kathanga said the train had come off the rails near Lela, a halt station about 400km […]
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THE bulk purchase of the wrong kind of pencil has helped delay the final results of a national census in Kenya by some eight months, a local newspaper reported. According to the paper, when seven million people answered census questions last August, officials should have used soft HB pencils but were instead given harder H-grade […]
THE Police’s Public Order Policing unit has used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of matric students who held teachers and pupils hostage at the Ntsika Secondary School in Grahamstown. The 300 matric pupils had barred the entrance to the school to demand R5000 for their matric farewell party, and threw rocks […]
AN UNNAMED black empowerment company has snapped up a prime piece of council-owned Hyde Park land for R3,5m – the highest value online auction item yet sold in South Africa. The auction, which attracted 20 bids, attracted several overseas bidders, according to David Bloch, CEO of auctioneers SalesBid. The vacant property was one of several […]
SOUTH Africa and Mozambique have pledged to continue working together to overcome their common security problems, after recent joint operations have uncovered large caches of firearms. “The challenges facing our two nations cannot be resolved as individual problems,” said SA Security Minister Steve Tshwete after handing over a donation of five police vehicles to Mozambique’s […]