SWAZILAND has agreed to open its prisons for convicts in Rwanda, easing pressure on the United Nations to find suitable prisons for them. Jails in Rwanda have been crammed with awaiting-trial prisoners since the 1994 genocide and thousands of suspects are expected to be tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. UN assistant secretary […]

A FORMER Rwandan army major accused of murdering his prime minister and 10 Belgian UN peacekeepers has begged a Tanzanian court not to extradite him to Rwanda, saying he feared execution. Bernard Ntuyahaga, 48, is wanted in Rwanda for the 1994 murder of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and the UN troops sent to protect her […]

THE price of petrol will rise by a further six cents a litre – and diesel by 15 cents a litre – from September 6, the Department of Minerals and Energy has announced. The increase follows a surge in international crude oil and petroleum product prices close to their highest level since the 1991 Gulf […]

Thuli Nhlapo The Free State town of Sasolburg was stunned this week by a horrific incident in which a black man was allegedly dragged to his death behind his white employer’s bakkie. Pieter Odendaal, the owner of a construction company, allegedly killed his employee, Mosoko Rampuru, apparently after the two had been drinking. A post-mortem […]

Injuries, bans and retirements have caused a high turnover of personnel, but the new Proteas have blossomed Peter Robinson A few years ago BC (Before Cellphones), cricketers would take themselves off to the golf course for a few hours to get away from it all. For better or worse, this is no longer the case. […]

Hansie Cronje cashes in and lenient sentences for Gibbs and Williams anger cricket world Peter Robinson Amid mounting speculation that South Africa faces suspension from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for its handling of the match-fixing scandal, it emerged this week that Hansie Cronje pocketed about R1-million for his exclusive interview with South African pay-TV […]

Ebrahim Harvey LEFTFIELD While some of its research and recommendations are useful, the report on the investigation into racism in the media, released last week by the Human Rights Commission, is in its theoretical, methodological and analytical approach badly flawed. However, the recommendation for legislation to govern the media will be a veritable legal, moral, […]

Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu remained tight-lipped about top-secret corruption investigations into his predecessor Mathews Phosa this week as the province’s latest financial scandal erupted. The new R120-million investment scandal was masterminded during Phosa’s reign but does not appear to be directly linked to the politician, who entered private business after being ousted from […]

Glenda Daniels For the first time in South Africa domestic workers will be given accredited training once a new research project about to be undertaken by the Ministry of Labour gets under way next week. The Department of Labour is doing research after it was approached by the South African Domestic Workers’ Union to upgrade […]

show again Deon Potgieter boxing Cassius Baloyi might be softly spoken but he’s no longer the “shy guy” of his nickname. He provided the most scintillating action in the last triple- world-title bill held at Carnival City in May and intends stealing the show again on Friday, September 1. Although his opponent this time round […]