SWAZILAND will ban mini-skirts in schools to try to halt the spread of Aids. The Swazi government claims that schoolgirls with short skirts entice male teachers into relationships. At least one quarter of the Swazi population is infected with HIV. “The ban will go into effect next year and schoolgirls 10 years and older will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, ELLIS MNYANDU and SAPA, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.30am. South African Telecoms Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and favoured cellular licence bidder Cell C have slammed a Hong Kong-backed group in court for trying to delay the awarding of the country’s third mobile phone licence. In papers presented to Pretoria’s High Court yesterday, the minister’s lawyers […]
KENYA’S government has removed a list of corrupt politicians from a parliamentary report on graft, after winning a rowdy vote in the assembly. The “list of shame”, published in May, linked some of President Daniel arap Moi’s closest aides and relatives to corruption and scandal. Vice-President George Saitoti and cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott had been […]
ASBESTOSIS victims in South Africa are ready to take the British based mining company, Cape PLC, to the International Court of Justice should they not be granted the opportunity to sue the company in British courts. Northern Province health MEC Sello Moloto made the statement during a report back meeting held at Ga-Mathabatha near Lebowakgomo […]
THE United States plans to offer sub-Saharan Africa $1bn in annual loans to pay for American Aids drugs and medical services, a US newspaper reported. The loan programme is to be offered through the Export-Import Bank, an independent government agency financed by the US congress. The bank plans to make the loans available to 24 […]
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Russian born teen tennis star, Anna Kournikova, has gotten herself into a life-threatening situation after a catty remark aimed at British model and actress, Elizabeth Hurley.
REPRESENTATIVES of southern African countries will meet for eight days from Wednesday to discuss co-operation on cultural issues, Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Brigitte Mabandla said on Tuesday. Mabandla said she hoped the Southern African Development Community ministers and officials would look at arts and culture as a means to unify the region, although member […]
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Parks Mankahlana will know in six to eight weeks if he is the father of an eight-year-old boy who lives in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. Mankahlana, the boy and his mother had blood drawn for a paternity test at pathologists Du Buisson & Partners in Nelspruit on Monday morning. Pathologist Dr David Toerien confirmed that […]
Philippine negotiators are pressing Muslim gunmen to free the remaining 38 hostages including two South Africans, after the release of an ailing German hostage. Renate Wallert is now back in her hometown of Goettingen, in central Germany. “We hope her freedom would lead to more releases,” President Joseph Estrada’s chief aide, executive secretary, Ronaldo Zamora […]