An operation to separate a pair of eight-month-old conjoined Tanzanian twins is to be performed at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital this week, the hospital said on Monday. Hospital spokeswoman Diana Ross said the operation on Stella and Esther Alphonce had been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday but this date still had to be confirmed. This […]
NEW Zealand Soccer (NZS) will apologise for Charlie Dempsey’s failure to vote in the deciding ballot for the 2006 World Cup, with a ”special” apology for South Africa. ”We will write, today, to all countries associated with FIFA, explaining New Zealand Soccer’s position because I think New Zealand Soccer’s taken too much of the brunt […]
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There is really no time left in which to dodge around the truth. South Africa has reimposed the death sentence. Once a world leader in judicial executions – until the moratorium of 1989 put a stop to hangings – the new South African government has brought back executive killing with a harsh vengeance. But this […]
Street traders involved in a high court case with members of two Durban mosques claim the worshippers themselves are often guilty of impairing the dignity of the places of worship Paul Kirk Worshippers at the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere have been accused of using prayer meetings as convenient opportunities to settle old scores […]
Gavin Foster MOTORCYCLING Five-time world motorcycle champion Joey Dunlop was killed during an international race at Tallinn in Estonia last week. The 48-year-old Dunlop died instantly when he slid off the rain-drenched track and hit a tree while leading during the second lap of the 125cc race on his works Honda. Dunlop was untouchable on […]
Marianne Merten A key suspect behind the Cape transport conflict is a known taxi strongman who escaped trial in 1998 for multiple attempted murders and assaults after one witness was killed and others refused to testify. This had been the 13th time since 1993 that charges against Victor Sam, then secretary gene-ral of the Cape […]
Ilana Gordon LIFESTYLE They lie in wait at every traffic light. A veritable cocktail of vendors selling an astonishing array of bizarre Made-in-China trinkets. Exactly what are those round plastic things with the pegs attached? It’s either a state-of-the-art mobile for kids, or something to hang your little laundry bits on. My personal favourite is […]
Some members of the NNP have expressed doubts about the DP’s approach to opposition Jaspreet Kindra Senior New National Party leader Renier Schoeman is on a roadshow in KwaZulu-Natal this week trying to quell the fears of members who remain sceptical of the alliance with the Democratic Party. Sources say Schoeman, executive director of the […]