Mercedes Sayagues Rufaro stadium erupted in a deafening cheer when opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda arrived at the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) final campaign rally in Harare last Sunday. In an impressive show of strength, the MDC filled up 80% of the 40 000-seat stadium, where the trade union-based party was launched […]
A border war is now the most serious threat to peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo Gregory Mthembu-Salter The main flashpoints in the Democratic Republic of Congo are Kisangani in North Kivu – where Rwandan and Ugandan forces are disengaging after a battle two weeks ago that left hundreds dead – and Mbandaka in […]
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LIBYA has welcomed a decision by the United States government to cease classifying Libya and six other countries as “rogue states”. The United States earlier this week dropped the use of the term “rogue state” from its foreign policy lexicon in favor of the broader categorization “state of concern”. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.30pm. THE UN Security Council and ministers of six West African states have discussed putting Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh on trial, but they disagree about the scope of the charges. Speaking to journalists, the ministers recalled that Sankoh was amnestied under a peace agreement signed last year for […]
EGYPTIAN archeologists have discovered two limestone tombs modeled on the design of the Great Pyramids of Giza. They were built by the builders of the pyramids for themselves and not for the kings, but the authorities did not say if their mummified bodies were found inside them. “The two tombs were conceived on the inside […]
THE South African Chamber of Business has approved a proposal that the organisation merge with the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce Nafcoc. The merger has been negotiated over the past six months. The agreement is however seen as a stab in the back of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut which had its eyes on uniting with […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Wednesday 5.45pm. THE South African cricket squad gathered in Durban on Wednesday to prepare for their upcoming three-nation tour, as their sacked captain was being grilled at the King Commission inquiry into corruption in Cape Town. The squad, now captained by Shaun Pollock, leave next Friday to travel to Sri Lanka, […]
AXED cricket captain Hansie Cronje had accumulated a considerable personal fortune from professional cricket, and hardly need to accept the lure of easy bribe money. Cronje on Wednesday told the King Commission he estimated he had earned some R9 million in sponsorships and endorsements since 1995, in addition to the salary he earned from the […]
HANSIE Cronje has admitted to leaving an amount of R3000 he received for providing forecasts out of his testimony on Thursday, saying that it was an oversight because it was made late at night and that he was “not in a good state.” Cronje told the Commission that he “struck up a relationship” with Marlon […]