AROUND 1000 children in eastern Kenya depend on camels to bring them library books. The Kenya National Library Service uses the camels to circulate books to five primary schools near Garissa, 400 km east of Nairobi. It is one of the most disadvantaged regions of the country. The majority of its inhabitants are ethnic Somali […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.00pm POPULAR Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is sitting on a tight ship. His ministry has reached its stated objectives in building economic policy credibility, it has enforced strict fiscal discipline, reigned in government spending to under 27% of GDP from nearly 29%, brought the Budget deficit to 2,6% of […]

THE 3000 South Africans suing British-based Cape for asbestos poisoning will appeal to Britain’s House of Lords on June 19 for their case to be heard in the UK, their South African legal representative Richard Spoor said on Monday. The victims, most of whom worked on Cape mines in Prieska in the Northern Cape and […]

DARREN SCHUETTLER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.45am. ANGLO American Platinum, the world’s biggest platinum producer, posted stellar earnings on Monday and expected red-hot platinum group metal prices to cool down when Russia resumes metal exports. Amplats reported an 82,7% increase in headline earnings to R2,57-billion ($408-million) for the year ended December 31. The company also posted […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Tuesday 10.55am. ENGLAND’S top cricketers will receive performance-related payments from this summer, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday. ECB chief executive Tim Lamb and chairman of selectors David Graveney said the shake-up of the pay structure is aimed at improving the results of the national team who […]

MOROKA Swallows’ woes continued on Sunday when they were beaten 3-1 by Santos in Premiership match at the Rand Stadium. Swallows will curse their luck after being 1-0 up in the early stages of the first half. Aaron Nkosi opened the score for Swallows when he headed home from a pass by Patrick Ningiza. Joseph […]

A MYSTERIOUS disease has killed hundreds of flamingos at Lake Nakuru and Bogoria National Parks, in Kenya’s Rift-Valley province, over the past few months. The Kenya Wildlife Service said the infection has greatly reduced the number of the famous coloured birds and warned they could be wiped out within the next few weeks if the […]

TWO Kenyan Members of Parliament were shot and seriously wounded in the capital Nairobi after a traffic accident, police said on Monday. Sammy Leshore, the ruling party’s chief whip, and his deputy Mohammed Shidiye were attacked on Sunday night after their vehicle was in a collision with a matatu, or passenger minibus. Police said that […]

A FIRE at a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya has destroyed 500 huts and left at least 3000 refugees without shelter. The cause of the fire, which erupted on Thursday at a UN refugee camp at Kakuma, 600 kilometers northwest of the capital Nairobi, has not yet been established. One witness, speaking on condition of […]