A KWAZULU-NATAL mother is fighting for her life in a Durban hospital after she was almost ripped to pieces by two pitpull terriers on Friday. Janet Mngadi, 40, had to have both her arms amputated in emergency surgery after the attack. She also sustained severe facial injuries and is being kept on a ventilator in […]

THE South African National Parks has not taken a decision to cull any of its elephants, according to SANP chief executive Mavuso Msimang. Msimang was reacting to a report in Friday’s Mail & Guardian that the Kruger National Park is to propose culling between 400 and 1000 elephants a year over the next five years […]

JOHNNY Jooste, the man who allegedly shot and killed his wife and two children, as well as his wife’s three sisters and his brother-in-law last month, appeared briefly in the Ceres Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Magistrate Kobus Lombaard postponed the hearing to March 27 for further investigation and Jooste was remanded in custody.

FOUR of the five member of the Fisheries Transformation Council of the fisheries department have resigned over a pay dispute. Reports indicate that environmental affairs and tourism spokesperson Didi Moyle said a special audit of Marine and Coastal Management uncovered that members were being paid about R400 an hour, which exceeded the maximum R85 an […]

EMMANUEL GIROUD, Sambava | Monday 1.40pm FRENCH helicopters came to the aid of cyclone-hit Madagascar — where 22000 people are said to be in urgent need — flying missions on Monday to seek out isolated communities in the northeast. Pilots from the carrier Jeanne d’Arc were expected to start aid drops later on Monday or […]

VETERAN Springbok centre Danie Gerber failed to make his anticipated re-appearance in first-class rugby on Friday. Gerber, 41, assistant coach at Mpumalanga Pumas, was expected to play in a domestic match because several players were unavailable. But Gerber, who retired from international rugby in 1992 after scoring a then Springbok record 19 tries in 24 […]

HUNDREDS of thousands of women poured onto the streets of Morocco’s two main cities on Sunday for rival demonstrations over government plans to change the law on women’s rights. In Rabat, feminist groups and politicians from all government parties gathered in support of the plans to give women greater divorce rights, raise the minimum marriage […]

MPUMALANGA’S police anti-corruption unit has arrested 15 police officers and six other suspects since January on charges ranging from kidnapping to theft and fraud. Acting provincial police commissioner Denn Alberts said in a statement on Monday that the suspects included a former police director, clerk of the court, two police reservists and two civilians. ”Corrupt […]

OIL’S inexorable price rise appears finally to be peaking as producers prepare to release more supply onto thirsty markets. Highs above $30 a barrel this week should relent to a $22,59 full-year average for world benchmark Brent, according to a Reuters poll of 18 analysts and consultants. The 10 Opec members whose 4,3-million barrels per […]