REUSABLE needles used for a national treatment campaign in Egypt decades ago are the cause of the high number of liver disease cases in the country today, researchers said. hundreds of thousands of Egyptians received injections for a common but serious disease called schistosomiasis, which is caused by a parasite in the blood, from the […]

Steven Friedman WORM’S EYE VIEW This week’s Human Rights Commission hearings could influence our economic growth prospects as much as last month’s budget. We can have no growth without investment – but the way we handle politics and government may do as much as economic policies, if not more, to shape whether people invest. The […]

Thebe Mabanga IN YOUR EAR Gauteng youth station Yfm 99.2 has broken new ground by setting up an exchange programme with a foreign broadcaster. The two-year-old music station has linked up with Rythm 93.7 fm of Nigeria to exchange expertise in areas of management, news and information presentation, and music content. Rythm is a two-year-old […]

Desmond Balmer An innovative marine park on a small Tanzanian island that can accommodate only 14 guests at a time was last month declared the global winner of the British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. Chumbe Island Coral Park, in an idyllic setting south- west of Zanzibar Town, was chosen as the winner ahead of […]

Mercedes Sayagues Zimbabwe’s farm invasions over the past two weeks have peaked at more than 330 countrywide. In some provinces, the wave is ebbing, and squatters are leaving. But not in Mashonaland Central, where they vow to stay until the parliamentary elections in April. “We will whip Dabengwa,” boasted a war veteran, haranguing a few […]

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accused ex-rebel leader Foday Sankoh of hampering peace in Sierra Leone. Annan, in a report to the Security Council, said Sankoh and his Revolutionary United Front (RUF), although now part of the government, were hostile to U.N. peacekeepers and contributed to rising tensions in the tiny Western African nation.

BAFANA Bafana will meet Mauritius on April 29, instead og April 1, in a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship first-round match. The match has been rescheduled due to date clashes with first-round, second-leg matches in the African Champions League, Cup Winners Cup and CAF Cup.

AUTHORITIES in Cameroon have questioned three radio station workers over a broadcast which allegedly criticised the country’s human rights record, leaked security service reports say. The reports said the three were questioned over a broadcast entitled “Refugees in France and Britain” which included interviews with English-speaking separatists living abroad who accused President Paul Biya’s government […]

KAIZER Chiefs deadlocked 1-1 with Jomo Cosmos in their PSL match at the Johannesburg Stadium on Wednesday night. Cosmos’ Mozambican star Manuel “Tico Tico” Bucuane played a stunning game and was the catalyst for a wonderful equaliser in the 71st minute. Chiefs drew first blood in the 42nd minute when Siyabonga Nomvete scored from the […]

SOME 63% of Zimbabweans want a change of government and 65% want President Robert Mugabe to step down, according to an opinion poll released in Harare on Friday. The poll was conducted ahead of parliamentary elections next month by Probe Market Research, which is linked to Gallup International, on behalf of South Africa’s Helen Suzman […]