THE Department of Home Affairs has announced it will open its offices around the country every day until the election next Wednesday to allow registered voters to collect identity documents. The department said in a statement that all its offices will be open from 8am to 4pm from Monday until June 2.
THE United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Friday sentenced Clement Kayishema to life in prison and Obed Ruzindana to 25 years’ jail for genocide during Rwanda’s 1994 civil war. The tribunal, which sits in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, found the two men had jointly directed Hutu militiamen to kill Tutsi men, […]
THE Sea Fisheries Officials at Gansbaai in the Southern Cape on Monday warned the public not to eat potentially poisonous shell fish which has washed out onto the beaches. SABC radio news reports that Sea Fisheries spokesman Stanley Dramat said it is unclear what caused the washout of shell fish, which included starfish, abalone and […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control of his government issue Mercedes Benz and rolled the vehicle while on his way home.Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs on the Beatlaan Road in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.00pm LAST apartheid president F.W. De Klerk’s challenge to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will get a brief airing in the Cape High Court on Tuesday, his lawyer said. De Klerk will not have to appear and the matter will immediately be postponed to a date still to […]
THE Department of Agriculture said at the weekend that it will not issues permits for the movement and slaughter of baboons to an abattoir on which construction was due to begin on Monday. Department concultant Dr Hym Ebedes said that as a result, the abattoir is unlikely to get off the ground. He added that […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control and rolled his government issue Mercedes Benz. Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs.Mthembu was alone in the car and no other vehicles were involved in […]
ALAN Boesak, disgraced former anti-apartheid cleric, on Monday makes his first important appeal against his six-month jail sentence. Boesak and his legal team have until Monday afternoon to submit their final legal documentation on the plea on four counts of fraud and theft. A senior clerk at the appellate division in Cape Town, Amanda Gouws, […]
LAWRENCE Dallaglio, captain of England’s rugby side, is quoted in the British tabloid News of the World saying he used to deal in drugs, and that he and unnamed England teammates celebrated the Lions’ 1997 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa with Ecstasy and cocaine. The Rugby Football Union has issued a statement saying […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rally for Congolese Democracy, has chosen Dr Emile Ilunga as its new chairman, replacing Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba who was ousted on Sunday night. Both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America reported yesterday that Dr Ilunga, a medical doctor from […]