GUNMEN shot dead a grandmother, mother, teenager and baby, all from the same family, near Pomery in KwaZulu-Natal province at the weekend, police said on Monday. The killers then burnt down the Ndlovu family’s rural homestead. Police believe the massacre was in revenge for the killing of a traditional chief, also from the Ndlovu family, […]
THE Jewish Board of Deputies in the United Kingdom is investigating complaints that an exhibition by leading South African artist, William Kentridge, is anti-Semitic. Offence has reportedly been caused by some of the animated films which form the focus of the exhibition and depict characters called Soho Eckstein and Felix Teitelbaum. Kentridge, himself a Jew, […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is to honour his director-general Jakes Gerwel and Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan, for their efforts in mediating an end to the Lockerbie dispute, his office said on Saturday. The two men will receive special awards at a lunch hosted by Mandela in Cape Town on Tuesday, an […]
PEACE talks between leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and rebels which were scheduled to take place in Nairobi later this week have been postponed, Kenya’s foreign ministry said on Monday.”The proposed national debate for the Democratic Republic of Congo scheduled to take place in Nairobi in mid-May has been postponed to early June, […]
SIERRA Leone’s rebel movement will deliver its peace proposals to the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman in Lome said. “We will be delivering our document to Togo’s President Gnassingbe Eyadema tomorrow, who will then likely hand it over to the Sierra Leone government,” said Omrie […]
EGYPT announced on Thursday it is to impose a 30% duty on sugar imports to protect the local industry against dumping and declining world prices. Public Enterprise Minister Atef Ebeid said the price of one ton of imported sugar plunged from $434 in 1997 to $160. Importers took advantage of the low prices to hoard […]
THE Bank of Uganda on Wednesday blamed “speculators” for the free-fall of the shilling, after its efforts to shore up the currency by selling $25,6-million failed to halt the slide. On Wednesday the dollar bought 1535 shillings and was selling for 1570 shillings. BOU spokesman Walugembe Musoke said speculators are creating abnormal demands on the […]
JONTY Rhodes is due to help South Africa wade through English county sides in preparation for the upcoming World Cup. REturning from a slight strain, Rhodes helped SA roll over Kent, and captain Hansie Cronje doesn’t see Middlesex as too much of a threat. The SA skipper does think it will be tougher than the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bissau | Monday 6.00pm. GUINEA-Bissau’s small port capital calmed down on Sunday after post-coup clashes between military junta forces and backers of the toppled head of state killed at least six people. Troops patrolled the city where the main Bandim market and stores were open, while the radio of victorious forces headed by […]
A JOINT team of the Heath Special Investigative Unit, the Public Protector and the Auditor-General on Monday began investigating allegations of corruption against the Gauteng housing department. Officials from the three units, as well senior members of the housing department, addressed a Johannesburg press conference to announce to start of the investigation. This followed the […]