THREE Mpumalanga politicians have accused the Sunday World newspaper of attempting to drum up support for embattled Premier Mathews Phosa and are suing it for R1,5-million. The politicians contend in a strongly worded letter of demand that Sunday World deliberately smeared and defamed them while attempting to boost Phosa’s campaign to remain in power. Provincial […]
MORE than 5000 women are brutalised in Africa every day, according to leading African human rights activist Mary Okumu of the Nairobi-based Africa el Taller. The most common forms of violence include wife battering, sexual harassment, forced marriage, rape and female genital mutilation. In South Africa, one in every three women are battered by their […]
FOUR Zimbabwean soldiers are confirmed killed and 32 others injured in an accidental explosion at a military engineering camp in the capital Harare on Monday, an army spokesman said Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ben Ncube said that of the surviving 32, several are in critical conditions with one still in intensive care. Ncube said the blast […]
THE Organisation of African Unity committee on conflict resolution and states of the Indian Ocean region met Tuesday in Maputo to examine the situation in the Comoros after the 30 April coup d’etat and an agreement reached in Antananarivo 23 April aimed at solving the country’s crisis. The participants vehemently condemned the coup and called […]
WALLABY winger Ben Tune was on Tuesday named in Queensland’s Super 12 side to play the Cats on Saturday despite the Australian team doctor’s recommendation that he be rested for at least a month. Tune is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Queensland and Australian officials who both want him for their respective campaigns. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 11.00am. NORTHERN Bulls skipper Schutte Bekker has been ruled out of rugby for at least six weeks after collapsing during a training session on Tuesday. The 27-year-old loose-forward was diagnosed as having a heart condition brought on while training under the after-affects of a bout of influenza. He was detained […]
ENGLAND have turned into one of the toughest teams in world cricket under their captain Alec Stewart, according to South African fast bowler Allan Donald. ”Alec Stewart has turned England into one of the most aggressive teams I have played against, far more so than they were under (former captain) Mike Atherton,” Donald wrote in […]
ILLEGAL immigrants trying to sneak into the Northern Province may soon find themselves up against German-style security measures after provincial police called in border control experts from the state of Saxony. Provincial safety and security MEC Seth Nthai said on Monday the province has signed a cooperation agreement with Saxony to tap into its expertise […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Tuesday 1.45pm. FUEL shortages struck Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos on Tuesday, paralysing business and social activities. Officials have responded by calling the scarcities artificial. Officials blamed the shortages on panic buying resulting from a rumour that oil unions will join a public sector strike in Nigeria. Many workers were stranded at […]
BURUNDIAN president Pierre Buyoya on Saturday announced in a Labour Day speech in Bujumbura the reduction by half of citizens’ contributions to the National Solidarity Fund. All civil servants have contributed 6% of their monthly salaries while farmers and craftsmen gave 1,000 Burundian francs yearly to the fund as part of Burundi’s “war effort” since […]