PAN Africanist Congress secretary general Ngila Muendane told SABC TV news on Wednesday that he was unaware of his apparent removal from the party’s National Assembly list. Muendane told the station: “I don’t know what is happening … I’m just hearing it from you.” He had been number three on the party’s parliamentary list, but […]
ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Egypt’s Western Desert have discovered a huge cemetery, so far uncovering 200 mummies including some of the wealthy and powerful of 3000 years ago. The cemetery, which dates back to the early Greco-Roman era, is believed to contain more than 10000 mummies, making it the biggest ever uncovered. The site, 300kms southwest of […]
IN an innings alternating style with savagery, Australian opener Mark Waugh struck 104 from 120 balls with 13 boundaries as his team beat Zimbabwe by 44 runs. The elegant right-hander, who signalled a return to his best with 83 against India on Friday, mixed finesse with power as he enthralled a packed Lord’s. Waugh became […]
NIGERIA’S President Olusegun Obasanjo plans to visit the scene of heavy intercommunal fighting in the troubled southern oil town of Warri on Friday. The centre of Warri, a key hub in the multimillion dollar Nigerian oil industry, has been devastated by intercommunal clashes in recent days and Obasanjo’s visit is seen as vital to hopes […]
UGANDAN coffee exports grew by 12 percent in the past financial year due primarily to good weather, earning the country over $300-million. According to a finance ministry report issued on Thursday, Uganda exported 214060 tons of coffee in 3,6-million bags of 60kgs each, up from the last financial year’s 172_ 438 tons (2,9-million bags), which […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 4.00pm MPs on Monday unanimously chose African National Congress leader Thabo Mbeki to take over from Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa. The announcement, by Constitutional Court president Arthur Chaskalson, that he had been elected unopposed was greeted with a roar of applause and a standing ovation from […]
AT least 57 more people have died as an outbreak of a virulent strain of highland malaria spreads in southwestern Kenya. A clinical officer at Kilkoris government hospital, says another 30000 people have been affected by the disease in the remote Transmara district, about 240 kms west of Nairobi. A reporter who visited the region […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 9.30am POLICE and army troops have been redeployed to the volatile Cape Flats after a weekend of gang-related fighting that left 19 people injured and two dead. On Monday morning three-year-old Chantien Veldsman, the daughter of slain Cape Flats gang leader Glen Kahn, is in a critical condition in […]
AUSTRALIAN star leg spinner Shane Warne could be driven from the game by unrelenting media attacks, according to cricket World Cup skipper Steve Waugh. Waugh, speaking before Sunday’s clash with South Africa, said: “Shane’s under a lot of pressure and is copping a lot of stick from back home in the press. “I’m really not […]
SENIOR Western Cape intelligence officer Senior Superintendent Jeremy Veary has started grievance procedures against National Police Commissioner George Fivaz in the battle for the job of provincial intelligence boss. The position went to Senior Superintendent Attie Trollip, who from May 1 was promoted to director in line with the appointment, despite Veary being named as […]