FIERCE fighting was reported on Wednesday in Angola’s northern Vije province, where UNITA rebels have taken the Ambuila district. According to humanitarian aid sources, clashes in the region have intensified since the end of last month in western and southwestern parts of the province. Aid workers say delivering relief to victims of the fighting is […]
BRYAN PEARSON, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00pm. THREE opposition parties in the Western Cape agreed Wednesday to form a coalition and said the ANC — which won the provincial election last week — could join them or be excluded from the provincial government. However, the New National Party, Democratic Party and the African Christian Democratic […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Edgbaston | Tuesday 12.25pm THURSDAY’S clash between South Africa and New Zealand will produce an interesting player head-to-head. Among them are: Geoff Allott vs Gary Kirsten Left-arm seamer Allott, once dropped because he was regarded as overweight and unfit, is the surprise top wicket-taker in the World Cup with a record-equalling 18 victims. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00am. THE Beka provident fund was ordered by the Pension Funds adjudicator on Tuesday to change its rules to accommodate homosexual relationships, and to give a pension to the partner of one of its deceased members. The Gay and Lesbian Legal Advice Centre, which has been representing the new beneficiary, […]
THE Angolan army is to keep its troops in the Congo Republic to help maintain stability in the region, its commander in the Central African nation said in a newspaper interview on Tuesday. General Sanjar Nelumba told the Congolese weekly, Le Pays, a withdrawal would allow the Angolan rebel group Unita to slip back into […]
THE New National Party, the Democratic Party and, in most likelihood, the African Christian Democratic Party are in discussions on Tuesday on the future leadership of the Western Cape. Marianne Merten reports that sources in the NNP told ZA*NOW that negotiations are at an “advanced stage” and an announcement is expected later in the day. […]
BRYAN PEARSON, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.30pm. OUTGOING President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday concluded his final cabinet meeting before his retirement next week with an emotional address to his ministers and deputy ministers. “The meeting was businesslike … but towards the end it became quite emotional,” chief government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe said after the four-hour cabinet […]
THE son of a prominent Pagad member has died after being shot while playing soccer in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on Sunday. Moegamat Heuwel (17), son of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs member Abdul Heuwel, died in Groote Schuur Hospital early on Wednesday morning. He was shot four times, in the head and body, by […]
A 65-YEAR-OLD Northern Province woman was arrested on Monday for cutting out one of her 27-year-old son’s testicles for muti. The woman, from Cunningmoore village 60km from Bushbuckridge, was arrested with three other suspects after they evaded police for two days. The other suspects are two men, aged 22 and 23, and a woman of […]
MORE than 60 people are feared drowned after their overloaded boat sank on Ghana’s sprawling Volta Lake at the weekend, police in Accra said on Tuesday. The accident happened some 500km northeast of the capital. Some 25 passengers who survived and swam to safety told police that the boat, which sank in high winds on […]