Aaron Nicodemus Reports that an Ebola-like virus was brought home by Zimbabwean soldiers are false, say the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Zimbabwe health officials. Dr Moudi Abdou, WHO representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, says the virus has been contained within the Congo, and that no new cases have appeared since April […]

Y Abba Omar Crossfire Being a public servant and, more importantly, being part of the government’s communication system, it is only when I came across the words of James Fallows that I felt encouraged to write this piece. Fallows wrote in Breaking the News: ”In response to suggestions that the press has failed to meet […]

leader The Griqua people have a long history of dispossession. Now, with political parties courting their vote, the y are asking some searching questions about themselves. John Matshikiza went looking for the people and their leaders A quiet drama unfolds in a small room in a building squashed between the police station and the Mary […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.30am. SUNDOWNS kept their hopes very much alive of retaining the Castle Premier League title when they outplayed AmaZulu 3-1 at the King’s Park Rugby Stadium in Durban on Wednesday night. Kaizer Chiefs must play Dynamos, and Sundowns have two games in hand to make up the six points separating […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Wednesday conferred the Order of Good Hope on visiting Saudi Arabian crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and chose the occasion to highlight South Africa’s hopes of a resumption in the Middle East peace process. The crown prince arrived in South Africa on Wednesday on a six-day official visit during which […]

IVORIAN and French firemen finally on Tuesday extinguished a fire which has been raging in an oil depot since last week in the capital Abidjan. Abidjan residents were surprised by the fire outbreak last Thursday afternoon by at the depot of Cote d’Ivoire’s Security Petrol Stock, located at the Vridi Industrial zone, where 30000 metric […]

BOTH government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of extreme human rights abuse. Revolutionary United Front rebels have committed “scores of atrocities” against civilians, according to a press release sent out on Monday by Human Rights Watch. The international human rights organisation based its charge on the testimonies of […]

INDIAN cricket star Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday attended the funeral here of his father, whose death forced the batsman to return home from the World Cup in Britain. Ramesh Tendulkar, 66, who died of heart attack on Tuesday, was cremated Thursday in a private ceremony. His son immediately flew home to Bombay, missing India’s match […]

THE Tunisian football officials arrested in Zambia at the weekend for allegedly trying to bribe a referee were charged with corruption on Tuesday. Club Sportif Sfaxien vice-president Yaiche Fakary and committee member Bouset Fadhi had their passports confiscated and must report to the anti-corruption commission in the central town of Ndola twice a week. The […]