LIBYA warned Seoul on Thursday that South Korean companies operating in the North African country will be expelled if the government does not back off from supporting United States attacks on Iraq. Libya’s official news agency Jana reported that, “South Korea…must know that its companies operating in the Arab states would be expelled in case […]
SIERRA Leonean Finance Minister James Jonah said on Thursday said that Nigerian-led Ecomog troops are in control of all strategic points in the capital, Freetown, a day after rebels stormed the city. “All the major strategic points are fully under Ecomog control, including the Wilberforce barracks [Ecomog HQ],” Jonah said. “The rebels never made a […]
THE Zambian state has closed its case in the trial of 77 soldiers charged with treason over a coup attempt against President Frederick Chiluba in October 1997, defence lawyers said on Wednesday. “The state closed its case on Tuesday, and we are now trying to have some of the detainees released because some of them […]
AN officer of the police VIP protection unit and bodyguard to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki appeared in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday charged with murder. Sergeant Evans Modise (33) was released on R1000 bail and the case was postponed to January 21. Modise was arrested after Samuel Baloyi was beaten to death on New […]
POLICE have arrested a suspect in connection with Monday’s fatal attack on a police van transporting prisoners in Soweto. Spokesperson Captain Sipho Ngubane said on Wednesday a 30-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday morning in Emndeni, Soweto. A handgun and a BMW car, believed to have been used in the attack, were seized. The suspect […]
ONE in three South African teenage girls are victims of sexual abuse, according to a study published on Thursday by the Community Information Empowerment and Transparency organisation. Of the victims, two out of three had never previously spoken of the abuse, the study of 1500 teenagers between 14 and 18 and from a cross-section of […]
MPUMALANGA’S provincial director general, Frank Mbatha, has resigned and will leave his post on January 15. The province has not yet begun interviewing a successor to the post, one of the most powerful in the administration. Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa’s spokesperson, Oupa Pilane, confirmed the resignation on Wednesday. Mbatha stressed that his resignation was voluntary […]
ZAMBIA’S National Roads Board has released 25-billion kwacha for road upgrading projects in Kitwe and Ndola regions. The project marks the beginning of phase one of the World Bank-sponsored road rehabilitation project. NRB chairman Raymond Jhala said on Tuesday that successful bidders will start construction in March this year. 05
FIFA on Monday suspended Cameroon from all international competition for an indefinite period following a ticketing scandal which surfaced at the World Cup in France.”FIFA is forced to suspend the Cameroon Federation (Fecafoot) with immediate effect and for an indefinite period,” FIFA said in a statement.FIFA accuses Fecafoot of not applying an emergency plan to […]
THE outbreak of cholera in Mozambique which began in late November in northern Cabo Delgado province, has reached the central province of Manica. The first case was diagnosed on December 29. The local Noticias newspaper reported on Tuesday that the five cases identified so far are all from the locality of Vanduzi, although no deaths […]