Staff Reporter
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/ 9 March 2007

AU: Poverty and disease affect development

A vicious circle of poverty and disease is placing a huge burden on development in Africa, the African Union commissioner for social affairs said on Friday. Bience Gawanas was speaking at a meeting of the national health council in Sandton. She said a vicious circle existed in which poverty drove up the burden of diseases while ill-health contributed to poverty.

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/ 9 March 2007

Mistakes in FBI use of power to get records

The FBI improperly obtained credit reports and other information on individuals through errors in using its power to investigate terrorism or espionage suspects, the Washington Post reported. The findings prompted an ”incensed” Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to order the FBI to place new safeguards over its use of so-called national-security letters

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/ 9 March 2007

Mugabe purges security forces

Zimbabwe’s national intelligence agency on Monday began deploying its secret agents within the army and police to purge officers suspected of backing opposition plans to revolt against the government. Central Intelligence Organisation Director General Happyton Bonyongwe expressed concern over the leakage of sensitive information to the opposition.

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/ 9 March 2007

Court rules Staaldraad video not for public viewing

Video footage showing South Africa’s best-loved rugby players naked, tired, scared and embarrassed violates their right to privacy and dignity and is not for public viewing, the Pretoria High Court ruled on Friday. Judge Pierre Rabie interdicted the organisers of the infamous 2003 Springbok boot camp, Kamp Staaldraad, from publishing or distributing a DVD about the camp.