The Independent Democrat’s former Western Cape leader Lennit Max and his lawyer walked out of his disciplinary hearing in Cape Town on Friday. The walk-out came after independent presiding officer Sarah Christie refused to adjourn proceedings for Max to bring a high court application for a Christie’s recusal.
A domestic worker was threatened with a snake while five masked robbers ransacked her employer’s house in Honeydew, north of Johannesburg on Thursday, police said. Inspector Yolande Bouwer said on Friday R90 000 worth of household goods including a TV set, a hi-fi, DVD player, jewellery and clothes were stolen.
John Smit says he, Os du Randt and Eddie Andrews had the beating of France in Durban last weekend. And who are we to doubt the Springbok skipper? He was right there in the middle, after all. What is a little hard to swallow is that most of us watching the game could see quite clearly that this was patently not the case.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United are guaranteed to avoid the most powerful sides in Europe should they all reach the group stage of the Champions League. Uefa this week confirmed the club coefficients which are used to calculate each side’s seeding in Europe’s elite club competition.
Ethiopian federal police confirmed on Friday the release of 2 665 people detained during week-long disturbances in Addis Ababa against alleged fraud in the May 15 general elections. At least 36 people were killed by police gunfire during the violent clashes, which the government said were instigated by the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy.
Drugs alone will not help Africa beat HIV/Aids, one of the scientists who discovered the virus that causes the disease said on Thursday at an African business summit. Robert Gallo said merely providing drugs to countries battling HIV/Aids ”is not scientifically sound” and that it will give rise to multi-drug resistant strains.
Economists have warned that the recent extension of targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe by the European Union (EU) is likely to further isolate an already weak economy. Deputy information minister Bright Matonga said that the government was unperturbed by the EU decision.
The JSE Securities Exchange was weaker at noon on Friday, with a sizzling oil price burning global bourses. Higher bullion price lent sheen to gold stocks, however. At noon, the all share and all share industrial indices were both down 0,62%. The financial and banks indices had fallen 0,83% and 1,53% respectively.
Zuma’s jackboot bulldozing President Thabo Mbeki had no choice but to dismiss Jacob Zuma. Right? Wrong! There were several alternatives to deal with a man with struggle credentials second to none and a more affable personality than any other in government. As deputy president, he deserved to be treated with dignity befitting his status, not […]
A United States man has sold a water-stained piece of plaster from his bathroom wall that bears an uncanny resemblance to the image of Jesus Christ for almost  000 on eBay. The image appeared to Jeffrey Rigo (30) as he stepped out of the shower on June 11, prompting him to cut the plaster piece from his wall and put it up for bids on the auction portal.