SIX suspects detained in a police cell in the central Kenyan town of Thika died in unexplained circumstances on Monday and three others were hospitalised with injuries, state radio reported. The radio, which quoted a police representative, gave no further details on the deaths, but the local member of parliament Stephen Ndicho, who saw the […]
THE rand crashed to 9,31 to the dollar by Wednesday afternoon following the arrest of National Congress Chief Whip Tony Yengeni on a charge of corruption. Investment bank UBS Warburg trader Garth Adamini said: ”Everyone is sitting, looking at the rand weaken. ”There is no news in the market to explain the move other than […]
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Last weekend’s Ninth Annual Hilton Arts Festival above Pietermaritzburg saw more than 20 000 people through the gate, with droves of last posters queuing in the sun to dash in again for the better, very reasonably priced seats, writes Stephen Gray.
Got a relationship problem? Then let Maxwell, the sensual singer who has been dubbed "Soul Brother Number One", sort it out, writes Dom Phillips.
Johannesburg | Tuesday GERRY Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, arrived in Johannesburg on Monday to seek assistance for the Northern Ireland peace process, state radio SABC reported. “I’m hopeful that as we come to take advice, we listen and we learn the lessons of your experience and […]
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki called on Japan on Monday to play a greater role in development of the African continent through links with his country. In a meeting hours after his arrival on a three-day visit, Mbeki also agreed with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to join hands in fighting terrorism. “Japan is fulfilling […]
Nelspruit, Washington | Tuesday The Washington Post has waded into the debate surrounding the Aids pandemic, highlighting the ANC’s resistance to wide-scale distribution of anti-retrovirals. In a scathing report, the newspaper quoted an open letter written by Rhoda Kadalie, a former anti-apartheid activist and now executive director of the Impumelelo trust in South Africa. “People […]
PUBLIC school teachers in Angola went on an open-ended strike on Monday to demand an increase in salaries in line with inflation, the teachers’ union said. The strike affects primary and secondary schools, as well as university. Inflation was at 49,5% in the first half of 2001, according to the finance ministry. The teachers’ union […]
GRIFFIN SHEA, Harare | Tuesday ZIMBABWE’S Supreme Court on Tuesday told President Robert Mugabe’s government to go ahead with plans to hand white-owned farms over to the black majority, in a turnaround that farmers called unprecedented. The interim ruling reversed an order issued in November, which had found Mugabe’s land reforms unconstitutional and told police […]