FORMER Agriculture Minister Derick Hanekom and his wife, Patricia, were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for supplying classified information and arms to the African National Congress during the liberation struggle. The commission’s amnesty committee said in a statement on Friday that the Hanekoms were granted amnesty for passing on classified information […]
PRESIDENT Fredrick Chiluba has retired police chief Francis Ndhlovu, who has been accused of torturing coup plot suspects and failing to curb rising crime. The state-run Times of Zambia said Chiluba had replaced Ndhlovu as inspector general of police with his deputy, Silas Ngangula. Last month, a group of human rights organisations staged a demonstration […]
A CESSNA 414 light aircraft carrying five people, including South Africans, has been missing over Botswana since Wednesday. Three Botswana Defence Force and two civilian aircraft have been searching for the plane since it failed to arrive at its destination, the northern town of Maun, on Wednesday. The eight-seater light twin-engine aircraft, carrying five passengers, […]
THERE has been yet another bus crash. Four people died and 46 were injured after a bus overturned and rolled outside Aliwal North on Friday. Police said three passengers died at the scene and another person died later at Aliwal North Hospital. The bus, which was travelling from Johannesburg to Umtata, overturned after the right […]
LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Harare | Friday 7.00pm MORE white-owned farms in Zimbabwe were invaded by thousands of independence war veterans on Friday after President Robert Mugabe appeared to give them the go-ahead, farm leaders say. “New farms have been invaded, making a total of 142 — double the number yesterday,” said David Hasluck, director of the […]
THE European Union on Thursday said critics of the West’s response to the flood disaster in Mozambique have it wrong, as the EU had quickly committed millions of dollars in relief funding. Michael Laidler, EU ambassador to South Africa, insists the European Commission donated around 800000 dollars for immediate relief for flood victims within four […]
DAWIE du Toit is struggling with injury and will be replaced at fullback by centre Piet Matthys when the Gauteng Falcons play Griquas in a Vodacom Cup match at the Bosman Stadium on Saturday. Matthys’ place in the midfield is taken by Eugene Meyer, who has been released from Super 12 duty to play. The […]
SOUTH-Western Districts’ Eagles play the Sharks at home in George on Saturday in a match that prmises thrills-aplenty. The Eagles have named their team for the encounter. Eagles team: Manie du Toit, Wayne Munn, Rudi Keil, Jacques Juries, Dominic Malan, John Cooper, Johan Kapp (Cap), Lodewyk Hattingh, Denzil Frans, Drickus Hancke, Dean Twigg, Vaatjie Nell, […]
DEFENCE chiefs from the 14-nation Southern African Development Community began a two-day meeting in Harare on Thursday to review the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zimbabwe’s Defence Minister Moven Mahachi told the opening session that the meeting will map out strategies on the best way forward in the search for permanent peace in […]
SENEGALESE President Abdou Diouf, of the Socialist Party, has won the first round of the presidential election with 41,33% of the vote, according to official, but provisional, figures released on Thursday. His main opposition rival Abdoulaye Wade garnered 30,97% of Sunday’s vote. According to the provisional figures, published by Dakar’s Court of Appeal, incumbent president […]