SIX African stowaways were found dead in the hold of a Liberian cargo ship that docked at the northern Brazil port of Ilheus on Friday. A seventh stowaway was found alive. The vessel had sailed from the Cote d’Ivoire capital Abidjan ten days ago with a cargo of cocoa. Police says the unidentifed men probably […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lome | Monday 12.25pm DEPOSED Cte d’Ivoire president Henri Konan Bedie left early on Monday for Paris from the Togo capital Lome, where he fled into exile last week, on board Togo’s presidential plane, witnesses said. Bedie, who was ousted in a coup on December 24, was accompanied by members of his family […]

AN engineer employed in Somalia by the aid agency CARE International was shot dead in an ambush on Sunday night while driving north of Mogadishu to check on rehabilitation projects. Shueb Mohamed Hussein was ambushed by members of the Abgal clan, who later returned his vehicle, marked with CARE International stickers. Abgal leader Imam Mohamud […]

AT least 160 children lost their parents at two beaches over the New Year’s weekend, police said in a radio report on Sunday. About 150 children, aged between two and 10, were at a shelter in Durban after losing contact with their parents on packed beaches, police told SABC public radio. In East London, police […]

THE holiday road death toll is nearing the 800-mark. A total of 788 people died in 552 accidents since December 1, the Arrive Alive campaign announced. Of these 356 were passengers, 226 pedestrians and 356 drivers. In KwaZulu-Natal 118 people were killed in accidents, in the Free State 108, in the Eastern Cape 104 and […]

CRUSADING journalist, Donald Woods, has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s New Years honours list for services to human rights. Woods’s association with Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko was documented in the film Cry Freedom and he has remained in contact with the family through the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 12.45pm. SOUTH Africa retain their place in the top 10 African Football Nations, but Morocco are the kings of the African game, ending the year where they began it – on top of the African rankings compiled by FIFA. Morocco were unbeaten against African opposition during 1999 under French […]

THE president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Yomi Adeyemi Wilson, has rescinded his decision to quit his post. Wilson resigned last week, claiming pressure at his day job at US oil giants ExxonMobil as reason for the decision. “I am back as the president of the AFN,” Wilson said at the end of […]

PAGAD national co-ordinator Abdus Salaam Ebrahim, together with his wife Zanie and two other unnamed Pagad members will remain behind bars until Tuesday. Ebrahim was arrested in a dawn raid on his home on Wednesday for, amongst other things, the 1996 lynching of Cape Flats gangster Rashaad Staggie. His wife Zanie was arrested for allegedly […]

THE foreign ministry on Friday praised outgoing Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who resigned on Friday, for leaving a legacy of democracy. “Yeltsin leaves a legacy of democratic governance which is indicative of the progress that humanity is making,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. “President [Thabo] Mbeki has fond memories of his visit to […]