The South African government criticised Australia on Friday for issuing a ”generalised” public warning about possible terror attacks in SA, without using normal diplomatic channels.
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/ 13 December 2002
Supporters stood at attention and sang the old Transvaal Republic’s anthem as eight alleged rightwingers appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday afternoon on charges of high treason, terrorism, and sabotage.
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/ 12 December 2002
American President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are using ”pretext upon pretext” to bring about a regime change in Iraq, says former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda.
South African detectives arrested six directors of Krion Financial Services — an alleged pyramid scheme — on Tuesday, and seized assets of 45 agents of the firm in five provinces, detective services’ Martin Aylward said.
South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah.
There are almost 100 000 legalised refugees in the country, the Department of Home Affairs said on Thursday, World Refugee Day.
South Africa’s targeted CPIX inflation rate rose by 8,8% in the year to April compared to 8% in the year to March.
THE South African police hoped to reopen about one million unsolved criminal cases by the end of the year.
SOUTH African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will lead a delegation of ministers from the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to the Middle East to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the government announced on Tuesday.
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/ 12 January 2002
Police raided the homes of several rightwingers on Friday in the wake of recent bombings blamed on the far right and threats of more violence.
On the eve of a Cabinet meeting at which the ”reconfiguration” of higher education is to be discussed, technikon heads on Tuesday expressed concern about rumoured plans to do away with their institutions.
A team of South African officials will leave on Wednesday to attend the Burundi peace talks in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.
President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday he was disturbed by a newspaper report that his government had refused to help fund a project aimed at preventing a San language from becoming extinct, and stated that he was making an undertaking to do so.
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi reaffirmed on Thursday the right of South Africans holding dual citizenship to use their foreign passports abroad.
Two men appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of defrauding the Road Accident Fund.
After spending the weekend in jail, Gaye Derby-Lewis was granted R3 000 bail in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu on Friday received his 99th honorary degree, this time from the University of Pretoria.
South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki opened a fresh round of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace talks in Pretoria on Friday, urging delegates to be ready to compromise.
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre’Blanche has received a second chance at an early release from prison.
The Noupoort Christian Care Centre said it would refuse a government-appointed investigating team access for its probe into alleged human rights violations at the Northern Cape drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
The South African Council for Educators has struck the names of 11 teachers off the roll during the past three months, in most cases because of sexual misconduct.
CHURCH leaders will face criminal charges if they fail to report sexual abuse cases, the Justice Department warned after the Catholic Church recently resolved not to report such offenders from within its ranks but rather deal with them internally.
The South African government condemned both Israel and Palestinians for actions against each other which claimed several lives.
President Thabo Mbeki, his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo and Australian Prime Minister John Howard are to meet in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday to review the situation in Zimbabwe, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Wednesday.
The slow response of the international community to help relieve Africa’s food shortages could partly be ascribed to donor fatigue.
The European Union has provisionally agreed to recognise South Africa’s quality control systems for fresh fruit and vegetables exported to Europe, the government said on Wednesday.
A prison gang ”general”, who confessed to executing one of his ”soldiers” because he ”broke the rules” was sentenced to life in prison in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will address about 10 000 people expected to take part in a protest march next weekend.
Jo’burg Summit: ‘We want action’
President Thabo Mbeki is expected to throw his weight behind those opposing unilateral United States military action against Iraq when he addresses the United Nations this week.
The way proceeds from the Lotto are being distributed leaves much to be desired, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Tuesday.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former personal banker, Dikeledi Seakalema, will continue her testimony in the fraud and theft trial of the African National Congress Women’s League president on Wednesday.
Mike Lawrie, the administrator of the ZA domain on the internet, on Friday denied that he would shut it down should the government take over its administration.