Richmond
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Riots leave ugly scars as Richmond braces itself to go the polls
With many job losses caused by the looting and arson of July, the Midlands town faces an uncertain future
KZN political killings still unsolved
The Moerane inquiry heard that the assassins of three Richmond municipal officials are still at large
Police mum on kidnap syndicate
As more businesspeople go missing, private investigators tell of a sophisticated global network.
Richmond’s poor fest beggars belief
The Boekbedonnerd festival has just finished in Richmond, Northern Cape. I return home to Johannesburg with a heavy heart.
A look back at the killing fields
Richmond’s former mayor recalls the town’s low-grade war in the early 1990s with Niren Tolsi.
New Tanzanian Cabinet faces vast challenges
A new, leaner Cabinet for Tanzania was sworn in Wednesday, its predecessor having fallen apart last week amid a corruption scandal. President Jakaya Kikwete dissolved his last…
Tanzania PM tenders resignation
Tanzania Prime Minister Edward Lowassa told Parliament Thursday he had tendered his resignation to the president after being implicated in a corruption scandal over an energy…
US football star guilty of dog fighting
United States football star Michael Vick pleaded guilty and publicly apologised on Monday for his role in a dog-fighting case that will land him in jail and already has prompted…
No takers yet for R2,2bn Indiana lottery prize
No one had come forward by Monday morning to claim the only winning ticket for a ,3-million (R2,25-billion) lottery jackpot sold near the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery…
More storm woes for US East Coast
The United States East Coast’s recovery from Hurricane Isabel has been dealt a setback by another round of storms that caused renewed flooding, flattened trees that had withstood…