Overcrowding could see over 35,000 prisoners released in South AfricaTHE SOUTH African government has said it could release more than 35,000 convicted criminals from their sentences over the coming…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
SA police refusing to patrol without gunsSOUTH AFRICA’S police unions have warned that the recent disarming by senior management of a fifth of the country’s 160,000- …Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
ANC youth leader Malema loses expulsion appealSOUTH AFRICAN youth leader Julius Malema’s political career was left in ruins yesterday following the African National Congress…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Shark kill provokes baiting criticismA DEADLY shark attack off a Cape Town beach on Thursday has sparked criticism of baiting methods used by a US filmmaker studying…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Seven men accused of raping girl with mental age of fiveSEVEN YOUNG men from a South African township near Johannesburg raped a mentally disabled girl whom they kept as a sex slave, …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Placing people faced with a lack of employment opportunities WILD GEESE Eimear Costigan Programme director of Cape Town branch of Connect-123WILD GEESE: EIMEAR COSTIGAN Programme director of Cape Town branch of Connect-123Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Youth arm risks ANC ire by backing suspended leaderTHE AFRICAN National Congress Youth League set itself on a collision course with South Africa’s ruling party at the weekend after…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Malawi's new president fires predecessor's appointeesJOYCE BANDA, southern Africa’s first female president, has shown herself to be a woman of action by purging the Malawian government…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
Controversial Malawi president diesTHE CONTROVERSIAL president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has reportedly died at a hospital in the capital Lilongwe, hours after…Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Decision of five African states to sell rhino horn criticisedA DECISION taken this week by five southern African countries to sell rhinoceros horn as a way to undermine poaching has been…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
'Dr Death' of apartheid era tells inquiry he was trying to save livesSouth African doctor Wouter Basson faces being struck off for creating deadly poisonsWed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Effort to cut road death rate in SATHE SOUTH African government wants to reduce the country’s horrific road traffic accident rate by charging drivers who cause …Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Harare minister warns of state shutdownZIMBABWE’S GOVERNMENT could shut down in the near future unless projected revenues from diamond sales begin to flow into the …Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Unlikely bedfellows emerge from hazy direction on land reformJOHANNESBURG LETTER : Putting an acrimonious past aside, an Afrikaner group rows in behind a community organisationMon Feb 27 2012 - 00:00
Institute predicts 20% fewer white people in South Africa by 2040BY 2040 there will be 20 per cent fewer white people living in South Africa than in 2010, a new report by the South African Institute…Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Scientific fixes come to fore as climate talks stallTHE NEWS that delegates attending climate talks in South Africa yesterday were to discuss various artificial techniques that …Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Small coffee farmers hoping for a wake-up call at climate talksIN A COUNTRY where political and economic stability have been difficult to sustain, one thing the Ugandan farmer Ngambe Ehab …Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
South Africa's 'Dr Death' would like the past to stay in the pastCAPE TOWN LETTER: Anti-apartheid activists considered him one of their most ghoulish adversaries but Wouter Basson wants to …Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Tide turning slowly in South Africa's battle against violent crimeCAPE TOWN LETTER: THE NUMBER of murders in South Africa in the 12 months to March: 15,940Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Increase in funding cuts malaria deaths by 20%GLOBAL MALARIA deaths have fallen by nearly 20 per cent since 2000 due to a 15-fold increase in annual funding by 2010, UN-linked…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Dublin brewer drawn to business culture of the CapeWILD GEESE: EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Diarmaid De Burca, General Manager, SABMiller’s Newlands Brewery…Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Bus kills at least 14 forced by thieves to lie on roadAT LEAST 14 bus passengers were killed in Nigeria on Tuesday night when a bus ran over them after they were forced to lie down…Thu Aug 04 2011 - 01:00
Harte murder case police officer has not seen forensic reportONE OF the main police officers involved in the Michaela Harte murder investigation yesterday told a preliminary inquiry he had…Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Court rejects bail appeal in Harte caseAN APPLICATION by lawyers defending one of those accused of the murder of Michaela Harte, seeking to have the magistrate hearing…Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Harte suspect lodges motion over fears of unfair hearingLAWYERS FOR Avinash Treebhoowoon, one of two men accused of murdering Michaela Harte in Mauritius last month, lodged a challenge…Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Harte suspect fears unfair hearingLawyers for Avinash Treebhoowoon, one of two men accused of murdering Michaela Harte in Mauritius last month, have lodged a motion…Wed Feb 02 2011 - 00:00
Accused could face up to 20 years in jail if convicted on murder chargeLEGAL SYSTEM: THE CRIMINAL Justice system in Mauritius is similar to the British legal system but with some French influences…Thu Jan 13 2011 - 00:00
Mauritius: prime tourist destinationWITH PURE white sandy beaches and warm tropical water, it is not hard to understand why the island nation of Mauritius is one…Wed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Where a little cricket is just the ticket to keep the Irish happyHARARE LETTER: Ireland’s experience as a divided country played a role in convincing its cricketers to travel to ZimbabweFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Testing timesA South African initiative has been praised as having the potential to break ‘the trajectory of the Aids epidemic’Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
White farmers win land battle in ZimbabweA GROUP of white farmers dispossessed of their land under President Robert Mugabe’s land reform programme have been granted ownership…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Trade unions feel betrayed by Zuma's fiscal conservatismAfter backing South Africa’s leader during his presidential campaign, unions now say their support has not been reciprocated…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
Thousands mark Mandela anniversary at prisonSENIOR AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) stalwarts yesterday urged South Africans who gathered outside Nelson Mandela’s last prison…Fri Feb 12 2010 - 00:00
The unforeseen costs of visiting MozambiqueMAPUTO LETTER : A climate of corruption reigns among police in this otherwise relatively safe African cityTue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Zimbabwe'surban poor face mass evictionTHOUSANDS OF Harare residents forcibly evicted from informal settlements by President Robert Mugabe’s regime in 2005 are facing…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Zimbabwe's law of the landDespite a court ruling in their favour, white farmers in Zimbabwe are still being forced from their land, and the new political…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
ANC may secure crucial two-thirds majority in electionTHE FINAL election survey released before South Africans go to the polls today has indicated the African National Congress (ANC…Wed Apr 22 2009 - 01:00
Winnie Mandela cleared to stand in electionNELSON MANDELA’S ex-wife has been cleared by South Africa’s electoral court to stand for the African National Congress in this…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
PM designate Tsvangirai names cabinet ministersZIMBABWE’S OPPOSITION leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who is due to become the country’s new prime minister today, has named 15 senior…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Zimbabwe opposition disputes deal claimZIMBABWE’S MAIN opposition party yesterday refused to confirm or deny claims by a regional body that it had agreed to join a …Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Ministers resign in solidarity with MbekiSOUTH AFRICA: MORE THAN one third of South Africa's cabinet resigned from government yesterday in solidarity with Thabo Mbeki…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Mugabe, Tsvangirai sign deal to share powerZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, signed a powersharing…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Guarded welcome for Zimbabwe's powersharing dealZIMBABWE: ZIMBABWE'S NEW powersharing deal was met with cautious optimism by world leaders yesterday who say they want to know…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
CARBON CONSCIENCECLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon offsetting measures are being used to help countries most affected by climate change but least responsible…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
SA court allows unloading of arms set for ZimbabweSOUTH AFRICA: A SOUTH African court ruled yesterday that an arms shipment headed for Zimbabwe could be offloaded from a Chinese…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Violence widespread, claims Zimbabwe's oppositionZIMBABWE: HOPES THAT Zimbabwe's electoral crisis could be resolved peacefully began to fade yesterday amid reports of widespread…Wed Apr 09 2008 - 01:00
UN forces use tear gas after Liberian rioters stone police in election protestLIBERIA: UN forces fired tear gas at angry supporters of Liberian soccer star George Weah yesterday after they stoned police…Sat Nov 12 2005 - 00:00
Introducing South Africa's blacks to a taste of the vineLetter from Soweto: The Orlando West Extension, one of Soweto's oldest townships, had never seen the like of it before.Wed Sept 14 2005 - 01:00
Nama people seek post-apartheid justiceSOUTH AFRICA: A South African court may bring restitution to some, but with severe consequences for diamond miners, writes Bill…Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Tsvangirai claims election stolen for third timeZimbabwe: The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party yesterday called on the country's population to "defend their vote" after…Sat Apr 02 2005 - 01:00
