From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 12th April 2009
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
| South Africa: Gruesome Farm Murder: Farmer, wife killed on their farm Friday 10-Apr-2009: [Even SABC ran a story on this (which is rare). They also described it as gruesome. I think they said the only things missing were the cell phones. The old man was killed at about 4am in the morning w (By Jan)... | USA: The best way to rob a bank is to own one Friday 10-Apr-2009: The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with William K. Black, (By Gairk)... |
| Machinegun Zuma off the hook: The Blacks can now destroy the Whites like they did in Zimbabwe & get away with it Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: My niece phoned me urgently at work today, asking me if I have heard that Jacob Zuma had been let off the hook for the corruption charge. I have long said that Zuma was the victim of a conspiracy b (By Jan)... | South Africa: EXCELLENT! CRIME: Former cop kills his hijacker - Three cheers for him!! Monday 06-Apr-2009: [This is totally brilliant how this white ex-cop managed to kill one of two pieces of black trash who told him they were about to kill him. Nice one! Three cheers for the man! Flipping awesome! I know (By Jan)... |
| In how much debt are S.African homeowners really? Monday 06-Apr-2009: One of the first jobs I had when I moved into a new department, actually has had some great results. It started out like this: I was seconded, along with a young black System's Analyst, and a hardware (By Jan)... | UK Newspaper mocks President Obama: The question that flummoxed the great orator Monday 06-Apr-2009: [Well done! Its good to point out his use of buzz words and concepts. I pose a question to you: Does Obama actually understand what he's saying? Jan] Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator ( (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Mugabe dismisses farm invasion allegations Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe vowed on Thursday to continue with the state's seizure of white-owned farms, despite rising tensions over a wave of evictions since a new power-sharing gove (By Jan)... | Iran wants USA to scrap nuclear weapons – remember my commentary? Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: [Take a look at this and then look at my recent commentary: USA: President Obama's completely stupid idea & day dreams of a fool: A world without nuclear weapons which is at: USA: President Obama's c (By Gairk)... |
| BRILLIANT: Black South African writer says: The Life-sized comics in our lives Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: [Take a look at this brilliant piece by a black writer in South Africa. The various “comic” characters he refers to, for “Travelgate” are the many dozens of MPs who stole money. The “comic” who got 15 (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: ANC in Chinese T-shirt row Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Heinz de Boer and Mpume Madlala The textile industry - one of the hardest hit manufacturing sectors in the sagging economy - has been dealt another blow with T-shirt orders for the ANC worth R15 (By Jan)... |
| Workers' World Party Happily Defends Sudan Dealing With Terrorist State Iran After Bombings By Israeli Planes Friday 10-Apr-2009: Now this is quite typical for members of the (By Lone Wolf)... | S.Africa: Black Jazz Icon: Black Music was alive & creative under Apartheid – beware your freedom Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: [Masakela is one of South Africa’s black music legends. Take note of how creative non-white music was under Apartheid (the coloureds are also very musical). The blacks may not have liked Apartheid, bu (By Gairk)... |
| News - South Africa: Detained students win damages Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Kanina Foss Three former Pretoria University students who were arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in November 2006 for handing out garlic and beetroot to arriving tourists, along with a (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Looming Satawu strike blackmail - FF+ Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: The threatened strike action over the Easter weekend by the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union over a wage increase was blackmail, the Freedom Front Plus said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Willie Sp (By Jan)... |
| News - Election 2009: ANC set to win, but COPE could be opposition Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Carien Du Plessis With the elections less than two weeks away, politicians this weekend took a short Easter breather before the last stretch of their campaigns ahead of the April 22 polls. Most (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: N2 toll road dispute escalates Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: The eThekwini Municipality is to be asked to declare a dispute with the national government about the controversial proposals to toll the N2 south of Durban. "We have to do this before the process (By Jan)... |
| Soros predicts: The US Dollar in danger – Banks will suck the lifeblood out of Economy Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: [Finally, this is the type of answer I wanted to hear. What will be the real result of this lunatic bailout? Well, Soros might well have the answer… Jan] The U.S. economy is in for a "lasting slowd (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Cape criminals on the rampage Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Craig McKune and Zara Nicholson Armed gangs have been on the rampage across Cape Town, killing several people in their homes and carrying out brazen raids on at least two businesses over the pas (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (08-04-2009) Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- I saw the surgeon yesterday afternoon, and although my CRP count is a little high, he has opted to go ahead with surgery on the 4th of May. (By The BeardedMan)... | S Africa: Resistance is futile. You will comply Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Submitted by Grazy: By Chris McEvoy: Admiring advertising for its creativity is a bit like admiring Nazism for its cool uniforms. It's all too easy - and strangely comforting - to believe that it (By JoAn)... |
| News - World: Baby smiles again after Baghdad bombing Thursday 09-Apr-2009: A bomb left in a plastic bag has exploded near the most important Shi'a shrine in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 23. Wednesday's blast occurred in the same neighbourhood where a baby mi (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Couple killed on milk farm Saturday 11-Apr-2009: A Pretoria couple were bludgeoned and stabbed to death in a vicious Good Friday morning attack which has left a farming community reeling. The beaten body of Boschkop dairy farmer, Johannes van den (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Black Monday in Baghdad Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Ammar Karim Baghdad - A spate of bloody car bombings in mainly Shi'a districts of Baghdad on Monday recalled the blackest days of violence in the capital as at least 34 people were killed and ne (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Obama key to apartheid lawsuits Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Victims of apartheid's state atrocities are pinning their hopes on United States President Barack Obama and the new ANC government of Jacob Zuma to help clinch a deal with multinational corporations t (By Jan)... |
| Nation Of Islam Endorses Pro-Cop Killer Rally In Oakland, California Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Now it didn't take long before the (By Lone Wolf)... | Nation Of Islam Publication Attacks Pope's African Tour An 'Act Of Imperialism' Thursday 09-Apr-2009: It seems that the (By Lone Wolf)... |
| Shocker: S.Africa: The World’s biggest ARV anti-AIDS program is collapsing… Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: [This is where I need to explain former President Mbeki’s stand on matters. Mbeki was opposed to rolling out ARVs. Now Mbeki went on a long song-and-dance about whether AIDS exists, etc. It made him l (By Gairk)... | South Africa: Ostrich farm a symbol of SA's failed land reforms Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: [Here is more proof that S.Africa is walking down the path of Zimbabwe. Rest assured the ANC will speed up so-called “Land Reform” and then you’ll see the hideous effects. Remember too, that Zimbabwea (By Gairk)... |
| News - Africa: US navy keeps pressure on pirates Friday 10-Apr-2009: By Abdi Sheikh Mogadishu - US warships stalked a drifting lifeboat where Somali pirates were holding their first American hostage on Friday, apparently hoping to win a promise of safe passage in ex (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma vows South Africa reconciliation Sunday 12-Apr-2009: South Africa's ruling party chief Jacob Zuma pledged on Sunday to pursue national reconciliation efforts after avoiding graft charges ahead of general elections expected to bring him to power. "Nat (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Beware the cloak and dagger, warns Erwin Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Former Cabinet minister Alec Erwin has sent an urgent warning to the African National Congress under Jacob Zuma - don't copy the example of former United States president George Bush by relying on gov (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (10-04-2009) Friday 10-Apr-2009: Howzit Foreign currency mid-rates updated. -o00o- After 29 years at the top of Zimbabwean politics, Robert Mugabe has learned a thing or two. Among them would be the need to discuss his inten (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Witchcraft: South Africa: Spoonful of snake oil helps medicine go down Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: [How completely ridiculous. What utter junk. But the black just have to continue pretending their ridiculous incantations and superstitious junk is equal to Western science. Jan] By Kanina Foss (By Jan)... | News - World: World Bank to track decision on McCarthy Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: The World Bank cautiously said it would "closely track the situation" regarding its controversial vice-president Leonard McCarthy, whose integrity is under fire after claims of abuse of the prosecutor (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Guard dies while trying to save cash box Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Lavern de Vries A security guard delivering a cash box has been killed and another is in hospital after they were attacked by a group of robbers at the Nyanga Junction station in what is believe (By Jan)... | News - Africa: 'Brave' crew attack armed Somali pirates Friday 10-Apr-2009: By Nick Carey Chicago - Maritime experts reacting on Thursday to the stirring tale of 20 unarmed US crew members wresting back control of their hijacked freighter from armed pirates off Somalia agr (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Who will Zuma's First Lady be? Saturday 11-Apr-2009: She first caught our eye last January with a flourish of banknotes pinned to her hat at her wedding. Her new husband Jacob Zuma wore a loin skin. Theirs was a traditional love song and dance out in (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Sierra Leone rebels get up to 52 years Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Freetown, Sierra Leone - The war crimes court for Sierra Leone on Wednesday handed down sentences of up to 52 years in prison for three rebel leaders convicted of overseeing a trail of rapes and killi (By Jan)... |
| The Phenomenon of Child Soldiers- Eeben Barlow Saturday 11-Apr-2009: According to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, any person who has not yet reached the age of 15 years and partakes in an armed conflict is defined as a “child soldier”. Sadly, this crit (By JanOlifant)... | News - South Africa: Zuma holds no grudges Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Sipho Khumalo and Moshoeshoe Monare African National Congress President Jacob Zuma held no grudges against those people his backers believed had "conspired" against him, he told reporters on Tue (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Full Zuma speech... Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Today the Durban High Court withdrew the indictment against me following the decision of the National Prosecuting Authority not to prosecute. This marks the end of a long and painful period. The in (By Jan)... | News - Africa: US navy sends FBI to free hostage captain Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Mombasa - The US navy rushed in FBI negotiators and a destroyer on Thursday as Somali pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat were drifting on the Indian Ocean with no fuel. A day after p (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: House prices continue their slide Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: House prices continued to decline in March, according to Absa's House Price Index published on Wednesday. According to the data, the average nominal price of middle-segment housing dropped by 0,4% (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Grocery store robbed in Canal Walk Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Traumatised staff returned to work at a Canal Walk supermarket on Wednesday, still reeling from a brazen and violent armed robbery there last night, which saw one person wounded and terrified shoppers (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Bomb kills seven near Baghdad shrine - report Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Baghdad - A bomb left in a plastic bag exploded Wednesday near the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 23, police said. The blast occurred in the same neighbo (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police raids expose gang of bogus cops Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Police have smashed a suspected gang of bogus cops and soldiers - recovering a bulletproof vest, an army uniform and a military issue semi-automatic assault rifle - in raids throughout Pretoria. Th (By Jan)... |
| Africa: US hostage skipper re-captured - The West's insane Politically Correct solutions to Piracy Friday 10-Apr-2009: [The West mucked about with the Pirates, with their Politically Correct nonsense approach, and now the Pirates are just getting worse and worse. They must get some snipers or a machine gun or two and (By Jan)... | Hold Your Horses Mutambara, Zimbabwe In Not Under Sanctions...Yet... Friday 10-Apr-2009: I am a bit baffled to say the least, by none other than our our learned Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara. The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister's demands and reasons he pitches for the lifting o (By Kwanele Sibanda)... |
| S.Africa: The ANC's Mugabe Election tactics - using food to win Voters Sunday 12-Apr-2009: The ANC is now doing something I predicted in my book in 2001, and which Robert Mugabe has done many times. The ANC is building a dependency on blacks to socialism. And now they're even using food to (By Jan)... | News - World: UN fails to agree response to rocket launch Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Jon Herskovitz and Louis Charbonneau Seoul/United Nations - The United Nations failed to agree on a response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch despite pressure from Washington and its al (By Jan)... |
| New Book: Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count & New York Times Review Monday 06-Apr-2009: [A friend of mine told me about this new book. This is more from a Liberal point of view. It fights back against the claim that IQ is inherited. We have discussed this issue many times before. In (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Crew retakes ship hijacked by Somali pirates Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Mombasa, Kenya - Unarmed US crew members seized back their ship and its cargo of desperately needed food for African refugees after pirates hijacked the vessel on Wednesday in Somalia's lawless waters (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma: South Africa's political Houdini? Monday 06-Apr-2009: Jacob Zuma, who is almost certain to become South Africa's next president, is a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement whose earthy style has earned him both loyal followers and fierce detractors. (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Canal Walk robbery victim speaks out Thursday 09-Apr-2009: The man wounded in the armed robbery at Canal Walk has spoken of his terror at being shot at point-blank range in the popular shopping mall. Raiyaan Slamong, of Rondevlei, was the only person injur (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Rebel trio jailed for war crimes Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Rod MacJohnson Freetown - The war crimes court for Sierra Leone on Wednesday passed sentences of up to 52 years in jail for three rebel leaders convicted of overseeing a trail of rapes and killi (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Strikers hurt as police open fire Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Bonile Ngqiyaza Four South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union members participating in the truck drivers' strike have sustained minor injuries after they were shot at by police. Petr (By Jan)... |
| Blasts Hit Indian Markets, Asom Separatists Behind It; Other Suspects Include Usual 'Islamist' Groups Monday 06-Apr-2009: Once again, terrorism has struck India this time its suspected that members of the (By Lone Wolf)... | S Africa: Why we gave our country away to Marxist Terrorists Scum - by Mike Smith Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Submitted by anonymause: Why we gave our country away to Marxist Terrorists Scum By Mike Smith - Sunday, April 5th, 2009 On almost every thread on several blogs, the question pops up, “How c (By JoAn)... |
| News - Africa: Benz issue irritates Coltart Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Peta Thornycroft David Coltart, Zimbabwe's new minister of education, is becoming a touch irritated at the publicity he has received after he chose not to accept a Mercedes-Benz as part of the t (By Jan)... | News - Africa: UN struggles to keep DRC peacekeepers Friday 10-Apr-2009: By John Heilprin United Nations - The world's largest UN peacekeeping effort risks unravelling in the Congo, hampered by the potential loss of more than a quarter of its troops and an unwillingness (By Jan)... |
| News - World: French hostage's widow and son flown home Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Paris - Four freed hostages, including the widow and three-year-old son of a French skipper killed in a special forces shootout with Somali pirates, arrived home on Sunday in a state of shock. Defe (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Kagame blames UN for genocide Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Tuesday slammed the cowardice of an international community that "abandoned" his people, 15 years on from the 1994 genocide in which 800 000 people died. In a speec (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Obama makes surprise Iraq visit Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Baghdad - US President Barack Obama arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on his first visit since taking office three months ago as the war-torn country wrestled with a new upturn in deadly attacks. Obama fl (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Charge Zuma plotters, says ANC Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Carien du Plessis, Angela Quintal and Karyn Maughan It's payback time and the African National Congress wants former NPA bigwigs Bulelani Ngcuka and Leonard McCarthy to be punished for allegedly (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Hijackings surge in Indian Ocean Monday 06-Apr-2009: Nairobi - Somali pirates seized ships from France, Britain, Germany, Taiwan and Yemen in the worst spate of hijackings in months, defying the world's naval powers by prowling further out in the Indian (By Jan)... | News - World: Iran claims breakthrough in nuclear programme Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Isfahan - Iran on Thursday declared major advances in its controversial nuclear drive as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened an atomic fuel plant and announced the testing of two high capacity centri (By Jan)... |
| Gaddafi Still Happily Endorses Obama's Administration Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Now why does it seem like the U.S. media isn't so much concentrated on Gaddafi's obvious endorsement of Obama and his administration? This time Gaddafi stated that Obama's a "beacon of light in the d (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: Burnt body murder case takes bizarre twist Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Sherlissa Peters In a bizarre twist that has set tongues wagging in Pietermaritzburg, murder accused Amith Sewkarran placed the blame for the crime squarely on the shoulders of his wife, Kalisha (By Jan)... |
| News - World: 'An anomaly in the murder of a child' Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Tracy, California - Police and residents were shocked when the suspect in the killing of an eight-year-old girl found stuffed into a suitcase turned out to be a woman, the mother of the slain girl's b (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zuma prosecutor is down, but far from out Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Jacob Zuma's prosecution was "absolutely not" born out of a political vendetta. And, says Billy Downer, the leading Zuma prosecutor, former National Prosecuting Authority boss Bulelani Ngcuka and (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma vents at rally Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Moshoeshoe Monare Jacob Zuma on Tuesday used a rally to vent his feelings and indirectly questioned Thabo Mbeki's role in the alleged political conspiracy against him, as alliance leaders called (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: NPA decision 'unlikely to affect election' Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Fiona Forde The National Prosecuting Authority's decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma will have little impact on the outcome of the April 22 poll, some analysts believe. The ANC chief (By Jan)... |
| Global: Danger! Depression ahead Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Submitted by George: Old myths never die; they just keep showing up in college economics and political science textbooks” wrote Lawrence W. Reed in his August, 1998 article Great Myths of the Great (By JoAn)... | The Dark Victory of South Africa's Super-Criminals.... Sunday 12-Apr-2009: A friend was telling me that in The Sunday Times, in the Hogarth column, the following sickening story is told. Glen Agliotti, the white trash criminal who ran one of the biggest organised crime sy (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Five soldiers killed in Mosul bombing Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Baghdad - A suicide truck driver detonated a ton of explosives near the police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing five American soldiers in the deadliest attack against Unit (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police fire on striking truckers Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Bonile Ngqiyaza Four SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union members participating in the truck drivers' strike have sustained minor injuries after they were shot at by police. Petros Tshabalala, (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Sudan moves to free Darfur aid workers Monday 06-Apr-2009: Khartoum - Sudanese authorities were working on Monday to free two French and Canadian women aid workers who were kidnapped at the weekend in the increasingly dangerous war-torn region of Darfur. " (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Slab of concrete kills truck driver Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Nompumelelo Magwaza & Mercury Correspondents A truck driver was killed near Hammarsdale after a slab of concrete was thrown at his vehicle's windscreen, hitting him in the head as thousands of w (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Thrown concrete slab kills truck driver Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Nompumelelo Magwaza A truck driver was killed near Hammarsdale after a slab of concrete was thrown at his vehicle's windscreen, hitting him in the head, Meanwhile thousands of workers marched (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 'NPA encourages Zuma to bully judiciary' Thursday 09-Apr-2009: ANC President Jacob Zuma's "successful subverting of justice" this week and the NPA's "spineless decision" have now encouraged him to bully the judiciary, COPE said on Thursday. Congress of the Peo (By Jan)... |
| USA: Government Motors: Why the Obama administration's takeover of GM is bad for the company Thursday 09-Apr-2009: President of the United States is a job with no shortage of responsibilities, but last week the Obama administration added another role to the presidential résumé: carmaker-in-chief. That was effectiv (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: De Lille goes after Mpshe Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Esther Lewis Patricia de Lille will include acting director of the National Prosecuting Authority Mokotedi Mpshe in charges brought against Leonard McCarthy and Bulelani Ngcuka. "I did this t (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Will NPA give Zuma an early birthday present? Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Angela Quintal and Karyn Maughan It has been described by close aides to the African National Congress president as an early birthday gift for Jacob Zuma, who turns 67 on Easter Sunday. On Mo (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Algerians vote for president Friday 10-Apr-2009: Algiers, Algeria - Sporadic riots, a bombing and a small earthquake marred Algeria's presidential election, which incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika was expected to win amid calls for a boycott by the opp (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Lekota wants Zuma charges reinstated Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota has blamed the ANC's policy of deploying cadres and "concubines" to top public service posts for the "mess" in which the National Prosecuting Authority has (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Wanted hijacker killed in Empangeni Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Less than a week after killing two Johannesburg policemen, one of South Africa's most wanted hijackers, Thabang Ndebele, has been shot dead. He was killed by police in Empangeni on Monday. On Th (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Handshakes and hugs for alleged gunman Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Irene Kuppan Friends and family of 22-year-old rugby player Malusi Zuma greeted him with handshakes and hugs soon after he was released on bail at the Durban Magistrate's Court. Zuma was gran (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Serial cigarette thieves puzzle police Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Kamini Padayachee A gang of brazen robbers armed with sledgehammers have looted several Spar stores in the province, and have made off with more than R100 000 worth of cartons of cigarettes in t (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Suspected police killer shot in KZN Monday 06-Apr-2009: A man suspected of killing two Booysens police officers was shot and killed on Monday in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Senior Superintendent Jay Naicker said Thabani Ndebele was suspected t (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Lack of cash may stall application - Zille Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille promised on Wednesday to push the corruption case against ANC President Jacob Zuma with "everything we've got", but admitted a shortage of funds might stall her (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Government takes back land reform farm Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: An Yzerfontein farm was taken back by the government as no productive farming had taken place on it since 2007, the land affairs department said on Wednesday. Department spokesperson Eddie Mohoebi (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Australian star killed in crash Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Noelene Barbeau What should have been a fun-filled and memorable family holiday for Australian film-maker, former footballer and winner of the Australian Survivor series, Robert Dickson, ended i (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Zimbabwe pleased with global aid response Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Nelson Banya Harare - Zimbabwe's unity government has received a good response to its calls for financial aid to rescue its battered economy, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday. T (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Zille promises to pursue Zuma case Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: DA leader Helen Zille promised on Wednesday to push the corruption case against ANC president Jacob Zuma with "everything we've got". "The principle of equality before the law is at stake," Zille t (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma allegations 'no longer on the table' Monday 06-Apr-2009: The ruling tripartite alliance hailed the National Prosecuting Authority's decision to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma. "Zuma endured an ordeal never experienced by any other citizen, (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Tapes did not come from Fraser, says Hulley Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Fiona Forde Jacob Zuma's lawyer, Michael Hulley, has denied that it was Arthur Fraser, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Deputy Director-General, who gave him the secret recordings that hel (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Woman, 63, stabbed to death Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Gugu Mbonambi A woman has been found dead, drenched in blood and with a stab wound to her head and another to her neck, in her Bellair, Durban, home. Maya Dhallo, 63, was lying on her bed when h (By Jan)... | 'The Right Perspective: Frank of Queens comments on Apartheid cases…' Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Absurd! When are the companies like Ford and GM who sold autos to the Bolsheviki going to get sued? Henry Ford set up a truck factory in Moscow in 1933 for $40,000,000 in gold to Stalin. The liberty (By Gairk)... |
| News - Africa: Bouteflika hails landslide victory Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Algiers - Veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term on Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his ma (By Jan)... | Al-Qaeda Takes Responsibility In Recent Attacks On South Korean Convoy In Yemen Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Typical al-Qaeda, attacking not just tourists but also foreign diplomats whom travel to Yemen: Qaeda claims second Yemen attack on SKoreans DUBAI (AFP) — An Al-Qaeda group has claimed a suicide (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - South Africa: How do SA voters perceive Zuma? Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Only 51 percent of African National Congress supporters believe that party president Jacob Zuma is innocent of the fraud and corruption charges that were levelled at him, while 71 percent of ANC voter (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Suspected escapee pelted to death Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: A 25-year-old man who had escaped from police custody was apprehended and beaten to death by community members in Kameelrivier village near Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga police said on Wednesday. Inspector (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma: Prosecutors left in limbo Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Will they stay or will they go? After devoting eight years of their lives to the corruption investigation and prosecution of Jacob Zuma, state advocates Billy Downer and Anton Steynberg are understood (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Pirates intensify Indian Ocean rampage Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Jean-Marc Mojon Nairobi - Somali pirates seized ships from France, Britain, Germany, Taiwan and Yemen in the worst spate of hijackings in months, defying the world's naval powers by prowling fur (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: N1 'nightmare' leaves three dead Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Barry Bateman The accident that forced authorities to close off the N1 between Rigel Avenue and Atterbury Road in Pretoria for more than 12 hours on Thursday, causing massive traffic jams on the (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Farmers take family feud to court Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Two Limpopo farmers - a father and son embroiled in a bitter family feud - each turned to the High Court here for a protection order against the other. Petrus Potgieter obtained an interdict agains (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: ANC accused of using 'thuggery' in Zuma saga Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: The ANC has resorted to the "politics of thuggery" in its efforts to get charges withdrawn against its president Jacob Zuma, UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said on Wednesday. "The recent decision by the (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Killer of Stompie Seipei dies in prison Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Youth activist Stompie Seipei's killer has died in jail, according to media reports on Tuesday. Jerry Richardson, who was serving a life sentence at Johannesburg's Leeuwkop prison for Seipei's murd (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Justice system has been cracked' Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Political Bureau Congress of the People (COPE) national spokesperson Phillip Dexter said the party was "very disturbed by this turn of events". "It is very bad for the country and we think th (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Somali pirates adrift with hostage Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Abdi Guled Mogadishu - A lifeboat used by Somali pirates holding a US merchant marine captain captive drifted toward Somalia's lawless coast on Sunday, with US warships tracking it to keep the p (By Jan)... |
| 'Moderate' Kashmiri Separatist Leader Joins Hardline Leaders In Boycotting Elections In Kashmir Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Now here's something that certainly caught my attention. Although I don't follow Kashmir as much, it seems that the (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: Election offences: Cops 'out of their depth' Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Carien du Plessis COPE leaders have expressed concern about the ability of the police to deal with election-related complaints. John Nkuna, COPE's deputy chairman in Mpumalanga, said on Wedne (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Apartheid cases can proceed - judge Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Christine Kearney New York - A US judge ruled on Wednesday that lawsuits seeking monetary damages can continue against five large companies accused of aiding South Africa's former apartheid syst (By Jan)... | News - Science: Brazil cracks down on illegal Amazon loggers Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Raymond Colitt Belem, Brazil - Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 400 truckloads of wood in a major raid on illegal loggers, the government said on Wednesday, the latest eff (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Striking drivers stone trucks Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Nompumelelo Magwaza and Victoria Lambert The national protest by truck drivers, which is likely to affect fuel supplies during the Easter holidays, has turned violent in KwaZulu-Natal. Protes (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Busa wants to boost investment in Zimbabwe Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Business Unity SA (Busa) said on Tuesday it would host an investment conference for Zimbabwe to help the country recover from its economic crisis. The group made the announcement after a one-day f (By Jan)... |
| News - Election 2009: Pomp and ceremony as ANC supporters rally Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Mirah Langer A Lebanese belly dancer, a Chinese lion dance troupe, a Greek comedian, Portuguese folk dancers and an Italian tenor all endorsed the African National Congress at a function in Joha (By Jan)... | USA: How banks were bullied into making bad loans Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Submitted by George: [I have been following world opinion and the debates going on about the financial crisis, and what amazes me is how people are blaming capitalism and calling it a flawed syste (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Are debt counsellors running with our money? Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Eleanor Momberg More than 24 debt counsellors are being investigated by the National Credit Regulator for not transferring money paid to them by clients to their creditors. This comes after (By Jan)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (11-04-2009) Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Howzit One week today, Zimbabwe will be 29 years old. Note that I did not say 'celebrate'. And what has it got to show for all that time? Poverty, illness and disease, a huge diaspora, civil and (By The BeardedMan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Eight white farmers arrested Friday 10-Apr-2009: Harare (ZimEye) - As the President Robert Mugabe continue persecuting white farmers, eight of them have been arrested for refusing to vacate State land. Two of the farmers have already appeared in (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Benoni police arrest seven for robbery Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Police have arrested seven people for robbery in the Benoni area. "Those guys had done a business robbery on Wednesday at 4am and they robbed a house at 3pm," said Constable Godin Nyathi. The b (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zuma: Now the fallout Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Gaye Davis and Elle Smook The DA has filed an application for a full judicial review of the decision to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma. It is the first move by the opposition (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Clergyman hates me, says Zuma Monday 06-Apr-2009: Jacob Zuma is no longer prepared to meet Desmond Tutu because he believes the clergyman hates him. Speaking to The Star through his spokesperson Zizi Kodwa on Sunday, the ANC leader said he believe (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Farm murder was ethnic cleansing' Saturday 11-Apr-2009: The attack on an elderly Pretoria couple was politically motivated and was an example of "ethnic cleansing", said the Transvaal Agricultural Union on Saturday. "Once again the impression is left th (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Bishop blackmailed by alleged hitmen Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Two men were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly threatening the life of Methodist bishop Paul Verryn in Johannesburg. "Two suspects were arrested for intimidation and blackmailing at the Cen (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: The case Zuma would have faced Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: This is the case that Jacob Zuma is walking away from... (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Net is closing on dangerous criminal - police Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Nathi Olifant The net is closing on one of South Africa's most-wanted hijackers, who is suspected of gunning down two policemen who were escorting him from Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal for a court a (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Three held for murder in Elliotdale Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Two women, aged 42 and 23, and a man, 26, were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a woman in Elliotdale, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday. Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela sai (By Jan)... | South Africa: Johannesburg close to financial collapse Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: The City of Johannesburg is on the brink of financial collapse because of its failure to collect rates and service fees from households, the Democratic Alliance says. The city is owed more than R9- (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Peru convicts Fujimori of 'war crimes' Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Lima - Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori, 70, was Tuesday sentenced by a court here to 25 years behind bars for killings carried out by an army death squad during his 1990-2000 rule that were (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Rwanda remembers 1994 massacres Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Aimable Twahirwa Kigali - Rwanda has chosen a symbolic location to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi minority and highlight "the bankruptcy of humanity" during t (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Man held for armed robbery in Joburg Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: A 23-year-old man was arrested for armed robbery in central Johannesburg, police said on Tuesday. Captain John Maluleke said four men robbed a 21-year-old man of his cellphone and R500 at knife-poi (By Jan)... | News - World: Italy's worst quake since 1980 Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Deepa Babington L'Aquila - A powerful earthquake struck central Italy early on Monday, killing more than 100 people, making up to 50,000 homeless and flattening entire medieval towns while resid (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Shaik probe widens Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Angela Quintal As many as 14 medical practitioners treated or diagnosed Schabir Shaik during the two years and three months that he served of a 15-year sentence for corruption and fraud - the gr (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Man arrested for murder Sunday 12-Apr-2009: A 50-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a 70-year-old man in Nyulula village in Nqamakwe, Eastern Cape police have said. Captain Lingisile Magama said the 70-year-old man wen (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Maoists kill two cops in ambush Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Raipur, India - Maoist militants killed two policemen and a civilian in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, a senior police officer said, as the rebels stepped up violent attacks ahead (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Four die in Joburg fires Friday 10-Apr-2009: Two adults and two children died in two separate fires in Johannesburg, emergency services said on Friday. Spokesperson Percy Morokane said one fire occurred on Thursday night in Diepsloot, and ano (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: KZN cops arrest 17 after petrol bombing Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Seventeen people were arrested after two trucks were petrol bombed in KwaMashu township outside Durban on Thursday, police said. "I have received information that two trucks have been petrol bombed (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Spy tapes are being investigated Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: The office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence has confirmed it is investigating the legality of the spy tapes that led to the withdrawal of corruption charges against ANC President Jacob Zuma. (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Former rebels seek political voice Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Lamine Chikhi Algiers - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika hopes to use his likely third term to end the violence still troubling his country, but whether he can do that without granting a (By Jan)... | News - World: 'For me, you are all garbage' Friday 10-Apr-2009: By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas PaphitisE Associated Press Writers Athens, Greece - A teenage gunman who wounded three people at a college in Greece and killed himself had warned of the attack (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Drama on the high seas Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister Nairobi - The crew of a US-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship on Wednesday, but their captain was stil (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Pensioners shot during pay point robbery Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Two pensioners were shot and wounded during an armed robbery at a pension pay point in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the incident happ (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Malaise grips Algeria on eve of election Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Lamine Chikhi Algiers - Algerians are likely to extend President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decade in power this week in an election seen as being marked by political disillusionment that makes it h (By Jan)... | News - Your Child: Fears grow amid tainted Chinese milk scare Monday 06-Apr-2009: By Ben Blanchard Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Bangladesh, Gabon, Burundi and the Philippines are some of the countries testing Chinese dairy products or pulling them from (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: What's going on? Another unexpected death in the Tsvangirai family - now Morgan mourns his grandson Monday 06-Apr-2009: [Hmmmm. Let's watch poor Morgan and his family and friends. It would be interesting to see if people around him die under mysterious circumstances! My late mentor Dr Chris Jordaan went through a p (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Fiancee wants to see justice done Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Arthi Sanpath and Thandiwe Mthethwa Nomcebo Msomi, the tearful fiancee of slain gospel singer Philani "Amen" Mkhanyawo, said on Wednesdauy she could not wait for the outcome of the court case an (By Jan)... |
| Gaddafi Continues To Help Endorse Obama, Promote Conspiracy Theories Stating He Would Be Assassinated Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Why oh why didn't someone like (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: Murder accused turn down bail Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: By Kamini Padayachee Three members of a gang who are accused of murdering a popular gospel singer and raping and robbing other Umlazi residents in March have abandoned their application for bail. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Love, forgiveness are liberating emotion's Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Recent events have shown that South Africa's democratic institutions can check abuses of power, ANC president Jacob Zuma said in Johannesburg on Sunday. This followed a week in which the National P (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police determined to curb Easter road deaths Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Sameer Naik Metro police departments around the country are working around the clock to ensure that the country's roads are safe this Easter weekend. Traffic authorities say they will be taki (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Hostage dies, four freed from Somali pirates Friday 10-Apr-2009: Paris - A hostage was killed and four others, including a child, were freed on Friday after French troops stormed a yacht seized by Somali pirates last week, French presidency said. Talks started T (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Mbeki enters fray over spy tapes Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Angela Quintal Former president Thabo Mbeki has questioned how legal intercepts by the country's intelligence services could end up in the hands of private citizens, like Jacob Zuma's lawyer. (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Thousands rally against Vejjajiva Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Bangkok - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Bangkok on Wednesday in their biggest bid yet to topple premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, sparking fears of a violent new twist to Thailand's political cr (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Cash guard wounded in daring daylight attack Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: One guard is dead and another seriously wounded after a cash-in-transit heist at the Nyanga Junction Mall in Manenberg on Monday. The security company involved, SBV, is offering a R250 000 reward t (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Child dies in attack Monday 06-Apr-2009: Mogadishu - An overnight mortar attack aimed at troops and peacekeepers in the Somali capital has killed a child and wounded six other people. A mortar shell is reported to have torn through the ho (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Darfur rebel group claims 22 new members Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Alastair Sharp Khartoum - A major Darfur rebel group said 22 political and military leaders from a rival faction joined its ranks on Friday, but a leader of the faction denied any senior figures (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Strikers halt traffic, torch two trucks Friday 10-Apr-2009: By Nompumelelo Magwaza Two trucks were burnt in KwaMashu on Thursday and 17 truck drivers were arrested in Durban for public violence and intimidation as the road freight industry strike entered it (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Trader fined R20 000 for 50kg of ivory Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Bronwynne Jooste Police and CapeNature's crime unit swooped on a Zimbabwean man attempting to transport ivory from his home country to sell at Cape Town's Greenmarket Square. Authorities said (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Shaik believed Zuma would rise Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Durban businessman Schabir Shaik, who was jailed for corruption and fraud, believed that Jacob Zuma was destined for high, if not the highest, political office. "And it would be flying in the face (By Jan)... | South Africa: The Momentous Zuma decision: Full statement by NPA Monday 06-Apr-2009: [As always, the ANC does whatever it pleases. Its that simple. The Zuma game stated with Mbeki in the ANC and the Zuma game ends in the ANC. The South African legal system is the ANC's toy. Zuma an (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Rasool and the R44m spending spree Saturday 11-Apr-2009: By Andisiwe Makinana and Lynette Johns An amount of R44-million was paid to one consultancy over 30 months to promote five Western Cape departments under the leadership of former premier Ebrahim Ra (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Staff reeling after robbery Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Michelle Jones Staff at the Checkers store in Canal Walk will receive counselling following a shooting and robbery late on Tuesday night, as police continue to search for the two men responsible (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: DA application will be heard after election Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: The urgent application by Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille for a review and setting aside of the National Prosecuting Authority's decision not to prosecute Jacob Zuma will be heard only after th (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Man held for two ATM bombings Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: One man was arrested and eight others sought by police after two automated teller machines (ATMs) were bombed in Kamesh near Uitenhage on Wednesday, Eastern Cape police said. Inspector Marianette O (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Man claims R415 000 after wrongful arrest Monday 06-Apr-2009: A magistrate's failure to cancel a 2004 warrant of arrest led to the imprisonment of a 33-year-old Guguletu man four years later, when he was detained for three days. Now the man, Nelson Madal, has (By Jan)... | S Africa: ANC condemns Tutu's 'sacrilege' Sunday 12-Apr-2009: Submitted by Pierre: Attempting to catch up here after a bout with the flu. BBC News: South Africa's ruling ANC party has condemned Archbishop Desmond Tutu's criticism of the organisation, descr (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Man stabbed to death Sunday 12-Apr-2009: A 34-year-old man was stabbed to death in an argument in East London, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday. Superintendent Mtati Tana said the man was allegedly stabbed to death during an argument wi (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Teenager alleges beating after 'sexy' SMS Sunday 12-Apr-2009: By Doreen Premdev A 17-year-old schoolboy, who sent an SMS declaring his love to a girl he met at a party, was allegedly beaten so severely by the girl's father that he had to be admitted to hospit (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Zille: Zuma has not proven his innocence Friday 10-Apr-2009: DA leader Helen Zille reiterated her call for ANC president Jacob Zuma to have his day in court either to be acquitted or convicted, in her regular Friday letter. Zille said the party would do ever (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Guesthouse murder: hair is key evidence Thursday 09-Apr-2009: By Karen Breytenbach A hair found at the scene of Durbanville guesthouse owner Renata Kellerman's murder may become a crucial piece of evidence in proving that former Idols star Karin Kortje's ex-b (By Jan)... |
| Self-Described Islamic Terrorists Enjoy Horrible Italian Earthquake Thursday 09-Apr-2009: Now this is quite disgraceful that Islamic terrorists are enjoying the site that Italy suffered a horrible earthquake which killed over 200 people: Italy: Jihadists exalt Abruzzo earthquakes Du (By Lone Wolf)... | News - World: Savvy youngsters give drug cartels a new face Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Mica Rosenberg Mexico City - Shunning the gem-studded pistols and gold chains flaunted by their fathers, a savvy new generation of drug smugglers is moving up the ranks of Mexico's cartels wield (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Zimbabwe pleads for international investment Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti made a renewed plea on Wednesday for international investment to help revive the country's shattered economy. The unity government that took office in (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Police change charges after Mackay's death Monday 06-Apr-2009: The investigation into Brumbies rugby player Shawn Mackay's death will be changed to culpable homicide, from the original negligent driving, following his death on Monday, police said. "It will be (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Media restrictions will be relaxed in Harare Monday 06-Apr-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's new power-sharing government will relax the country's harsh media laws and improve prison conditions as part of reforms to be implemented within 100 days, a minister told state med (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Youth found murdered in PMB Sunday 12-Apr-2009: A 16-year-old male youth was murdered after an alleged tavern fight in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Superintendent Henry Budhram said Nhlanhla Mbeje was allegedly involved (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Police search in vain for gardener after Dhal Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Police investigating the murder of Maya Dhallo - who was found stabbed to death in her Bellair home this week - were led to Scottburgh on Friday in search of a live-in gardener to question him. Dha (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: 48 people die in Easter weekend crashes Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Forty-eight people have died in road accidents since the beginning of the Easter weekend, the Department of Transport said on Saturday. Spokesperson Collen Msibi said 13 drivers, 19 passengers and (By Jan)... |
| News - Election 2009: Artists go all out for ANC Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Artists, musicians and sporting heroes gathered at Gallagher Estate in support of the ANC's election manifesto on Wednesday. "I am here because a better government means a better economy and a bett (By Jan)... | News - World: Suspected ETA leader held in Paris Saturday 11-Apr-2009: Paris - French police said on Friday that they had detained a top member of the Basque separatist group, ETA, who was carrying a Magnum handgun and false papers when arrested in Paris. Ekaitz Sirv (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Winter murder accused in court Friday 10-Apr-2009: A Briton denied in a Dubai court on Thursday beating his Durban ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat, wrapping her body in a blanket, attaching weights and dumping it in the sea. Mark Arnold, (By Jan)... | News - World: I wanted to be shot down: pilot Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: Suicide by fighter jet was the goal of a flight student who stole a plane in Canada, entered US airspace and flew an erratic path over the Midwest with the military on his tail before he landed safely (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Woman killed after food fight Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: A 30-year-old man allegedly stabbed his mother to death after they had an argument over food on Tuesday, Western Cape police said. Inspector Nkosikho Mzuku said the alleged stabbing took place at t (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Dead woman was drenched in blood - police Wednesday 08-Apr-2009: By Gugu Mbonambi A woman has been found dead, drenched in blood and with a stab wound to her head and another to her neck, in her Bellair, Durban, home. Maya Dhallo, 63, was lying on her bed whe (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Bashir promises 'justice' in Darfur Tuesday 07-Apr-2009: Zalengei, Sudan - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur, said on Tuesday he would bring to justice those responsible for crimes in the conflict-torn region. On (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Access denied to Zille Monday 06-Apr-2009: DA leader Helen Zille has been barred from entering the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) offices on Monday where an announcement on the prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma will be made. "By ba (By Jan)... |
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