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New banknotes to bear Mandela image |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
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JOHANNESBURG - New South African banknotes will bear the image of former president Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma announced in Pretoria on Saturday. The notes would make South Africans remember their achievements, Zuma told reporters at a press briefing attended by dignitaries including SA Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus and Finance Minister
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Whitney Houston drowns in bathtub |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 |
 LEGENDARY singer and film star Whitney Houston drowned alone in a bathtub after two back-to-back evenings of out-of-control binges, it has been claimed. The star was found dead by her bodyguard in a luxury hotel suite said to have been littered with bottles of prescription pills. She was 48. Paramedics battled to revive the singer, but she was pronounced dead
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India, European Union agree to expedite talks |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
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NEW DELHI - India and the European Union (EU) yesterday agreed to expedite talks on a broad-based trade and investment agreement and cut a deal, but cautioned against rashness in the process. "Both sides have made considerable progress in the negotiations on the Broad-Based Trade and Investment Agreement. There are complex issues involved, but we have both
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Rio police vote for strike action |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Rio de Janeiro have voted to go on strike to demand better pay - just a week before the Brazilian city's annual carnival. The state legislature had hoped to avoid industrial action by offering a 39 percent salary increase. But unions said that rise was not enough to make up for decades of falling wages. Protesters in Rio cheered when it was announced
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Rising Islamism sets stage for Maldives coup |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
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MALE - The archipelago nation of Maldives is renowned as a wealthy tourists' paradise. This week, it has showcased a very different country, where hard-line Islam is an increasing part of the political scene and played a role in the overthrow of the democratically elected government. In the weeks leading up to Tuesday's ouster of President Mohamed Nasheed, his
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Zuma condemns willing buyer-willing seller |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
CAPE TOWN - South Africa, which joined the world's fastest emerging economic block of Brazil, Russia, India and China, commonly known as BRICS, seeks to consolidate its position as Africa's biggest economy by implementing economic growth.
It has set aside a whopping R300 billion (about US$7,3billion) for infrastructure development aimed at creating hundreds of
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Only ANCYL can fire leaders — Malema |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
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PRETORIA - Only the ANC Youth League has the right to dismiss its leaders, its embattled leader Julius Malema told delegates at the league's three-day lekgotla in Pretoria yesterday. "If the youth says we must step down and resign, we are prepared to step down." To applause, Malema said the leadership had effectively been found guilty of abiding by the resolutions of the league's
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US invites Sata for economic bilateral visit |
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Saturday, 11 February 2012 00:00 |
 LUSAKA - The United States government has invited Zambian president Michael Sata to pay an economic bilateral visit to that country later this year, Zambia's official news agency reported on Thursday. The Zambia News and Information Service (ZANIS) quoted Minister of Foreign Affairs Given Lubinda as saying that the Obama administration has invited president
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Zambia poised to become leading regional coal producer |
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Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00 |
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LUSAKA - Zambia is poised to become a leading coal producer in the region by 2013 due to increased investments in the mining sector, the Times of Zambia reported yesterday. Mines Minister Wilbur Simuusa said given the current rate of development in the mining industry supported by strong economic growth as well as attractive commodity prices of coal on the
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Refugee camp massacre: Libyan militia launch racist raid |
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Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00 |
TRIPOLI - Heavily armed fighters have attacked a camp of about 1 500 refugees on the outskirts of Tripoli, opening fire on its inhabitants. At least six were killed in the incident raising fears that civilians have little protection from militias running amok.
Moreover, the fact that the attack took place just outside the capital itself begs the question of just how much control the interim
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Iran threatens to retaliate by hitting US targets worldwide |
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Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00 |
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MOSCOW - On Wednesday the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi declared that Iran has the capabilities to carry out military strikes on US interests around the globe. This comes after President Obama annou-nced the United States would freeze all Iranian assets held in the US. The executive order which was signed on Monday was in reaction
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Russia warns West against meddling in Syrian affairs |
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Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00 |
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MOSCOW - Russia on Wednesday warned against outside interference in Syria, as Britain and France expressed strong doubt Damascus would live up to promises to end its violent repression of dissidents. Meanwhile, UN rights chief Navi Pillay called for urgent action to protect Syrian civilians caught in 11 months of civil strife while the European Union made contingency
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