From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.org
05-13-07
| From 1994-Present approximately 2,000 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 |
| [3 Pics] S.Africa: Woman Tortured to Death with Boiling Water 13-May-2007: Take a look at this horrific story below. (Photo) This is a photo of Sandy Staats who died from complications caused by having boiling wa... Click here to read the rest. |
| Jan's Interview with Jeff Nyquist to be broadcast soon... 13-May-2007: My old friend Jeff Nyquist, interviewed me on behalf of an American radio station called WIDG. They have a website: WWW.WIDG.com We taped the interview tonight. It was about Zimbabwe, South Africa ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Some Good articles on Violent Crime in S.Africa 13-May-2007: Here are a series of articles I have compiled in preparation for radio interviews in May 2007. The following important article was published in The Star (Johannesburg) in January 2007:- Click here to read the rest. |
| How CRAZY: Zimbabwe chosen to chair UN Sustainable Development Body 13-May-2007: May 12, 2007 - (Updates with election) By Evelyn Leopold United Nations - Zimbabwe, widely criticized for mismanaging its economy, was elected on Friday as head of the Commission on... Click here to read the rest. |
| Corruption: Cops arrested for taking a bribe 13-May-2007: Three police officers, two inspectors and a constable, were arrested on charges of corruption after they were caught taking a bribe from a drug dealer. The police officers, all from Point Polic... Click here to read the rest. |
| Off-duty cop shot dead in apparent robbery 13-May-2007: An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in his car in Gugulethu outside Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Friday. Captain Elliot Sinyangana said three armed men robbed the officer o... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: State mum on alleged plot to assassinate Zuma 13-May-2007: The police and office of African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma were silent on Friday after ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Taxi protest causes chaos in rush hour 13-May-2007: By Sipokazi Maposa, Henri du Plessis, Murray Williams and Ian Landsberg Taxi operators blockaded a key arterial road in Cape Town on Friday, causing chaos to rush-hour... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cops dump guns, drugs on city tip 13-May-2007: A haul of home-made guns, knives, cellphones and drugs, including tik, have been found at a municipal tip near Muizenberg - all of it believed to be evidence dumped by police... Click here to read the rest. |
| Africa: Kenyan Crash: Flight 507's final moments 13-May-2007: Three jetliners sat ready for takeoff at Douala International Airport, their crews waiting for a massive thunderstorm to move away. Just a few minutes past midnight, a... Click here to read the rest. |
| Man gets life for rape, murders 13-May-2007: A Winterveld man involved in a series of murders, rapes, housebreaking and robberies in the Lyttelton area, was sentenced to three life terms by the Pretoria High Court on Friday. Judge Francis... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: South Africa agrees in principle to relax visa requirements 13-May-2007: The Herald 12 May 2007 Harare SOUTH AFRICA has agreed in principle to relax stringent visa requirements for Zimbabweans wishing to visit that country although modalities of the deal are still to... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Iranian Firm to Rehabilitate Feruka Oil Refinery 13-May-2007: The Herald 12 May 2007 Harare AN Iranian company will soon embark on a programme to rehabilitate Feruka Oil Refinery in Mutare, among a number of projects to be undertaken by firms from that cou... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Elephant kills South African hunter 13-May-2007: May 12 2007 at 02:36PM Johannesburg - South African professional hunter Christo Kaiser has been killed by an elephant in Botswana. Kaiser, 40, the owner of Unico Hunting Safaris in Lephalale ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Nigeria: Chevron shuts down 13-May-2007: 12/05/2007 10:49 Nigeria - Chevron Corp temporarily shut down some operations in Nigeria's offshore waters Friday as the second-largest US oil company scrambled to protect its workers and equipmen... Click here to read the rest. |
| Dr. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd 13-May-2007: Thank you to Konrad for sending this our way. JoAn The following is a speech delivered by Prime Minister Verwoerd to the South African Parliament on February Third, 1960 The tendency in Afric... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Zim issue causes heavy debate 13-May-2007: 11/05/2007 20:18 Pretoria - In an unprecedented poll by show of hands, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) voted overwhelming on Friday to send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. Suzanne Vos, ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Afrikaners shocked by memorial damage 13-May-2007: JOHANNESBURG ñ The Afrikaner heritage community expressed shock on Friday that Standerton mayor Queen Radebe-Khumalo had ordered the destruction of a Great Trek memorial. ìIt is with shock and disbel... Click here to read the rest. |
| US: Virginia Tech students graduating 13-May-2007: Relatives of the 27 slain students are receiving posthumous degrees. The US university where 32 students and staff members were killed in a gun rampage last month is holding its annual graduation... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Khutsong pupils blame government 13-May-2007: May 11 2007 at 06:09PM The month-long school boycott continued in Khutsong township near Carletonville on Friday. Some matric pupils, who had not been taught in the last five weeks, blamed th... Click here to read the rest. |
| US: Paul Wolfowitz working on rebuttal, but is it too late? 13-May-2007: By Steven R. Weisman Published: May 11, 2007 WASHINGTON: Under intense European pressure on him to step down, Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank president, worked up a point-by-point counterattack to... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Mbeki admitted into Knighthood of Ancient Order in Service
of th 13-May-2007: When I made friends with people in SA, I often heard the word 'gobsmacked'. It was a new word for me. I can now say I recognize the word, I know how it feels! Very descriptive and perfect in every way... Click here to read the rest. |
| Botswana: Diplomatic row looms 13-May-2007: Mmegi/The Reporter 10 May 2007 Gideon Nkala A diplomatic row is looming between Botswana and the United Kingdom over the selective imposition of visa requirements on some British nationals. The ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Scramble to Secure Coega Smelter 13-May-2007: Business Day ANALYSIS 11 May 2007 Johannesburg WHILE SA is facing an energy crunch, the government is scrambling to secure an industrial project for its Coega Industrial Development Zone whose ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Africa: Flight 507's last moments 13-May-2007: 11/05/2007 20:21 Douala - Three jetliners sat ready for takeoff at Douala International Airport, their crews waiting for a massive thunderstorm to move away. Just a few minutes past midnight,... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Scramble to Secure Coega Smelter 13-May-2007: Business Day ANALYSIS 11 May 2007 Johannesburg WHILE SA is facing an energy crunch, the government is scrambling to secure an industrial project for its Coega Industrial Development Zone whose ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Namibia: Attacks on media persist 13-May-2007: The Namibian EDITORIAL 11 May 2007 Windhoek ONCE again we feel it incumbent upon us to take issue with the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who regularly lambast... Click here to read the rest. |
| Namibia: Van Eck might shut down 13-May-2007: New Era 11 May 2007 Petronella Sibeene Windhoek Amid concerns there may be a serious power deficit that could plunge the region into darkness, Nampower says it may phase out the coal-powered Van ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Thousands of inmates to be released 13-May-2007: Close to 11 000 inmates are to be released from jail as a means of dealing with overcrowding in the country's prisons. These are prisoners who had been slapped with fines of R1 000 or less and who... Click here to read the rest. |
| Court finds men can't be raped 13-May-2007: Using a dissenting judgment from Chief Judge Pius Langa as ammunition, activists have expressed grave disappointment at a cautious Constitutional Court ruling that failed to extend the definition of r... Click here to read the rest. |
| Doubts raised over Mama Jackey trial evidence 13-May-2007: Questions have been raised about the credibility of statements taken from a senior police captain and a Community Policing Forum chairperson at the scene where Jacqueline Maarohanye and her school pup... Click here to read the rest. |
| Australia's Howard says Mugabe is like a Nazi 13-May-2007: Canberra - Australian Prime Minister John Howard called on Friday for international cricket authorities to take a stand against Zimbabwe as he compared the tactics of President Robert Mugabe to those ... Click here to read the rest. |
| My Mom's Operation - In ICU & a bit better... 12-May-2007: Hi All, I'm somewhat rushed off my feet with Mom's sudden hospitalisation, her being put into ICU, etc. She looked a little bit better this evening and wasn't in pain. She could talk but remembers no... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Man who killed 3 'road-ragers' walks 12-May-2007: Johannesburg - A man who shot and killed three men who attacked him in a road rage incident in Johannesburg on July 31 2004 has been acquitted, The Star reported on Friday. Edward Kekana, 36, walk... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Cable thieves get 420yrs' jail 12-May-2007: Bloemfontein - Twenty-four members of various cable-theft syndicates have been sentenced to a total collective sentence of 420 years' imprisonment by Kroonstad Regional Court, said Spoornet on Thursda... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'Hitman was promised R1m to kill Zuma' 12-May-2007: Associates of African National Congress Deputy President Jacob Zuma say they have submitted affidavits to the police which state that a sniper was hired to kill the ANC presidential hopeful. Howeve... Click here to read the rest. |
| Hamas TV Refuses to Can Mickey Hamas 12-May-2007: Here's how disguisting Hamas really is and those who control Hamas TV are continuing to air the Hamas Mickey Mouse: MH Hamas TV refuses to axe copycat Mickey Mouse A Hamas-run television station... Click here to read the rest. |
| Canadian 'Peace' Groups Sit Down With Terrorists 12-May-2007: Here's no surprise of the Canadian wing of the "peace" movement sitting down with notorious Palestinian terrorists:Comment by MH in the US Canadian antiwar activists sat down with terror groups Ham... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Spy boss accuses Mbeki of ignoring the law 12-May-2007: Axed spy boss Billy Masetlha has accused President Thabo Mbeki of ignoring the rule of law by firing him and then attempting to throw him and his family out of their government-owned home. And it h... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Radical Tax Shake-Up 12-May-2007: Business Day 10 May 2007 Sanchia Temkin Johannesburg FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel yesterday announced sweeping changes to the tax return system, making it easier for individuals and businesse... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'Had I not moved I would have been shot' 12-May-2007: 'Take the car, take it.' This was Esther Bawden's response to two armed hijackers who confronted her outside her Pinetown home on Tuesday night and demanded her car. Her arms raised as she backed a... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Rubbish collectors find foetus 12-May-2007: Rubbish collectors on Thursday morning found a human foetus while doing their rounds in Soshanguve, Pretoria police said. "They found a foetus that had dropped from one of the refuse bags in block ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Russian roots and an Estonian future 12-May-2007: Thursday, 10 May 2007, 09:20 Narva's immersion school course has been running since 2000 In the second of a series of reports from Estonia, the BBC News website's Patrick Jackson looks at how we... Click here to read the rest. |
| UK: Blair's deputy also quits 12-May-2007: London - Britain's colourful deputy prime minister John Prescott on Thursday announced his intention to resign, after Prime Minister Tony Blair confirmed he was stepping down. "Tony and I were ele... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: ConCourt elaborates on rape ruling 12-May-2007: Johannesburg - Non-consensual, penile penetration of a woman whether it be anal or vaginal, constitutes rape, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. However it refused to find that non-consen... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Still no Lotto in sight 12-May-2007: Cape Town - There is still no clarity on when the national lottery, suspended since the end of March, will be up and running. At a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, Trade and Industry Minist... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Khutsong schools still deserted 12-May-2007: Johannesburg - Schools in Khutsong township near Carletonville remained empty on Thursday as pupils continued boycotting classes, said the Anti-North West Forum. Spokesperson Jomo Mogale said only... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Milking the little guy 12-May-2007: Business Day (Johannesburg) 10 May 2007 IF SMALL-scale milk producers face closure in the midst of a milk shortage, something is wrong, either with the dairy industry's application of its supply-d... Click here to read the rest. |
| IFP laments 'shocking' management at SAA 12-May-2007: The South African Airways (SAA) could well be in a dismal financial state because of its management's "shocking" lack of control and concern. This was the view of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), r... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Guards wounded in cash heist 12-May-2007: Two security guards were wounded when about 12 gunmen opened fire during a cash-in-transit heist in Apel on Thursday, Limpopo police said. Superintendent Ronel Otto said three vehicles from Cash Pa... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Good riddance Tony Blair - Mugabe 12-May-2007: Zimbabwe welcomed British Prime Minister Tony Blair's resignation on Thursday, describing his departure as "good riddance". "He was the worst thing that ever happened to Africa," said the country's... Click here to read the rest. |
| My Mom's Operation: A turn for the worse... now in ICU... 11-May-2007: I went to see my mother today and just a short while before I arrived there things took turn for the worse. After some commotion she was admitted to ICU. I am quite concerned. Jan.... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Humor]: S.A: If you scramble the letters: Gauteng... 11-May-2007: A regular reader sent me this. Did you know if you scramble the letters Gauteng (the name of the province in which Johannesburg is), that you get this: GET A GUN. Leon Schuster used to sing about G... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Pic] 1993 News Headline: ANC Proposed Wealth Tax 11-May-2007: I have kept this news clipping for the past 14 years and have been meaning to put it on the website for a long time. This was just months before the ANC came to power. Here you see a debate, whe... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Cartoon] Brilliant: How Black Leaders apply Pressure to Mugabe! 11-May-2007: This is a brilliant Zapiro cartoon which was published in the Sunday Times. This is the best copy I could get of it. Its beautiful... and sooooo true! Img=Cartoon_Zapiro_Black_Leaders_Apply_Pressure... Click here to read the rest. |
| My Mom's Operation went off well... 11-May-2007: Yesterday was a mixed-up day for me. My Mom had a hernia that has been bothering her for a long time. It is particularly complicated by some surgery that she had in Rhodesia many years ago. When s... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: KZN's night of terror 11-May-2007: Six hijackings, three house break-ins, two vehicle thefts: that was the count of crimes reported in just three hours in Durban's outer west area on Tuesday night. One of the hijackings left Mercury... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Pupil allegedly run over by school secretary 11-May-2007: A Durban boy was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after being knocked down - allegedly by the secretary of his primary school, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Jeff Wicks said the woman's white ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Joburg suburbs hit by power outages 11-May-2007: Areas in Johannesburg were without electricity for about three hours on Wednesday night, City Power said. Spokesperson Louis Pieterse the Cresta and Windsor areas were without power from around 5pm... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Taxi hijacker gets it in the leg 11-May-2007: Pietermaritzburg - A man is recovering in hospital after he and two other "passengers" hijacked a Pietermaritzburg minibus taxi, Kwazulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Inspector Joey Jeevan said ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Bok is 'Diva de la Rey' 11-May-2007: Johannesburg - Bok van Blerk is a "diva" and, on top of that, "late for concerts, always rude and impolite to fans and promotors". So say more than 10 people, among them journalists and organisers... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 68-year-old gang-raped: 3 held 11-May-2007: Bloemfontein - Free State police have arrested three men in connection with an incident in which a 68-year-old woman was repeatedly raped. Sergeant Malebo Khosana said on Wednesday the rapes occur... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Simon Mann's colourful life 11-May-2007: Harare - Simon Mann, the alleged British mercenary held in Zimbabwe's Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for the past three years on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, once led a colourfu... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim orders extradition of Mann 11-May-2007: Harare - A Zimbabwe court agreed on Wednesday to extradite a Briton wanted on coup plot charges in Equatorial Guinea, rejecting defence arguments he would not receive a fair trial and could be torture... Click here to read the rest. |
| Putin Compares U.S. Policies to Nazi Germany 11-May-2007: Doesn't Putin sound a lot like ilk such as Noam Chomsky or George Soros? MH Putin Is Said to Compare U.S. Policies to Third Reich MOSCOW, May 9 ó President Vladimir V. Putin seemed to obliquely ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Commie Castro Sounds Like Putin Doesn't He? 11-May-2007: Commie Castro is sounding a lot like Putin in this speech promoted by the Communist Party USA and the Communist Party of Cuba doesn't he? MH Cuban President Fidel Castro Warns of Imperial Apocalyps... Click here to read the rest. |
| Libya, Vietnam Discuss Cooperation 11-May-2007: I wonder how "moderate" Gaddafi certainly is, now that he's supporting Communist Vietnam: from MH in the US Libya-Vietnam discuss cooperation 2007-05-09 The Secretary of Manpower, Training and ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim denies plans for 20-hour power outages 11-May-2007: Harare - Zimbabwe's state power utility on Thursday said that daily electricity outages were likely to increase but dismissed reports of blanket 20-hour power cuts. Power outages occur daily, a... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Double Murderer gets bail 11-May-2007: Emotions ran high in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday when a judge extended the bail of a self-confessed double murderer. A group of about 20 Mamelodi residents, mo... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Pupil stabs teacher in the buttocks 11-May-2007: By A'eysah Kassiem A Grade 8 pupil has stabbed a teacher, wounding him in the buttocks as he was writing on the blackboard in front of the class. The pupil has... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Johannesburg: My snake's in the mail 11-May-2007: Gauteng environmental investigators, along with police, made a scary discovery when they seized cigarette and video cassette boxes containing some of the world's most deadly snakes. The seizure... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Corruption: Metro Police unit closed after credit card scams 11-May-2007: A credit card payment unit in the Johannesburg metropolitan police department has been closed down following allegations that cashiers were using tourists' credit cards to fraudulently pay motorists' ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Botswana no longer a beacon of democracy 11-May-2007: By Ziggy Mogopodi For the past 40 years since independence from Britain in 1966, Botswana has been referred to as the "shining example" of democracy in Africa. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Tackling prison overcrowding 11-May-2007: Many people held in South Africa's prisons do not have to be there, deputy justice minister Johnny de Lange said on Thursday. "There are a lot of people in prisons that do not have to be in pri... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cable thieves get 420 years 11-May-2007: Twenty-four members of various cable theft syndicates have been sentenced to a total collective sentence of 420 years' imprisonment by the Kroonstad regional court, Spoornet said on Thursday. S... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Is this Good? The Police & the Security Industry 11-May-2007: Private security guards would not be "taken over" by police but the relationship between the state and the private industry security apparatus was set to become much closer, Safety and Security Mi... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Drivers caught in taxi war speaks out 11-May-2007: Taxi drivers operating on the volatile Kraaifontein route say they have become "soft targets" in the renewed taxi war despite their non-involvement in the bloody tussle betwe... Click here to read the rest. |
| Guards wounded in cash heist 11-May-2007: Two security guards were wounded when about 12 gunmen opened fire during a cash-in-transit heist in Apel on Thursday, Limpopo police said. Superintendent Ronel Otto said three vehicles from Cas... Click here to read the rest. |
| Apartheid a pharmaceutical plot - Rath 11-May-2007: The apartheid regime was part of a global plot by the pharmaceutical industry, according to vitamin entrepreneur Dr Matthias Rath. He said in an affidavit filed in the Cape High Court: "Thi... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Is Mugabe telling the Truth about Tony Blair? 11-May-2007: Zimbabwe welcomed British Prime Minister Tony Blair's resignation on Thursday, describing his departure as "good riddance". "He was the worst thing that ever happened to Africa," said the c... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Huh? Doubts raised over Mama Jackey trial evidence 11-May-2007: By Linda Mbongwa Questions have been raised about the credibility of statements taken from a senior police captain and a Community Policing Forum chairperson at the sc... Click here to read the rest. |
| Simon Mann not suitable for bail - Zim court 11-May-2007: Harare - Briton Simon Mann was denied bail by a Zimbabwean court on Thursday pending an appeal against his extradition to Equatorial Guinea to face coup plot charges. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Hoax email: Public access to documents probed 11-May-2007: Public access to documents pertaining to the dismissal of ex-National Intelligence Agency director-general Billy Masetlha was the focus of the Constitutional Court's attention on Thursday. The ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: ANC Hoax Email: Reinstate, suspend Masetlha - counsel 11-May-2007: Ex-National Intelligence Agency boss Billy Masetlha has proposed to the Constitutional Court that he be reinstated to his position, but under suspension for 15 working days. During this time, h... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: ANC Hoax Email: Masetlha's counsel questions Mbeki's resolve 11-May-2007: The president must explain which laws he relied on to remove Billy Masetlha as director-general of the National Intelligence Agency, the Constitutional Court heard on Thursday. Masetlha's couns... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Court finds men can't be raped 11-May-2007: (So much for equality of everything. I never did believe that men and women were the same. For once, I think some sanity prevailed. I actually find it almost impossible to believe that SANITY exists a... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Australia's Howard says Mugabe is like a Nazi 11-May-2007: Canberra - Australian Prime Minister John Howard called on Friday for international cricket authorities to take a stand against Zimbabwe as he compared the tactics of President Robert Mugabe to th... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Crime Statistics: Lying to us in Monthly Installments... 11-May-2007: South Africa's crime statistics would be released sometime in June, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Thursday. At a press conference on the work of government's Justice,... Click here to read the rest. |
| IMPORTANT: SA: Was a sniper going to kill Jacob Zuma for R1 million? 11-May-2007: Associates of African National Congress Deputy President Jacob Zuma say they have submitted affidavits to the police which state that a sniper was hired to kill the ANC p... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Had I not moved I would have been shot 11-May-2007: By Bhavna Sookha and Ayanda Mhlongo 'Take the car, take it.' This was Esther Bawden's response to two armed hijackers who confronted her outside her Pinetown home on Tuesday night and demanded ... Click here to read the rest. |
| VERY IMPORTANT: SA: Former Spy boss stands firm on Mbeki & Email
''Hoax'' 11-May-2007: By Karyn Maughan and Jerermy Gordin Axed spy boss Billy Masetlha has accused President Thabo Mbeki of ignoring the rule of law by firing him and then attempting to throw him and his family... Click here to read the rest. |
| IMPORTANT: S.Africa: Another 11,000 prisoners to be released 11-May-2007: By Wendy Jasson Da Costa, Janine Stephen and Angele Quintal Close to 11 000 inmates are to be released from jail as a means of dealing with overcrowding in the cou... Click here to read the rest. |
| Sorry the news is late today, had to rush Mum to Hospital... 10-May-2007: Hi All, I'm sorry the news is late this morning. After only 2 hours sleet, I had to rush my mom to hospital at 3am this morning. I got back home at 6am and tried to sleep a bit. She has to have emerg... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: ANCYL expels Mbeki supporters 10-May-2007: Johannesburg - Eight members of the Western Cape ANCYL have been expelled and two others suspended for, they believe, their support for President Thabo Mbeki in the ruling party's leadership race, the... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Mama Jackey in relaxed mood during her trial 10-May-2007: Jacqueline "Mama Jackey" Maarohanye smiled and sometimes laughed as the first of 10 state witnesses were being cross-examined. The principal of Ithuteng Trust School in Soweto was in the Protea ma... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'I won't let it scare me' 10-May-2007: Cape Town - A pupil was hit while sitting in class when a man indiscriminately fired four shots in the direction of his school. Mbongiseni Mayongo, a grade 8 pupil at the Lower Crossroads Secondar... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'If they are nasty, kill them' 10-May-2007: Johannesburg - After three armed robbers had, among other things, held an eight-month-old baby in the air and shook her, they fled, accidentally leaving behind a "manual for burglars". The baby's ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Editor shot in hijacking 10-May-2007: Johannesburg - David Canning editor of Durban based newspaper The Mercury was shot in an arm and a leg in an attempted hijacking outside his Kloof home, The Star newspaper reported on Wednesday. T... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'Genital slashing was intended' 10-May-2007: Pretoria - A former law student who bludgeoned his friend to death with a dumbbell and cut off his genitals had acted with the direct intent to kill and was guilty of murder, a Pretoria High Court jud... Click here to read the rest. |
| U S: Dr. Ron PAUL for President 10-May-2007: Indeed, Dr. Ron Paul of Texas is a man who lives his convictions to the letter. No other representative stands alone as he has, MANY times either in favor of or in opposition to legislation the House ... Click here to read the rest. |
| 20-hour daily power cuts for Zim 10-May-2007: Harare - Zimbabwe's government announced 20-hour daily electricity cuts for households across the country on Wednesday as supplies are shifted to irrigate the crucial winter wheat crop amid persistent... Click here to read the rest. |
| 'Time of terrorists is over' 10-May-2007: Mogadishu - Mogadishu's new mayor is not new to town - he is one of the country's most feared and ruthless warlords. His new role may have as much to do with the calm Mogadishu has seen in recent days... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Proteas receive death threats - report 10-May-2007: Proteas captain Graeme Smith said the team have received death threats since returning from the Cricket World Cup, according to 702 Eyewitness News. The station reported Smith as saying that the te... Click here to read the rest. |
| Jewish South African Minister Defends Hamas Invite 10-May-2007: So typical of Comrade Ronnie to invite his friends in Hamas over to South Africa. Notice how they describe Ronnie to be "Jewish" while never outlining his long history of affiliation with the South A... Click here to read the rest. |
| Soros Chooses Liberia 10-May-2007: Looks like Soros is giving money to Gaddafi's female client: Liberia: 'I Chose Liberia' The Analyst (Monrovia) 7 May 2007 Months after underwriting the cost of government Mittal Steel agreemen... Click here to read the rest. |
| Commie Castro Attacks U.S. on Hijacking 10-May-2007: I wonder if this hijacking attempt was really pulled out by Cuban DGI operatives who have infiltrated the opposition. Castro's Zimbabwean pen pal-Mugabe certainly does just about the same: Comments f... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Government denies threat to radio stations 10-May-2007: A recent article in the publication Noseweek alleging the presidency had threatened to pull all government advertising from two local radio stations if they failed to broadcast an interview with Presi... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Pupil shot at school 10-May-2007: A grade eight pupil was shot and wounded at the Lower Crossroads Secondary School on Tuesday morning, Western Cape police said. "The pupil was hit by a stray bullet and a man was seen in the field ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: 'Traffic fines might be cancelled' 10-May-2007: Motorists issued with traffic fines because the country's new electronic national traffic information system (eNaTIS) was offline may have them cancelled, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesda... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Striking teachers to 'lose R70m a day' 10-May-2007: Teachers taking part in the planned public service strike would lose a combined income of R70-million a day, the director general of education department, Duncan Hindle, said on Tuesday. He said he... Click here to read the rest. |
| Gaddafi Protecting Sudan From Intervention 10-May-2007: Why is Bush calling Gaddafi a "moderate" when Gaddafi is allowing genocide in Darfur to persist? MH Gaddafi opposes Darfur intervention Arab World By Agencies Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's leader... Click here to read the rest. |
| 'Dad threw baby into salt pan' 10-May-2007: Port Elizabeth - Police had to restore order in a suburb here after a father allegedly drowned his four-month-old baby son after a quarrel with the child's intoxicated mother. Missionvale locals w... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Man raped daughter for 2 years 10-May-2007: Grahamstown - A 45-year-old man was sentenced in Grahamstown High Court on Monday to 20 years in jail for repeatedly raping his daughter for two years. The girl, from Stutterheim, was eight when h... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Computer chaos at licensing bureaus 10-May-2007: Motor licensing bureaus around the country closed their doors on Monday and turned away long queues of angry people waiting to make bookings and payments after the national server crashed. Since th... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Teachers struggle to make ends meet 10-May-2007: After serving 17 years as a teacher, Heather Xinwa (not her real name) has little to show for it. The mother of three told the Pretoria News that although she does not know a lot about unions and how ... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Driver caught speeding at 229km/h 10-May-2007: Six people were arrested for driving at speeds in excess of 180km/h on the N1 highway in the Johannesburg area, metro police said on Monday. The six, all men, were arrested near the Grasmere Toll P... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cops beat protesting Zim lawyers 10-May-2007: Harare - Armed police violently broke up a demonstration of lawyers wearing traditional legal gowns outside Zimbabwe's High Court on Tuesday, took several away and beat them, the independent Law Socie... Click here to read the rest. |
| Liberia Welcomes Gaddafi 10-May-2007: This woman Liberian President is certainly no saint: from MH Liberia: Libya Returns With New Enthusiasm The Analyst (Monrovia) 7 May 2007 Posted to the web 7 May 2007 Libya and Liberia will... Click here to read the rest. |
| French Police Arrest Nearly 600 People 10-May-2007: Wow, 600, that's a lot. Are these folks on the lines of attempting to make a coup against a nearly elected leader? Wonder if Royal is certainly a Commie Chavez mini-me in a dress because her support... Click here to read the rest. |
| US: Children 'Bad for Planet' 10-May-2007: I say boohoo to those Marxist orientated enviromentalists. These suggestions of laws of decreasing the size of the family are a form of eugenics and on the lines of Nazism mixed with Marxist leanings... Click here to read the rest. |
| US: Eco-Terrorists Wants Less of Us 10-May-2007: This eco-terrorist Paul Watson is sounding a lot like al-Zawahri: From MH in the US Eco-Extremist Wants World Population to Drop below 1 Billion Sea Shepherd founder says mankind is a 'virus' and ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Bizarre Crash: BMW cut in two 10-May-2007: A 35-year-old woman, driving her red BMW home to Fourways on Tuesday night, was killed outright in a bizarre crash that saw her car ripped in half. Elana Carelse was driving on the N1 North tow... Click here to read the rest. |
| ANC SMS Propaganda Rumours? DA probes an SMS 'smear campaign' 10-May-2007: The Democratic Alliance has launched a forensic investigation to determine who sent an SMS saying the election of Helen Zille as party leader would be "the final nail in the coffin for Afrikaners"... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: The Station 'Strangler' in dock for six more killings 10-May-2007: By Fouzia van der Fort Staff Reporter "Station Strangler" suspect Norman Afzal Simons was back in court on Wednesday - over the deaths of five children and a man during the 1990s. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: CCTV footage embarrasses SAPS 10-May-2007: Five police officers have been arrested after CCTV footage caught them bungling a robbery investigation at a government building, the SABC said on Wednesday. The close... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Pension depot robbed of cash 10-May-2007: Three armed men made off with an undisclosed sum of cash destined for pensioners at a Greytown pension payments depot, Kwazulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Inspector Joey Jeevan said the gro... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Justice by ACCIDENT: Taxi hijacker shot 10-May-2007: A man is recovering in hospital after he and two others under the pretences of being passengers, hijacked a Pietermaritzburg minibus taxi, Kwazulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Inspector... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Spy boss sets sights on Constitutional Court 10-May-2007: Ex-National Intelligence Agency (NIA) director-general Billy Masetlha will ask the Constitutional Court on Thursday to overturn a Pretoria High Court ruling upholding his dismissal. Masetlh... Click here to read the rest. |
| S.African Link to London Terror Bomb Blasts 10-May-2007: Four people, including the two grandchildren of a South African anti-apartheid activist, were arrested in Britain in connection with deadly bombings in London two years ago, News24 reported on Thursda... Click here to read the rest. |
| Shot Pakistani possibly an informer??? 10-May-2007: By Barry Bateman The Pakistani national who was gunned down in an apparent hit in the parking area of Montana Traders Square may have been a police informer providing ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Corruption: Metro police in card scam still at work 10-May-2007: Johannesburg metro police officials, allegedly behind a massive credit card scam, are still in their jobs. More than two weeks after The Star exposed how officials fro... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Bank Phising Scams: False websites worry bank clients 10-May-2007: By Bronwyn Gerretsen Increasing numbers of Internet banking clients are being lured to fictitious websites despite efforts by banks to protect customers' banking i... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Search for mystery hero 10-May-2007: By Miranda Andrew Police are looking for a mystery man who they want to reward for being a good Samaritan. According to witnesses, the man leapt into action to help an... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: ANC Terrorists killed by former Govt to be reburied 10-May-2007: They were anti-apartheid fighters, and when they were killed, apartheid security forces hastily buried their bodies as unidentified paupers in unmarked graves. For decades the families of four ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Pan-African Parliament: Act on Zimbabwe - lawmaker 10-May-2007: By Celean Jacobson A South African lawmaker has called on the Pan African Parliament to send a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe to investigate the arrest and detention of opposition activis... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Lawyers arrested on 'trumped up' charges 10-May-2007: Harare - Zimbabwe's labour movement has called the recent arrests of two prominent human rights lawyers a deliberate act of intimidation. Alec Muchadehama and Andrew M... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Nigerian Credit card scam costs SAA R14 million 10-May-2007: A Nigerian credit card fraud syndicate has infiltrated South African Airways and is colluding with its call centre staff in scamming thousands of unsuspecting people. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Extradited Mercenary: Mann: From hell to hell 10-May-2007: By Beauregard Tromp and Reuters Mercenary Simon Mann has been rearrested within moments of being freed from Zimbabwe's notorious Chikurubi Prison, pending extradition to Equatorial Guinea. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: KwaZuluNatal's night of Crime terror 10-May-2007: By Matthew Savides Six hijackings, three house break-ins, two vehicle thefts: that was the count of crimes reported in just three hours in Durban's outer west area on ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Repression continuing in Zim, says MDC 10-May-2007: Harare - Zimbabwe's main opposition on Wednesday accused President Robert Mugabe's government of continuing a crackdown on opponents and called for an African Union crisis summit to resolve the countr... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Cartoon] The Death of South African Cricket 09-May-2007: And it includes a bit of a commentary with parallels to the death of Bob Woolmer. (Photo) ... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Pic] [Afrikaans] That Angry Farmer in Kareedouw again... 09-May-2007: Here is another of those photos from that angry Afrikaans farmer in Kareedouw. Having grown up on a farm and knowing of the black propensity to trespass on to one's property and/or to come in and stea... Click here to read the rest. |
| Wanted: More S.African Rugby Cheerleader Pics... 09-May-2007: I put up some photos of those gorgeous girls whom I believe are cheerleaders for the Sharks yesterday. I am referring to this article below: Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim man dragged by elephant 09-May-2007: Harare - An elephant trampled a 48-year-old man to death in western Zimbabwe while his wife and son looked on helplessly, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Tuesday. The attack o... Click here to read the rest. |
| Death penalty for Zim gardener who murdered Swiss man 09-May-2007: Harare - A gardener who murdered a Swiss expatriate in Zimbabwe in 2005 has been sentenced to death by the Harare High Court, it was reported on Tuesday. Maxwell Governor will be allowed to app... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim should be a huge concern - AU Chair's stupid remarks & my comments 09-May-2007: Pretoria - There should be concern about the crisis in Zimbabwe, Ghana's President and current chairperson of the African Union, John Agyekum Kufuor, said on Tuesday. He was speaking shortl... Click here to read the rest. |
| Bob Woolmer murder probe 'still inconclusive' 09-May-2007: Kaqrachi - A Pakistani investigator Tuesday said that a probe into the cause of death of national cricket coach Bob Woolmer was still inconclusive. Woolmer, 58, was found dead in his Jamaic... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: The Genitals hacker hears his fate 09-May-2007: A former law student who bludgeoned his friend to death with a dumbbell and cut off his genitals had acted with the direct intent to kill and was guilty of murder, a Pretoria High Court judge found on... Click here to read the rest. |
| Angry fathers fed up over court delay 09-May-2007: By Botho Molosankwe They came to court hoping to see justice done - but two grieving fathers were told they would have to wait another six months for the overloaded ju... Click here to read the rest. |
| Attorneys beaten by Zim police 09-May-2007: By Angus Shaw Harare - Armed police violently broke up a demonstration of lawyers wearing traditional legal gowns outside Zimbabwe's High Court on Tuesday, took several away and beat them, the ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Smash-and-grab suspects nabbed in Joburg 09-May-2007: Three alleged armed robbers who had been "terrorising" Sandton and Douglasdale residents were caught by police on Tuesday. "The suspects are believed to have been terrorising residents around t... Click here to read the rest. |
| Tears at baby Jordan's grave after verdict 09-May-2007: Hours after Dina Rodrigues and her four co-accused were found guilty of murdering six-month-old Jordan Leigh Norton, the baby's family visited her grave and wept, relieved th... Click here to read the rest. |
| :SA Horror: Two guilty of burning a Black couple alive 09-May-2007: Police are searching for three members of a five-man gang which burnt a Howick couple alive for refusing to produce money during an armed robbery. Two suspects, Ntambama Mbanjwa, 21, and Fa... Click here to read the rest. |
| Murder and stabbing suspects arrested 09-May-2007: Ten people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with two separate incidents in which two Galeshewe residents were stabbed and killed, said Northern Cape police. In the first incident, seven p... Click here to read the rest. |
| Four try to escape from a Maximum Security Prison 09-May-2007: A prison warder and three prisoners alleged to have been involved in a failed escape bid that led to the death of two top officials at Pretoria's high security gaol, C-Max, in 2004, will go on trial i... Click here to read the rest. |
| Sex - does it exist in marriages any more? 09-May-2007: You hear it whispered at coffee mornings, at the school gates or on nights out with the girls. After a few bottles of wine have been consumed, it's on the agenda at dinner pa... Click here to read the rest. |
| How thieves stole R20,000 from a Doctor 09-May-2007: By Bronwyn Gerretsen When Dr Roger Morkel's cellphone and his work telephone lines went dead one Friday afternoon, he had no idea that while he was trying to get them ... Click here to read the rest. |
| School fight 'not racially motivated' 09-May-2007: By Heinz de Boer The governing body of Northwood High School says race did not play a role in an alleged assault at the school, and has confirmed that it has launched ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Mom angered by delays in Thato's murder case 09-May-2007: By Linda Mbongwa Happy Radebe is fed up with all the postponements in the case against five boys accused of raping, stoning and stabbing her daughter Thato to death. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cape judge jails 'Fancy Boys' Gang 09-May-2007: Five "Fancy Boys" gangsters who formed part of a housebreaking syndicate that targeted wealthy homes, were on Tuesday jailed by the Cape High Court for terms ranging from 20 years to six years. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| 'Please give my baby's body back' 09-May-2007: 'Please, please give me my baby's body back." This was the desperate and tearful plea of a Pretoria mom, who for the past three months has been waiting in vain for police to... Click here to read the rest. |
| [10 Pics] Zimbabwe Police crackdown on MDC Unrest photos 08-May-2007: The following are photos taken some weeks ago in Harare, Zimbabwe when there was unrest and the Police were cracking down on the people, beating them. (Photo) The MD... Click here to read the rest. |
| I wish the French the Best of Luck with their New President 08-May-2007: It is delightful to see hope spring anew. I was absolutely delighted with the new French President Sarkozy who is tough on immigration. Can he help to save France after so many years of damage bein... Click here to read the rest. |
| Noam Chomsky, Pro-Soviet/Pro-Communist/Anti-American/Pro-Terror Professor 08-May-2007: Noam Chomsky, Pro-Soviet/Pro-Communist/Anti-American/Pro-Terror Professor "We have a big argument here about whether Nicaragua and Cuba are sending arms to El Salvador. Well, I don't know,... Click here to read the rest. |
| Hugo Chavez Communist Friend of Communist Racist Robert Mugabe 08-May-2007: Hugo Chavez, Communist Friend of Mugabe ìVenezuela is used to defending itself ... and fighting imperialism." ìIt is an imperialist government, one that says it fights against terrorism b... Click here to read the rest. |
| The Zionist Anti-Communist about Communist Nelson Mandela 08-May-2007: Nelson Mandela, Former Communist ANC Leader "It's a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the U.S. is behaving badly. Why are t... Click here to read the rest. |
| The Free Market News Network 08-May-2007: I see that the Free Market news network posted a story I put out. They seem like an interesting website. Click here for the Free M... Click here to read the rest. |
| New Zionist Anti-Communist Blogspot 08-May-2007: Here is an interesting blogspot that seems to have views similar to those I have. He writes:- Welcome to the Zionist Anti-Communist. I am a pro-American, pro-Israel, pro-Jewish, anti-Communist, an... Click here to read the rest. |
| Special Branch Officer: The Western Anti-Communist Alliance does
not exist 08-May-2007: ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zimbabwe: The White Lackey Mugabe Puppets of the CFU 08-May-2007: Excerpt:- XXX is right I'm afraid to say. Both JAG and the CFU had every opportunity to take this matter up and submit their exceptionally good case to the Hague ages and ages and ages ago. Why t... Click here to read the rest. |
| [10 Pics] SA: The BEST Reasons to support The Sharks Rugby Team 08-May-2007: Firstly, be warned, if you don't have a strong heart - do not view this page. Cardiac arrest is a distinct possibility. A friend sent me these photos with the caption: "Reasons to support the Shar... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Affirmative Action, Property Market and National Credit Act Chaos... 08-May-2007: As you all know I work in a "financial institution" - the name and details of which shall remain unnamed. In our area I have witnessed some fascinating things recently. Many of you will recall I... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zimbabwe's Wildlife being WIPED OUT! 08-May-2007: Zimbabwe faces 20-year ivory trade ban By Nqobani Ndlovu Bulawayo - Zimbabwe and three other Southern African countries face a 20-year ban from trading in ivory and hunting elephants if a prop... Click here to read the rest. |
| Murder in South Africa: a comparison of past and present 08-May-2007: The following is a fascinating link to a page on Gun Owners of S.Africa. It has lots of good graphs. (A few of the graphs are missing, but even so there are many good ones). Jan. Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Zuma is a 'disgrace to the nation and God' 08-May-2007: The latest move by Bishop Ben Mthethwa to declare African National Congress Deputy President Jacob Zuma a priest was "shameful", the Christian Front (CF) said on Sunday. "There seems to be no end t... Click here to read the rest. |
| S Africa: Oprah girls quit over Afrikaans 08-May-2007: Johannesburg - Two Afrikaans-speakers have not returned to Oprah Winfrey's upmarket school for girls after the holidays, apparently because of cultural differences and bullying. The parents of the... Click here to read the rest. |
| Police Battle Anti-Sarkozy Protesters 08-May-2007: Just so typical with this blackmail/fearmongering rhetoric coming from the French Socialist Party: From MH in the US Police battle anti-Sarkozy protesters RIOT police fired tear gas at stone-thr... Click here to read the rest. |
| France: 'Carlos the Jackal' Faces New Trial 08-May-2007: Here's something about an old Cold War terrorist-Carlos the Jackal who was the same terrorist who supported the 9/11 attacks and was praised by Commie Chavez: MH 'Carlos the Jackal' faces new trial... Click here to read the rest. |
| Another Terrorist Bits the Dust in Iraq 08-May-2007: I wonder when will the "peace" movement attack Zawahri for being a chikenhawk and a war criminal when Zawahri sits comfortably making his propaganda videos while his followers like al-Baghdadi are kil... Click here to read the rest. |
| Criminal top Brass in South African Military. 08-May-2007: SANDFís brass tarnished (Sunday Times 6 May 2007) 06 May 2007 Prega Govender ëScores of people with top ranks in the defence force have convictionsí Two brigadier-generals in the South A... Click here to read the rest. |
| Sarkozy Wins French Elections 08-May-2007: Here's something to be quite pleased:MH Sarkozy takes French presidency Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the hotly-contested French presidential election, according to early results. The ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Africa: Rescuers search for wreckage of Kenya Airways 737-800 08-May-2007: Cape Argus (Cape Town) 6 May 2007 Eleanor Momberg and Reuters Fears for the lives of 114 people, including seven South Africans, were growing last night as rescuers scoured dense forest in Came... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Police detain lawyers 08-May-2007: Zimbabwe Standard 6 May 2007 Valentine Maponga Harare THE legal fraternity has been rocked to its roots after the arrest of two top human rights lawyers outside the High Court in Harare on Frid... Click here to read the rest. |
| Commie Chavez Threatens to Steal Steel Ind. 08-May-2007: Here's Commie Chavez threatening to steal the steel industry of Venezuela: MH Chavez Threatens Largest Steel Maker Printer Friendly PDF Email May 5, 2007 3:45 PM (2 hrs 20 mins ago) By NATALIE... Click here to read the rest. |
| Russia Renews Slovak Nuclear Facilities 08-May-2007: Here's something none too surprising about Putin visiting some "former" Soviet blocs and upgrading their nuclear facilities. Hmm, I wonder why: from MH in the US Russia renews Slovak nuclear facil... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cuban Commies Praising Iran's Nuke Program 08-May-2007: Here's more on the Cuban Commies praising Iran's nuke program: Cuba hails Iran's pursuance of its peaceful nuclear program Iran-Cuba-Parliaments Parliament Speaker of Cuba Ricardo Alarcon prais... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Most-wanted suspect arrested - So what? 08-May-2007: A man described as "one of Gauteng's most-wanted suspects" by police was caught by residents of Ivory Park, Gauteng police said on Monday. The local community cornered Humphrey Ledwaba, 34,... Click here to read the rest. |
| S.African actor escapes hijackers 08-May-2007: Crazy Monkey co-writer and actor Brendan Jack thought he was going to die in the same way as his friend and fellow actor Brett Goldin when he was hijacked in Johannesburg. Jack believes luc... Click here to read the rest. |
| DRC refugees start making their way home 08-May-2007: By Shapi Shacinda Lusaka - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC) has started repatriating the first group of 60 000 Congolese from Zambia under a three-year voluntary programm... Click here to read the rest. |
| 'I killed widow in self-defence' 08-May-2007: A young man charged with murdering his employer, a 52-year-old widow, has claimed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court that he stabbed and killed the woman out of fear for his... Click here to read the rest. |
| Crime decried as victim is laid to rest 08-May-2007: By Jabulile Ngwenya "Gino loved life, Gino loved people." Those were the words of John Evans of the Gauteng Dragon Boat Association, speaking on Sunday at the m... Click here to read the rest. |
| Soweto teen's rape and murder trial resumes 08-May-2007: Five youths arrested in connection with the rape and murder of 14-year-old Thato Radebe appeared briefly in the Protea magistrate's court in Soweto on Monday, SABC radio news reported. Thato's ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Seven in court after chop shop arrests 08-May-2007: By Barry Bateman Cullinan police have arrested seven suspects believed to be linked to a vehicle theft syndicate operating in the area. The arrests of the men, aged between 18 and 60, c... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim releases human rights lawyers 08-May-2007: Zimbabwe released two human rights lawyers on Monday arrested last week after challenging government attempts to deny bail to jailed opposition activists, their lawyer said. Lawyer Lawrence Chi... Click here to read the rest. |
| S.African farmer in Zambia arrested for alleged fraud 08-May-2007: A South African farmer has been arrested in Zambia for allegedly defrauding a bank of more than $2-million (over R13.7-million) in a credit facility scheme, police said on Monday. The 32-year-o... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Seven SA nationals on ill-fated flight 08-May-2007: By Karen Breytenbach Seven South Africans were aboard the Kenya Airways aircraft that crashed in a remote area in the swampy, densely forested southern part of Cameroo... Click here to read the rest. |
| Axe murderer gets life for killing boyfriend 08-May-2007: The Cape High Court on Monday sentenced a science graduate to a life imprisonment for a fatal axe attack on his former gay partner, who had started a new gay relationship with another partner. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Police boss's son beaten 08-May-2007: By Heinz de Boer The teenage son of one of Durban's top police officers has been beaten up in what his father believes is a racially motivated attack at a Durban school. Grade 9 Northwoo... Click here to read the rest. |
| Suspect admits to killing cop at hiking spot 08-May-2007: Two men were due to appear in the Lichtenburg magistrate's court on Monday for the killing of a Mafikeng police office, North West police said. Superintendent Moses Keaobaka said the men would ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Bride mourns as robbers kill man at resort 08-May-2007: Just several hours after saying "I do", Mark Sandmann, 27, died in his bride's arms. He was gunned down by intruders in the honeymoon suite of the luxury Kievits Kroon Countr... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cop's death leaves 'gaping wound' 08-May-2007: By Zama Feni The wife of one of two Metro Police officers slain in Delft said the untimely death of her husband - the main breadwinner of the family - has "left a gaping wound in my heart". ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Kenyan Airline Crash: The plane fell head first 08-May-2007: By Heidi Vogt Mbanga-Pongo, Cameroon - The searchers drove as far as they could into the swamp and then set out on foot, crawling over soggy earth until they found... Click here to read the rest. |
| Dina knew what she had done was wrong 08-May-2007: It was as if they had seen it coming. Dina Rodrigues, Sipho Mfazwe, Mongezi Bobotyane, Zanethemba Gwada and Bonginkosi Sigenu didn't blink an eye when they were pronounce... Click here to read the rest. |
| Bishop Tutu slams African leaders 08-May-2007: By Michelle Nichols New York - Africa should condemn human rights violations in Zimbabwe and South Africa should consider threatening action against its neighbour for ... Click here to read the rest. |
| [Humour] How Tzaneen in S.Africa moved to China! 07-May-2007: Here is my story - a true story from about 2 weeks ago. I got an order from a reader in Tzaneen in South Africa who had bought 1 copy of Government by Deception. His friends all wanted to read it and ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Blast from the Past: Taiwanese Productivity with S.Africa's Lazy
Blacks 07-May-2007: I saw that someone was doing some searches on the search engine. I saw that the person was looking for an old article I put up wherein I recount the experiences of some Taiwanese businessmen who were ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Seven nabbed for stolen cars 07-May-2007: Seven men have been arrested for being in possession of stolen cars and car parts worth R300 000, Pretoria police said. Captain Lucas Sithole said police were acting on a tip-off and arrest... Click here to read the rest. |
| Wreckage of Kenyan plane found in swamp 07-May-2007: By Tansa Musa Yaounde - A Kenya Airways plane that went missing with 114 people on board crashed in a swamp a short distance from Cameroon's Douala airport, officials ... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: What does Zille think of Mbeki? 07-May-2007: Newly elected Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Sunday that it was not her job as opposition leader to be liked by President Thabo Mbeki. She told a media briefing that she was "ve... Click here to read the rest. |
| NPA ready to pounce on Simon Mann 07-May-2007: It is likely that British mercenary Simon Mann will be extradited by Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea, but if he were to come to South Africa he would be taken in for questioning and might be charged... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Teen gets life for murdering teacher 07-May-2007: Young thugs carefully chose a defenceless teacher to kidnap, rob, stab repeatedly and abandon her body at a roadside, the Pietermaritzburg High Court found on Friday when jailing a teenager for li... Click here to read the rest. |
| Blue light driver in court 07-May-2007: By Niyanta Singh A driver for the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health, Peggy Nkonyeni, appeared in the Scottburgh magistrate's court this week, charged with speeding while transporting the MEC in Janu... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Rustenburg: ATM blown up 07-May-2007: An automated teller machine (ATM) was blown up in Mogwase outside Rustenburg causing more than R200 000 damage on Saturday, Mogwase police said. Spokesperson Inspector Walter Pilane said th... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Fake Coup Plot: Mann's fate hangs on judge's decision 07-May-2007: A Zimbabwean court will rule next week whether a former British special forces officer alleged to be the ringleader in a coup plot against the Equatorial Guinean government will be extradited there. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Taxi War: Security beefed up on contested taxi routes 07-May-2007: By Deepa Seetharaman Police are boosting security on contested taxi routes in Cape Town after violence has left three people dead and several injured. "We have a plan," said Superintend... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: ANC congratulates Zille 07-May-2007: The ruling African National Congress on Sunday congratulated Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille on her election as head of the country's official opposition, the Democratic Alliance. "The ANC cong... Click here to read the rest. |
| Dina's parents watch her 'sink' 07-May-2007: Witnessing her daughter Dina being tried for the murder of baby Jordan Norton was like "watching a ship sinking and not being able to stop it", says Mary Rodrigues. "I still have faith though,... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: BEAUTIFUL: Three robbers gunned down 07-May-2007: Three suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with Mpumalanga police on Saturday afternoon, paramedics said. "It is believed that robbers planned to rob the cash-in-transit vehicles at... Click here to read the rest. |
| Pakistani cops in Woolmer shock - Coverup? 07-May-2007: Pakistani investigators on Saturday submitted a report to their government on the death in March of cricket coach Bob Woolmer, concluding that there was no evidence that he was strangled, as Jamai... Click here to read the rest. |
| Pakistani man gunned down in South Africa 07-May-2007: By Barry Bateman A Pakistani man working in South Africa was gunned down outside the Montana Traders Square at the weekend in an apparent hit following a long-running dispute between traders. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim human rights lawyers arrested 07-May-2007: Harare - Two prominent human rights lawyers in Zimbabwe, who have been representing detained opposition officials, have themselves been arrested, a member of their defence team said on Saturday. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: Mugabe issues warning to bishops 07-May-2007: Harare/Johannesburg - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has warned Roman Catholic bishops in the country that they are on a dangerous path after they criticised his government in a recent pastor... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Saint Shabir Shaik - Oh please 07-May-2007: The millions made by convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik through his crooked business dealings will benefit the victims of crime, the Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) told parliament this week. ... Click here to read the rest. |
| Stolen cash recovered after heist 07-May-2007: Two cash-in-transit guards managed to recover money which was stolen from them during a robbery at a shopping complex in Witbank on Saturday, Mpumalanga police said. Captain Leornard Hlathi sai... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Fear of crime 'partly based on reality' 07-May-2007: By Sarah Lockwood It's a frighteningly common sight - houses surrounded by razor wire, towering walls and extensive security systems. People are increasingly turning their homes int... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: DA 'tough' on criminals 07-May-2007: Hard labour should be reintroduced as a mandatory sentence for murderers, rapists and armed and violent robbers, the Democratic Alliance's federal congress urged on Sunday. It accepted a re... Click here to read the rest. |
| Family denies taxi war link to police killing 07-May-2007: The family of one of the Metro Police officers slain in Delft believes he was a target but doubts the shooting was related to the taxi war. Mkuseli Mqukuse, 33, and Mcebisi Xotongo, 30, long-ti... Click here to read the rest. |
| Video of girl's stoning shown on Internet 07-May-2007: By Abdulhamid Zebari Arbil - Cellphone videos have appeared on the Internet showing an Iraqi mob stoning and kicking to death a 17-year-old girl after she offended her minority community by... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA: Robbery victim's superglue terror 07-May-2007: As he sat glued to his rowing machine, three thoughts kept running through Kobus van Deventer's mind. Would the callous robbers who had glued him there return to kill him; would they do so... Click here to read the rest. |
| Cop held on attempted murder charge 07-May-2007: By Janine du Plessis and Barry Bateman A metro police officer was arrested on charges of attempted murder, attempted robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm on Friday. Police con... Click here to read the rest. |
| Zim: EXACTLY as I predicted: Mugabe gets another 6 years! 07-May-2007: By ANGUS SHAW Harare - The ruling party has resolved differences over a power struggle to succeed President Robert Mugabe and backed him to stay in office for another six years, the state S... Click here to read the rest. |
| Public to spearhead battle against crime 07-May-2007: By KEVIN RITCHIE Communities are to spearhead the battle against crime as the first step of a radical overhaul of South Africa's policing strategy. Safety and Security Minister Charl... Click here to read the rest. |
| SA. Our Police are losing their minds 07-May-2007: By Fiona Gounden Desperately stressed police officers in KwaZulu-Natal are not getting the help and support they need from their understaffed psychological service... Click here to read the rest. |
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