adminSA soldiers ‘shot children’ in CAR
JOHANNESBURG — South African soldiers who survived last week’s rebel takeover of the Central African Republic are traumatised after discovering later that some of the rebels killed were child soldiers, local newspapers reported yesterday.Pope appeals for world peace
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula.In his first “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message, Francis also called for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, an end to the civil war in Syria, and political solutions
Mandela spends fourth day in hospital
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela remained in hospital for a fourth day yesterday after South African officials said he was making steady progress following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia.Kenya on alert after Odinga supporters run riot
NAIROBI — Kenyan police beefed up security yesterday after a court decision upholding Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential vote win drew his rival’s supporters into the streets, sparking riots that left two dead.
SA swimming lose sponsorship
LONDON — Swimming South Africa has lost its major sponsorship deal, and with it over £800 000 a year in revenue, forcing the body to insist that their athletes pay for their own flights and accommodation if they are to head to Spain for the event, which begins on July 19Jesse Ryder feeling better
CHRISTCHURCH — New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder said he was “heaps better” but “really tired” in his first public statement since the attack which put him in intensive care.The 28-year-old Wellington all-rounder was admitted to Christchurch Hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning and placed in an induced coma after suffering multiple
Lionel Messi breaks another record
MADRID — Barcelona’s World Player of the Year Lionel Messi scored in a 19th successive Spanish La Liga soccer match on Saturday, entering a new statistic in the record books by netting against every team in the league consecutively.Know your author: Hanlons
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Dr Joseph Hanlon is a visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, a Scientist by training and a journalist who co-authored the book “Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land” with his wife Teresa Smart and Dr Jeanette Manjegwa of the University of Zimbabwe.Achebe: Demise of a thinker
Chinua Achebe; the great African author from Nigeria died on March 21, 2013 in Boston, US at the age of 82.His oeuvre is well known throughout the world. I know people who can recite chunks and chunks of Things Fall Apart, his pioneering novel that is also estimated to have sold