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The British intelligence services may have just had one of their best-kept secrets blown: their role in the abduction and assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister whose Pan-African nationalism and pro-Moscow leanings alarmed the West.
China reports two more H7N9 bird flu cases
HANGZHOU — Two infections of H7N9 bird flu, involving one death, were reported in east China’s Zhejiang Province, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to nine, local authorities said yesterday.
Motlanthe slams wasteful spending
PRETORIA — Wasteful spending of government resources must end, South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said in Pretoria yesterday.
“We have to repeat the message that resource wastage cannot be tolerated,” he told senior public servants at the 2013 government leadership summit in Pretoria.
UN General Assembly approves first-ever arms trade treaty
UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly by 154-3, with 23 abstentions, on Tuesday passed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to limit for the first time international conventional weapons commerce, which was estimated at up to US$70 billion annually.
Matizanadzo to flex muscles at Mr Novice competition
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterUNHERALD body-builder Trust Matizanadzo wants to use the Mr Novice competition set for this Saturday at Country Club in Newlands to gain exposure before seriously challenging for honours in future events.
Hartman gets boost ahead of SA tour
Sports ReporterTANYARADZWA Muza the Hartman House Under-14 rugby team captain is confident that they will do well when they tour South Africa next week.
“Our team has been playing together for sometime so I believe we can manage to do well at the event,” Muza said.
Safa, Fifa call off match-fixing meeting
Johannesburg. — Talks on soccer match-fixing between Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula, Safa, and football body Fifa have been called off.
This was confirmed by the South African Football Association yesterday, just hours after it stated that Safa president Kirsten Nematandani was due to board a flight to Zurich,
Top karatekas bank on experience
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
NATIONAL technical director for full contact styles, Tendayi Mutikani has expressed confidence in local fighters who will take part in the IFK Fourth World Open Knockdown championships slated for this weekend in London, United Kingdom.
Zuma didn’t get OK for CAR mission: Lekota
PRETORIA. — The Congress of the People (Cope) said yesterday President Jacob Zuma breached his constitutional obligation by sending troops to the Central African Republic, party leader Mosiuoa Lekota said. President Zuma was supposed to request a parliamentary approval to send troops to the CAR.
Hunt for Kony suspended
KAMPALA. — African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for fugitive warlord Joseph Kony because the new government there is not co-operating with the mission, Uganda’s top military official said.