adminPhilippine group protests Chinese reclamation
Manila — Members of a political party allied with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III marked the country’s Independence Day on Thursday by protesting China’s moves to reclaim land in the…
Rio airport workers strike ahead of World Cup
Ground staff at Rio de Janeiro’s airports plan to stage a 24-hour partial strike yesterday, the day Brazil hosts the opening match of the football World Cup.
Iraq’s Maliki ‘appealed for US air strikes’
Iraq’s prime minister has asked the United States to carry out drone and air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, but the US has so…
IQ tests for ‘house of horror’ children
Johannesburg — The five children allegedly held captive by their father in a house in Springs, east of Johannesburg, have all undergone IQ tests, Beeld newspaper reported yesterday.
Jealous ex eats man’s heart with knife and fork
Cape Town — A man has been arrested in Gugulethu for allegedly cutting out the heart of his ex-girlfriend’s current lover and eating it with a knife and fork.
Vatican to protect Michelangelo frescoes
Vatican City — Dust, sweat and carbon dioxide brought into the Sistine Chapel by a swelling number of tourists risk damaging priceless Michelangelo frescoes, the Vatican said on Wednesday, hoping…
ANC salutes ‘heroic resolve’ of Rivonia trialists
Johannesburg — The African National Congress saluted the Rivonia trialists on the 50th anniversary of their sentencing yesterday. “This marked the stepping up of the offensive against apartheid and its…
The failure of independence
Joram Nyathi SOMETHING is fundamentally wrong with our tertiary education. Wrong to the extent that it makes us love most the system of colonial oppression which demanded so much sacrifice…
Editorial Comment: When will World Cup glory come to Africa?
Brazil and Croatia kicked off the 20th edition of the Fifa World Cup at Sao Paolo’s Arena Corinthians last night. The globe’s biggest; single-event sporting competition is a 30-day sprint…
World Cup roars into life: Soccer personalities make predictions
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter THE world comes to a literal standstill tonight when the 20th Fifa World Cup roars into life in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil…