Four jailed for hit on Rwandan general in SA
Four men found guilty of trying to kill a Rwandan general exiled in South Africa have been jailed for eight years. A Krugersdorp magistrate says the three Tanzanians and one Rwandan will be deported once they’ve served their sentences. Magistrate Stanley Mkhari says the assassination bid on Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa four years ago was policially […]
Miners union wants SA to annex Lesotho
The National Union of Mineworkers says serious consideration should be given to making Lesotho part of South Africa. The Union says there’s pressure for this from its memberscwho are citizens of the mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. NUM general secretary Frans Baleni says there real concern about Lesotho following the attempted coup last […]
Lesotho parties close to agreement
Spurred by President Jacob Zuma, who visited their mountain kingdom yesterday, political rivals in Lesotho have promised to resolve the crisis that drove their prime minister Thomas Thabane into a brief exile in South Africa. Key to this though is getting a renegade general, hiding in the hills with stolen weapons and a band of […]