South Africans detained in China will be home for Christmas
Seven South Africans detained in China for more than a month have been released and will be home for Christmas. Another eight held in a different province will be released on Saturday when plan will be made for their deportation. Nineteen-year-old Tristan-Lee Niemand is the best known of the South Africans who went to China […]
Two Scandanavian women found dead from neck wounds in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains
Two Scandanavian women have been found dead from knife wounds in the Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. A criminal investigation has been started in the Kingdom where tourism is an economic cornerstone. Tourism, next to the sale of dagga and oranges to Europe, is Morocco’s biggest foreign currency earner. So authorities are desperate to find who […]
Battle royal plays out in Madagascar’s run-off election
Madagascar sees a political battle royal tomorrow as a milkman turned yoghurt king battles for the presidency against the former disc jockey who unseated him in a coup nine years ago. Marc Ravalomanana, the 69-year-old ex president who spent most of his five years of exile in South Africa, vows to have his revenge against […]
US pulls non essential diplomatic staff out of DRC ahead of Sunday’s election
Washington’s pulling its non-essential diplomatic staff out of the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of elections in five days time. The embassies of Canada, Britain and Switzerland joined the US last week in expressing concern about the loss of ahead of the end-of-era poll. Twenty-one candidates are running to replace President Joseph Kabila whose hand-picked […]