Who is spy RS452?

By Mike Loewe and Luvuyo Mjekula

Grahamstown – SPECULATION over former apartheid spy RS452 – only identified as a white woman from the Eastern Cape – yesterday caused a stir among political activists....

Coega R16bn smelter shock

By Lourens Schoeman

A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of the multi-billion-rand aluminium smelter planned for Coega....

State must improve service delivery, says minister

By Sam Mkokeli

PREMIER Makhenkesi Stofile said yesterday the government should keep working on improving ways of delivering quality service to its clients – the citizens of South Africa....

Minister ‘no president’

Johannesburg – Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was sworn in as South Africa’s acting president in the Constitutional Court yesterday....

Gibson disappointed by decision on ethics probe

Cape Town – DA chief whip Douglas Gibson said yesterday he was disappointed that Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana had rejected his request to investigate whether Deputy President Jacob Zuma contravened the executive ethics code....

ANC happy that arms deal ‘had no irregularities’

Johannesburg – The ANC national executive committee “is satisfied that no irregularities took place with the primary contracts in the arms procurement process”....

Zuma’s urgent application for document fails

Report by Sapa

Pretoria – THE Pretoria High Court yesterday dismissed with costs an urgent application by Deputy President Jacob Zuma to obtain a document allegedly implicating him in bribery....

Meeting focuses on rebuilding Red Cross

By Helga van Staaden

NINETY Red Cross delegates from across Southern Africa attended the annual meeting of the South African Red Cross Society held at the Edward Hotel at the weekend....

Mbeki slams alliance opponents

By Anele Ka Nene

Johannesburg – President Thabo Mbeki yesterday lashed out at opponents of the tripartite alliance, saying those who sought to weaken the organisation were dreaming....

Emma’s body to be buried in PE

By Helga van Staaden

THE body of the daughter of Walmer pharmacist Ian Robertson will be flown back to Port Elizabeth for burial....

Two Scorpion officials stay in custody

By Hendrick Mphande

TWO sheepish-looking members of the Scorpion investigating unit who are facing a number of charges including attempted murder, were remanded yesterday in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court....

Elite unit raids Abbotsford offices

By Jimmy Matyu

MEMBERS of the Scorpions yesterday morning searched the offices of ASBF Marketing on Old Transkei Road in Abbotsford, East London....

Former Steynsburg mayor jailed for murder

By Luvuyo Mjekula

Grahamstown – Former Steynsburg mayor and Sanco chairman Thamsanqa Raqa, 44, has been jailed for 12 years for murdering a suspected burglar....

Traffic chief suspended in fraud probe

By Helga van Staaden

DESPATCH’s traffic chief and a colleague have been suspended indefinitely pending a fraud investigation....

Latest group of Cuban doctors to make house calls

By Lucas Mati

Queenstown – Homebound patients’ anxieties could end soon as 21 Cuban doctors, expected to arrive in the province on October 12, are scheduled to carry out home visits....

Man in court for assault case

By Hendrick Mphande

AN eye specialist from Greenacres Hospital, Ivor William Gardiner, who was arrested in connection with an alleged assault involving a woman, appeared in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court yesterday....

State drops bombshell at varsity rape hearing

By Hanti Otto

Pretoria – WHILE the defence and supporters of the four men accused of raping an 18-year-old matric girl were expecting bail applications yesterday, the State dropped a bombshell, announcing that the four accused might each face three charges of rape and three charges of indecent assault....

Police closing in on crazed E Cape gunman

Grahamstown – Karoo police said yesterday they were “positive” they would soon catch the crazed Steynsburg gunman who shot four people, killing two of them, on Sunday....

Trust account theft alleged in Port Alfred

By Eddie Botha

East London – Summonses have been issued against a former Port Alfred councillor and his father, who are charged with 24 charges of theft of trust money and funds belonging to a retirement village....

 Sealand salvage cost ‘into millions of rand’

Cape Town – The costs of salvaging the Sealand Express will run into millions of rand, according to a maritime expert....

Molefe molestation probe dropped

Johannesburg – Investigations against North West Premier Popo Molefe on allegations that he molested his 10-year- old daughter at his house in Mafikeng would no longer be pursued, the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions said yesterday....

Violent Response Will Not Liberate Zimbabwe

Any attempt to overthrow President Robert Mugabe’s regime by violent means will only degrade and corrupt society for future generations, writes Michael Hartnack in Harare....

Zim editor quits as paper fights to open

Report by Sapa-AFP, Reuters

Harare – THE publishers of Zimbabwe’s sole privately owned daily said yesterday its editor-in-chief had quit after authorities shut the paper down, but vowed to fight a closure that Britain branded an attempt to stifle democracy....

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