South Africa

Mbeki 'gave backdoor amnesty'
JOHANNESBURG -- Documentation relating to the presidential pardons granted to 33 prisoners in the Eastern Cape in May this year confirmed that the pardons were effectively a backdoor amnesty, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said yesterday. "...

Robbers strip Sapa offices
JOHANNESBURG -- The newsroom of the SA Press Association (Sapa) was cleaned out yesterday by robbers, who stole computers and other equipment valued at over R200000. Sapa editor Mark van der Velden said general news reporter Nombuso Dlamini, 25, ...

Haste needed with Nepad, leaders told
JOHANNESBURG -- African finance ministers urged haste yesterday with putting the continent's economic development plan into action, warning it would falter otherwise. "Now is the time to move from vision to action," the ministers said in a draft ...

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