wessel-van-den-bergh – The Mail & Guardian

/ 3 April 2008

SA pilot acquitted in Zimbabwe

South African helicopter pilot Brent Smyth was acquitted of immigration transgressions in a Harare court on Thursday and was flying back to South Africa, his fiancée, Drieksie Janse van Rensburg, said. Van Rensburg said she received an SMS from Smyth saying: ”I’m a free man, spread the word, I’m coming home.”

By Staff Reporter

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Africa

/ 26 March 2008

Zim elections ‘not an even playing field’

A war of words has erupted ahead of election day in Zimbabwe this Saturday, with the opposition saying the government has already rigged the vote. These elections were ”never meant to be an even playing field”, said Nkosana Moyo, coordinator of presidential hopeful Simba Makoni’s campaign, in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

By Matthew Burbidge and Sapa Afp