TUESDAY, 3.30PM FORMER Civil Co-Operation Bureau managing director Joe Verster, who testified before the Harms Commission in disguise, was finally photographed by journalists on Tuesday during a break in questioning by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s investigative unit. The grey-haired, bespectacled Verster, who was subpoenaed to testify behind closed doors at the TRC’s Cape Town […]
TUESDAY, 3.30PM ONE of the policeman being sought for questioning by investigators probing the July slaying of five African National Congress members in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands town of Richmond was shot and wounded in the town on Monday. Richmond police confirmed an attempted murder docket had been opened following the shooting of Siphiwe Dlamini. Dlamini […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) resumes its programme with six matches around the country on Tuesday night. AmaZulu will host Kaizer Chiefs at Kings Spark Stadium in Durban at 8pm. In their last matches, AmaZulu and Chiefs lost 2-1 to Real Rovers and 3-1 to Cape Town Spurs respectively. If Chiefs’ recent performances […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: SOME R800-million of wine co-operative KWVs net asset value of R2-billion belongs to the state, a Cape court heard yesterday. The Minister of Land Affairs is opposing KWV’s attempts to convert from a co-operative to a public company, arguing that the co-operative based its business success on years of state assistance. The court […]
TUESDAY, 10.05AM: SPRINGBOK coach Carel du Plessis suprised everyone on Monday when he named Justin Swart as the possible replacement for the injured Russell Bennett. Bennett is one of the four players to have to undergo a fitness test prior to selection. While Andre Joubert is everyone’s choice to replace Bennett, Du Plessis said both […]
TUESDAY, 5.00PM THE Congress of SA Trade Unions on Tuesday continued its series of one-day regional strikes in support of its demands for changes to the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill with a stayaway in KwaZulu-Natal. Businesses in the province reported an average 60% stayaway. The main action of the day was a march by […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM: A SECOND huge, deep-water oil field has been discovered off the coast of Angola, according to the latest issue of international oil and gas weekly Upstream, published in Stavanger, Norway. The Dahlia field, discovered by French oil company Elf Aquitaine and its European and US partners, is located close to last year’s massive […]
TUESDAY, 8.30AM The girlfriend of Lawrie Fraser — the biological father of adopted baby Timothy Funnel — appeared in court yesterday, charged with a fumbled attempt to kidnap the child. Fraser came to public prominence when he fought a Constitutional Court battle to allow unmarried fathers a say over their children, after his then-girlfriend, violinist […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM The judicial commission of inquiry into the fraudulent disbursement of Z$1,5-billion from Zimbabwe’s War Victims’ Compensation Fund opened on Monday with Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Florence Chitauro blaming loopholes for the abuse of the fund. Chitauro told commission chairman Justice Chidyausiku that the War Victims’ Compensation Act was fraught with […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange traders are preparing for a stormy day on Monday following sharp declines on international markets after the local close on Friday. Wall Street’s Dow Jones industrial average shed 247,37 points or 3,1% to 7694,7, its biggest fall since Black Monday on October 19 1987. Wall Street followed an earlier slide […]