THURSDAY, 11.00AM: MICHAEL CHEESEMAN of Gauteng leads in the KWV Berg River Canoe marathon, after the first stage between Paarl and Zonquasdrift on Wesnesday. Cheeseman opened up a comfortable lead of three miutes fourteen seconds gap ahead of Western Province paddlers. Cheeseman, 29, finished at 4:16:59, followed by Pual Marais of Cape Town with 3:13. […]
THURSDAY, 3.30PM POLICE on Thursday said Wednesday night’s killing of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs national secretary Sharief Khan was not gang-related. The statement came amid fears that Khan’s murder was the beginning of a war between Cape Flats gangsters and the vigilante movement, in revenge for Pagad’s lynching last year of gangster Rashied Staggie. […]
NO PEACE IN BRAZZAVILLE HEAVY weapons fire continued in the Congolese capital Brazzaville on Thursday. On Wednesday, the head of the national mediation committee, Brazzaville mayor Bernard Kolelas, indefinitely postponed political talks to seek a negotiated solution to the crisis after former strongman Denis Sassou Nguesso refused to attend. According to Sassou Nguesso’s spokesman Francois […]
THURSDAY, 10.45AM: THE South African Broadcasting Corporation has bought the rights to broadcast all matches involving South Africa in the 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso. The SABC bought the rights from M-Net. SABC Topsport GM Edward Griffiths said that Bafana Bafana supporters will be able to see their heroes defend their title. […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM The gold price edged lower on Wednesday after taking a breather from its headlong fall on Tuesday. The precious metral lost another $2,20 to close in London at $319,75, after seeing $315,75 in the morning. Local markets reflected bullion’s fortunes, with the JSE’s gold index losing 2% to end the day 18,4 points […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM EXPORTS of SA-built motor vehicles increased by 90% in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to latest figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA. A total of 6 207 locally manufactured vehicles were exported between January and May this year, compared […]
THURSDAY, 8.00AM LABOUR minister Tito Mboweni warned labour and business leaders yesterday that if they feel to reach agreement on the disputed conditions of employment bill, he will pull it back from Parliament. Mboweni said it would be of great concern to the ANC if the bill, which aims to improve the conditions of vulnerable […]
THURSDAY, 8.00AM NIGERIAN peacekeeping troops were on Thursday reportedly still in control of the international airport outside the Sierra Leone capital Freetown after an assault by forces of the military junta which seized power in a coup on May 25. An FM radio station that was considered one of the prime targets of the attack […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM THE Airports Company is moving full speed ahead to partial privatisation, with government tendering for a transaction adviser to oversee the sale of a 49% stake in the parastatal. Airports Company MD Dirk Ackerman said on Wednesday that successful negotiations over the past few months between management, labour and government had led to […]
THURSDAY, 2.00PM RWANDA’S vice-president, Paul Kagame, has confirmed in an interview with the Washington Post what many have suspected: that the rebellion against former Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was planned in Rwanda as a response to Zaire’s support for Hutu militants. Kagame’s account, the first official Rwandan acknowledgement of a role in the civil […]