WEDNESDAY, 5.00PM FORMER security policeman Colonel Andre Erwee denied on Wednesday that one of his colleagues executed a wounded Umkhonto we Sizwe soldier, after interrogating him following a shootout near the Botswana border on July 10, 1986. He was testifying on the third day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty hearing in Pietersburg. Another […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM THE United States Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday gave the green light to an ambitious billion-dollar global satellite telephone network which is heavily dependent on a $350-million pledge by SA black empowerment group Vula Communications. The FCC granted Washington-based Mobile Communications Holdings Inc a licence to launch its 16 Ellipso satellites, which will […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.15AM: BRITISH Lions manager Fran Cotton complained of bad refereeing, stampings and a bad pitch after their game against Northern Free State on Tuesday. The Lions won 67-39. “There were two or three stampings on the head which is totally unacceptable and there were several other incidents which put our players at risk,” said […]
BOMB THREAT THE African National Congress’s Shell House headquarters in Johannesburg received a bomb threat on Monday night. The police searched the building but nothing was found. The entire block was cordoned off overnight SAMWU STRIKE ALMOST 80% of all municipal workers in Greater Johannesburg took part in a strike by the South African Municipal […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM PRELIMINARY results from last year’s census show that there are 37,9-million people in South Africa, the Central Statistical Service said on Tuesday. According to the CSS figures released today, 18,2-million (48%) of the total are males and 19,7-million (52%) females. KwaZulu-Natal is the most populous province with 7,7-million inhabitants (20,3% of the total), […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: THE United Cricket Board of South Africa has announced its support for the Australian proposal to allow international series matches to be played under lights. Floodlights have been used to eliminate poor visibility and to finish the overs in one-day cricket, and the rule may soon be extended to series matches, if the […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: SOUTH African Football Association general manager Dennis Mumble confirmed on Monday that Bafana Bafana will play World Cup ’98 hosts France on their home ground in Lens in October. This World Cup build-up will be South Africa’s second match on European soil. They lost to England 2-1 in May. In order for South […]
TUESDAY, 4.30PM ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe, in his opening address to parliament, unveiled his most comprehensive plan yet to strip whites, foreign nationals and foreign companies of a total of 8,3-million hectares of land, intended for redistribution among the country’s 11,5-million black people. A tax that will make large holdings unaffordable, a “one man one […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: WITH all the South African singles Wimbledon players eliminated, hopes are high that the doubles players will fare better. In second-round matches on Monday, Chris Haggard and American partner Bill Behrens won against Pablo Albano of Argentina and Slava Dosedel of Czechoslavakia, 7-6, 6-7, 7-4. Piet Norval and Neil Broad (UK) beat Cristian […]
TUESDAY, 4.30PM JUSTICE Minister Dullah Omar has introduced a new State of Emergency Bill to Parliament, which will allow the declaration of a state of emergency in conformity with the new Constitution. In terms of the Constitution, a state of emergency may only continue for 21 days unless extended by the National Assemble, in which […]