THURSDAY, 11.00AM: SPRINGBOK rugby stars James Small and captain Gary Teichmann have been declared fit to play in the first Test against the British Lions at Newlands on Saturday. The two have recovered fully from the injuries they picked up during the Test against Tonga last Tuesday. They rejoined the squad for a tentative training […]
THURSDAY, 5.00PM FOLLOWING a month of violence between rival taxi groups servicing Soshanguve north of Pretoria, residents, who have been caught in the crossfire, have called for a 10-week taxi boycott in the area in a bid to end the violence. The recent violence has claimed the lives of 22 people, many of them taxi […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM The giant South African mining house Gencor will transform itself into an internationally diversified mining group, splitting into two separate companies, one based in London, it was announced yesterday. The gold and platinum mining interests will remain with Gencor itself, which will remain listed on the JSE. All other interests, including mining of […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.45PM: THE British Lions made mincemeat of the Emerging Springboks on Tuesday, beating them 51-22 in Wellington. But Lions coach Ian McGeechan was still not impressed with his team. He said there was a spell when they looked “bloody awful” and that they were showed up at times by the good rugby played by […]
TUESDAY, 2.30PM LABOUR federation the Congress of SA Trade Unions on Tuesday called for an end to negotiations in the National Economic Development and Labour Council on the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill, and proposed that the Bill be sent straigh to Parliament for a decision on disputed areas of the Bill. In a press […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange experienced its biggest one-day fall in 10 weeks on Tuesday, with the all share index closing 79,4 points (1,1%) down at 7 192,1 points, mainly as a result of nervousness ahead of Friday’s futures close-out. While the industrial fell slightly, shedding 49,7 points (0,59%) to close on 8 432,7, […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.30PM The crucial final decision on the status of the African elephant in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species will not be made on Wednesday, despite earlier expectations. Following overnight consultations with the three range states seeking the lifting of an international ban in ivory trade, it was agreed a 19-member working […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: GAUTENG Lions rugby coach Ray Mordt and his assistants Tito Lupini and Hugo van As resigned and refused to coach the team on Tuesday, blaming some “senior World Cup contracted players” for making their jobs impossible. Dr Louis Luyt, president of the South African Rugby Football Union, stepped in to give the Lions […]
WEDNESDAY, 8.00AM PUBLIC servants will be obliged to report cases of fraud, nepotism and maladministration by their colleagues, under a new code of conduct for civil servants, unveiled in parliament yesterday by Public Service Minister Zola Skweyiya. Skweyiya said equivalent codes in other countries like Australia, the US and Uganda had been studied, which revealed […]
TUESDAY, 2.00PM THE SA Medical and Dental Council admitted before the truth commission on Tuesday that it could have done more to ensure the wellbeing of detainees, and that it had displayed “apathy” at the time of the Steve Biko murder, when it decided not to act against doctors implicated in Biko’s death. Former SAMDC […]