TUESDAY, 4.30PM The special Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing into the role of the medical profession in apartheid human rights abuses on Tuesday heard that asbestos mining companies suppressed the findings of scientific research in the 1960s into the health risks of exposure to asbestos. The claim was made as part of the submission by […]
MONDAY, 10.00AM: The last day of the 1997 Castle Premiership League season saw Kaizer Chiefs consolidate their second position on the log, with a 1-0 win over Amazulu at Johannesburg Stadium on Sunday. This gave Chiefs the points they needed to pull out ahead of arch-rivals Orlando Pirates, who were neck-and-neck with Chiefs at 63 […]
MONDAY, 8.30AM A TEAM of South African financial experts, including representatives from the Reserve Bank, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Development Bank, and foreign affairs, will fly to Congo-Kinshasa this week as the first part of a South African aid package to the new government. Deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad said: “The new […]
MONDAY, 1.30PM THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission has warned 24 medical doctors that they may be implicated in gross human rights abuses at its two-day hearing this week on the medical profession’s role in supporting apartheid. The doctors are named in a 200-page submission to be presented to the commission by the Health and Human […]
MONDAY, 8.30AM: ERNIE ELS won the US Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda Maryland on Sunday, showing his true class as he wore away his opponents in a terrible war of attrition. “It is always a war on the golf course, and this time I won,” said Els. “It was great competition out there […]
MONDAY, 10.30AM MOHALE MAHANYELE, executive chairman of the troubled National Sorgum Breweries, has offered to quit after weekend press reports accusing him of extravagant spending. An auditor’s report leaked to the press reveals that he spent R168 736 on cellphone expenses, R277 131 on his company credit card and R231 256 on “other expenses”. It […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: THE British Lions beat Currie Cup titleholders and Super 12 quarterfinalists Natal Sharks 42-12 in their match on Saturday in Durban. Natal wouldn’t have had a chance if not for the numerous penalty opportunities presented by the Lions, although Lions’ Neil Jenkins got to kick in six penalties as well. It was a […]
JUNE 16 YOUTH DAY IN commemoration of the thousands of children who died in the struggle against apartheid education which came to a head in the Soweto uprising of June 16 1976, today is celebrated as the Youth Day public holiday in South Africa. ANOTHER NAT JUMPS ANOTHER senior member of the National Party has […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM: PETRUS PADI narrowly beat George Mbatha by a unanimous judges points decision in their catchweight fight at Orange Farm on Saturday. The judges awarded Padi two more points on average than his opponent, in a closely contested game. Mbatha’s disappointed manager, Jeff Ellis, said it was only through Padi’s suberb fitness that he […]
MONDAY, 8.30AM BUSINESS leaders have come to an agreement with Johannesburg’s city council that closed circuit television cameras will be installed on streets throughout the central business district by the end of the year. Central Johannesburg partnership director Neil Frazer announced that a team had visited Britian to study the impact of such cameras, and […]