TUESDAY, 11.00AM: IAN WOOSNAM stayed ahead of the pack and won the British Volvo PGA golf tournament in Wentworth on Monday, with 275. Ernie Els of South Africa put in a brave effort, jumping up the ranking in the last rounds to finish second with 277, together with Nick Faldo and Darren Clarke. Colin Montgomerie, […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: TENNIS star Amanda Coetzer of South Africa continued in top form on Monday, the opening day of the French Open in Paris. Coetzer played to an easy victory over Italian Rita Grande in their women’s singles first round match, beating her 6-4, 6-0. Fellow South African Joannette Kruger had a dismal first round […]
TUESDAY, 9.30AM NEW JCI chairman Mzi Khumalo faces his toughest test yet, with the probable decision to retrench thousands of workers at Randfontein Estates, after the mine posted a R2,9-million loss in the first quarter of this year. A company spokesman agreed that “downsizing” talks have been held with the National Union of Mineworkers for […]
TUESDAY, 8.00AM NEW AGE Beverages, the troubled local Pepsi bottler, halted production yesterday, and refused to allow workers into the plant. Workers, who gathered around the gates, were told to come back on Wednesday. They have been paid until the end of May. (See below) Shares in Standard Bank Investments, which financed the Pepsi bottler, […]
Two South Africans held by Zimbabwean police on suspicion an assassination attempt of Mandela were innocent, sources say.
TUESDAY, 3.30PM PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Tuesday said it would be suicidal for Laurent Kabila, the self-proclaimed president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), to allow free political activity before he had a firm grip on the country’s government. Speaking after talks with Kabila ally Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who is in SA […]
TV CHIEF QUITS JILL CHISHOLM, cheif executive of SABC television, will leave in June when her two year contract expires. Chisholm said she had never intended staying at the SABC longer than two years, and would continue to assist as a consultant. NEW NATION CLOSES NEW NATION newspaper will publish its last edition on Friday, […]
TUESDAY, 4.30PM A NIGERIAN general has suggested that West African countries neighbouring Sierra Leone may step in to reverse Sunday’s army coup. West Africa has a joint 11 000-member ”peace force” called Ecomog, which includes a Sierra Leone contingent. Major General Victor Malu said in Lagos that no country could sit back to watch junior […]
MONDAY, 9.30AM ONE hundred new minority unions have registered under the new Labour Relations Act, Business Day reported Monday. Despite being designed to favour majority unions, the Act has inadvertently set the stage for increased labour litigation. As a result, many new unions have been established by labour consultants and lawyers for financial gain. The […]
RAPE CHARGE DROPPED The rape charge against New Zealand rugby wing Roger Randle, 22, is to be dropped. The 31-year-old woman who lodged the rape complaint requested KwaZulu-Natal Attorney-General Tim McNally on Monday to withdraw the charge. She gave no reason for her request. PAGAD IN COURT SIXTEEN Pagad members appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s […]