TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: GAUTENG’S Malcolm Lange was in 10th position at the end of the second day of the Tour of Japan cycle race in Suzuka yesterday. Lange, 24, is riding for the Nippon Hado Italian Invitation team, made up of three Italian and two Japanese cyclists. After the 147km circuit race, Lange said yesterday, “It […]
TUESDAY, 3.00PM ANC deputy president Thabo Mbeki acknowledged today that “thing had gone wrong” when township self defence units were given arms from ANC caches in the early nineties. Mbeki, leading Truth Commission evidence for the ANC for the second day, had been challenged by commissioner Hanif Vally on whether the ANC had been irresponsible […]
TUESDAY, 8.30AM The new Telkom board, announced yesterday, includes five representatives from Telekom Malaysia and SBC Communications in the US, the two new foreign equity partners. Also appointed to the board were two worker representatives, Elias Mosunkutu of the Post and Telecommunications Workers Union and Colin Smith of the Alliance of Telkom Unions. The new […]
TUESDAY, 5.00PM A LEVEL two nuclear incident at the Koeberg nuclear power station on Friday, exposing Eskom workers to excessive doses of radiation, was caused by an instrument malfunction, the Council for Nuclear Safety said today which added that it was the second such incident in two months, and that “we will closely monitor Eskom’s […]
TUESDAY, 3.00PM A LONG-AWAITED report on contamination by three million kilograms of toxic mercury waste stored in KwaZulu-Natal by Thor Chemicals, has blamed ‘a disturbingly careless” attitude by the company, and negligence by the National Party government. Leakage from the stored mercury has contaminated ground water in the area, according to the report of the […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: A FURIOUS Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Assocation has threatened legal action and accused Health Minister Nkosasana Zuma of “nationalising the industry” in a new Bill designed to lower the price of medicine. The Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Bill, introduced last week in Parliament, would encourage the use of generic drugs, allow parallel importation […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM: The rightwing Afrikaans Sunday paper Rapport caused a storm yesterday by quoting a forensic expert, Leendert Jansen, who said the infamous Markgraaff rugby tape had been tampered with, “as a result, no part of the recording can be trusted”. Springbok coach Andre Markgraaff was forced to resign earlier this year after a former […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: CLOSE to 8 000 applications for amnesty poured into the Truth and Reconciliation Commission before the final deadline struck at midnight on Saturday. Among last-minute applications was a hefty 1 000-page submission from jailed former Vlakplaas commander, Eugene de Kock, which arrived 20 minutes before the cut-off time, and 280 applications from the […]
MONDAY, 9.00AM: Moroka Swallows thumped Michau Warriors 2-0 at Rand Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday, giving them a three point boost in the league log. The first goal came just before half-time, when Joseph Rapelago passed the ball to defender Mark Byrne, who promptly netted it. The next goal came after much tense playing in […]
MONDAY, 1.30PM THE ANC’s submission to the Truth Commission today was the first by a political party to make actual revelations about past transgressions, including the murder of ‘spies’ in its ranks, and bomb attacks on commercial targets. Among today’s revelations: Bartholomew Hlapane, a member of the ANC national executive and of the SA Communist […]