A NORTHERN Province community of has been offered full ownership of the 10km chunk of land they have lived on for the past 120-years — but only if they agree to ban bottle stores and respect the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. They will also have to agree never to build any other places of worship to […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 11.00am. NORTHERN Bulls skipper Schutte Bekker has been ruled out of rugby for at least six weeks after collapsing during a training session on Tuesday. The 27-year-old loose-forward was diagnosed as having a heart condition brought on while training under the after-affects of a bout of influenza. He was detained […]
ENGLAND have turned into one of the toughest teams in world cricket under their captain Alec Stewart, according to South African fast bowler Allan Donald. ”Alec Stewart has turned England into one of the most aggressive teams I have played against, far more so than they were under (former captain) Mike Atherton,” Donald wrote in […]
COMORAN strongman Azali Assoumani plans a mixed civilian-military government, without party politicians, informed sources said on Monday. The army chief of staff seized power in a bloodless putsch on Friday. In the next few days, Azali plans to bring together the delegates who, in Antananarivo on April 23, signed an accord on broad autonomy for […]
MILLY Wasserzug won the national singles bowls title in Port Elizabeth last week, but on Saturday she lost in the first round of the Spar women’s tournament in Florida. Wasserzug — who added the national singles title to the runners-up prize to the Masters she won earlier this year and was recently named as South […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.35pm THE African National Congress on Tuesday announced its revised election candidates’ lists, which saw ANC Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela moving up to position number nine. Presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana’s name no longer appears on the list. Also removed from the lists were the names of Deputy Finance Minister […]
THE Democratic Party’s election campaign received a boost on Monday when an organisation for the unemployed, which claims to have about 32000 members, pledged its support for the party in the June 2 poll. The Unemployed Masses of South Africa’s economic principles are in agreement with the DP’s, which it believes are the most likely […]
EASTERN Cape legislature finance director Bejile Fatuse was fired last Thursday amidst accusations that he allegedly used legislature administrative resources for his money lending business, the Daily Dispatch reported on Sunday. Legislature secretary Mandisile Mdleleni dismissed Fatuse, alleging that he also abused his powers by not following the proper procedure in deducting money from staff […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM: PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Monday said that investment needs of Africa’s vast telecommunications and information technologies markets cannot be met by the public sector alone, but require the input of the private sector. Speaking at the opening of Africa’s largest telecommunications exhibition and conference, Africa Telecom 98, Mandela said a partnership between the […]
THE search for two missing Welkom miners continued on Monday after they were trapped in the Matjhabeng mine when an earthquake hit the Free State town on April 23. Anglogold spokesman Andries van Zyl said teams are still working around the clock to locate Lawrence Tsolo (40), and John Delekile (53). Van Zyl said the […]