ENVIRONMENTAL activists on Thursday demanded Eskom halt proposals to build new nuclear reactors until it has studied using alternatives sources of power. The Johannesburg branch of Earthlife Africa and a Cape Town based group affiliated to the Government By The People Green Party held separate protests on Wednesday specifically against the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor […]
WAYNE Ferreira, the sixth seed, faces Boris Becker in the tennis legend’s home town of Munich in the German Open on Tuesday. Becker leads 9-1 in matches against the South African.
SOME 4700 temporary teachers in the Northern Province, due to be axed at the end of the month, won a short reprieve on Friday when the provincial education department said their contracts will be extended by two months. The teachers were hired from July 1996. Education spokesman Bernard Matsane said, however, the department will uphold […]
AT least 11 people, including nine crack police officers, were killed in an ambush blamed on Unita rebels in southern Angola at the weekend, the private radio Ecclesia reported Monday. Several people were missing following the attack near Canjala in Benguela province on Sunday. The victims were travelling in a 16-truck convoy escorted by rapid […]
GLAXO WELLCOME, the pharmaceutical company which produces AZT and MTC, announced on Monday it will donate “starter packs” containing the drugs to healthcare workers exposed to possible HIV infection. Company spokeswoman Vicki Ehrich said the 5000 packs, worth R1-million, are designed for healthcare workers who may have been exposed to HIV through needle-pricking or other […]
RESCUERS were still searching on Tuesday for the two missing miners trapped underground for five days after an earthquake in Welkom in the Free State on Friday. Matjhabeng mine Spokeswoman Pam Mongoato said there was still no sign of Lawrence Molise Tsolo, 40, and John Befile Delekile, 53. “We will, however, not give up until […]
AN organised gang drove a truck through Fourways Mall in Johannesburg on Sunday morning before smashing it through a glass window of a shop and driving off with R750000 worth of clothing. Superintendent Chris Wilken said on Monday that 12 gunmen in three vehicles reversed a truck through a glass entrance to the mall and […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: CLASSY Conchita Martinez beat Chanda Rubin in a disappointingly one-sided final of the MTN Women’s Classic in Johannesburg on Sunday. The Spaniard stroked her way to an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory over the 66th ranked American to pocket the $60000 winner’s cheque. Martinez used her varying pace to keep Rubin from establishing a […]
THE trial of of three relatives and a family friend of alleged Milnerton drug dealer, Gavin Carolus, was on Monday postponed to June 9 when it is expected to resume in a special court. Magistrate John McEwan granted Ryan Smith, boyfriend of Carolus’ daughter, Carolus’ son-in-law Denver Smith, and Carolus’ former brother-in-law Mervyn Hendricks granted […]
SOUTH Africa’s black professional golfers meet on Freedom Day next Tuesday to hear the Southern Africa Tour’s response to their grievances with the structure of the game in the country. Tour tournament director Theo Manyama, once one of its leading black players, will announce the Tour’s answer to the request for a doubling of the […]