WESTERN Cape Premier and New National Party leader Gerald Morkel on Friday agreed to cooperate logistically with the Democratic Party on election day, but ruled out any pre-election pact in the province. This follows a meeting with DP provincial leader Hennie Bester, in which the two parties agreed to cooperate on the manning of all […]
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 […]
THE Mpumalanga man who was arrested last week for strangling three women and a baby to death with his shoelaces, was out on parole when he allegedly went on a six-day killing orgy. The man, nicknamed the Whisperer, was arrested by accident before police were even aware of the trail of bodies.
MICHAEL FINCH, Johannesburg | Saturday 5.00pm. ALI Bacher will step down from his position as managing director of the United Cricket Board (UCB) next year to concentrate on organising the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. Bacher, who has been at the helm of the unified board since its inception in 1991, was asked by […]
PUBLIC PROTECTOR Selby Baqwa has criticised Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi for failing to suspend his director-general, Albert Mokoena, in the face of evidence that he was involved in corruption. Instead, the minister had given him ”special leave” pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations. This comes after Baqwa recommended to Buthelezi that he […]
A NATIONAL strike by bus operators looks set to move into its eighth day on Friday as talks between union members and the South African Bus Employer’s Association remain deadlocked. The three participating unions — the Members Transport and General Workers’ Union, the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, the Western Cape Omnibus Staff Union and […]
GAFFIE du Toit, last year’s sensation who debuted as a Springbok before playing in the Currie Cup, makes his return from injury for Griqualand West in Saturday’s Vodacom Cup match against the Namibia Kudus. Du Toit, who Bok coach Nick Mallett wanted to play at fullback for the national side, has been injured for most […]
THE European Union (EU) said on Friday it is preparing to cut all but humanitarian ties with Niger, following the brutal assassination of that country’s president earlier this month by his own bodyguard. “We have proposed suspending the application of the Lome Convention, except for humanitarian aid,” a European Commission spokesman said. The Lome Convention […]
A NEW species of human ancestor, which looks like something halfway between the famed “Lucy” and true pre-humans, has been found in Ethiopia, scientists said on Thursday. More surprisingly, they found nearby evidence that the creature, named Australopithecus garhi, butchered and ate meat 2,5-million years ago. Other australopithecines are believed to have been vegetarian. The […]
ONE man died and another is in a coma after a Cape Town mob hanged and beat them for allegedly stealing a television set, South African police said on Friday. Fifteen men allegedly hanged Luvuyo Gaga (20) and Zamikhaya Tshona (21) from the roof of a shack in Cape Town’s Black City settlement, police spokesman […]