SOUTH Africa retained the African junior tennis championship title for the sixth consecutive year on Sunday after the finals of the 22nd MTN African Junior Championships at Groenkloof in Pretoria. South Africa added one more singles title to their impressive total of six titles already won when Capetonian Aniela Mojzis, seeded two, upset top seed […]
THE Heath Unit has issued a statement intended to clarify media reports that the Auditor-General will be “probing” the unit. Unit spokesman Guy Rich says the A-G will simply be auditing the unit’s records in a bid to resolve the dispute between the unit and the Department of Finance over the unit’s achivements in recoveries, […]
THE Zambian government has recalled Jack Kalala, its Consul-General in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for conduct unbcoming with his diplomatic status. Zambian Foreign Affairs minister Keli Walubita confirmed in Lusaka on Tuesday that: “The Consul-General is on immediate recall and the last communication to remind him to return home was sent to […]
A SOUTH African man appeared in a London court on Monday charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft and its passengers following an incident in which he allegedly went on a rampage during a flight between Johannesburg and London in January, causing more than R300000 worth of damage. Ian Bottomley (36), allegedly flew into […]
THERE is to be no inquiry into the circumstances of the assassination of Niger’s president Ibrahim Bare Mainassara of Niger, the junta which took over at the weekend said.”We cannot talk of an enquiry into the accidental demise of president Mainassara,” junta spokesman Captain Djibrila Hima Hamidou told a press conference Tuesday.According to numerous witnesses, […]
DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday called on African police chiefs to unite against crime groups on the continent. Speaking at meeting of the African region of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), Mbeki said the international syndicates have the money to finance sophisticated and successful criminal activities. He said African police forces have to […]
FOLLOWING an announcement of a 22% rise in Pick ‘n Pay’s earnings, the firm made an executive shake-up, naming Sean Summers the chief executive officer. Summers, formerly managing director, will replace Raymond Ackerman, the founder of the chain over 30 years ago. Curiously, Ackerman will remain “full-time hands-on chairman”, indicating a degree of day-to day […]
ETHIOPIANS are making yet another effort to repatriate national treasures looted as war booty by victorious Europeans. The effort this time is directed at “priceless” religious manuscripts and artifacts including a 17th-century icon depicting Jesus with the crown of thorns, looted by the British more than 130 years ago. An association for the Return of […]
THE west African intervention force Ecomog needs another 5000 troops to enable it to “solve the problem” in Sierra Leone, the force’s new commander has told reporters in Lagos on Tuesday. Major-General Felix Mujakperuo, who was appointed commander of the 15000-strong Nigerian-led force last month, said the extra troops are needed to “flush out” the […]
THE New National Party in Mpumalanga expects more white people to defect from its ranks after its chairman defected, the party’s provincial leader, David Malatsi, said on Tuesday. NNP chairman and leader of the opposition in the provincial legislature, Dr Lucas Nel, crossed the floor to Louis Luyt’s Federal Alliance on Tuesday, along with his […]