A MUTTERING prosecutor has delayed a High Court action by media lawyers attempting to block a magistrate’s order that journalists surrender materials recorded during the death of vigilante Rashaad Staggie. Staggie, a notorious gangster and drug dealer, was killed during a People Against Gangsterism and Drugs march two years ago. Inquest Magistrate Johan Venter has […]
FORMER British heavyweight world champion Frank Bruno on Sunday put Lennox Lewis’ controversial drawn title fight with Evander Holyfield in New York down to American boxing politics and backed the Briton to easily win a rematch. Bruno, a former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion himself, said he believes there have been stranger decisions in […]
BLACK investors have to date claimed more than 5% of the market capitalisation on the Johannesburg bourse, an independent analysis unit said. Business Map, an investment analysis group, said in a report distributed on Friday that the market share controlled by black companies has grown to 5,5% from 4,8% in 1997. The unit’s annual review […]
SOUTH Africa’s is to host the Commonwealth Summit from November 12 to 15 in Durban, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The 54 member Commonwealth is marking its 50th year. It was established in 1949 when Commonwealth prime ministers adopted the London Declaration.
DOCTOR Michael Nobel, great grandnephew of Swedish chemist, inventor of dynamite and Nobel prize founder Alfred Nobel, will visit South Africa next week to promote the International Non-Violence Project. The project is an international youth-based movement seeking to persuade young people to denounce violence and to promote alternative forms of conflict resolution.
A RALLY this month in shares of financial services group Sanlam refused to run out of steam on Friday as the market continued to buy in on expectations of bumper future prospects. Within the first half hour of trading on the JSE, Sanlam shares had jumped another 27 cents or nearly 5% to 597 cents […]
AUSTRALIA’S domination of a hockey test series with SA is complete. Three goals in the space of nine minutes in the second half put Australia on course for a 6-3 win over South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday. The win clinched a 4-1 victory in the series for the tourists. They lost their opening […]
ERITREA’S week-long truce with Ethiopia ended on Sunday morning, when Ethiopia attacked Alitena-Mereb, in the disputed Tsorona sector. Ethiopia has confirmed the renewed hostilities, but downplayed them as mere “low level skirmishes”. Ethiopia also confirmed Eritrean claims of heavy artillery shelling on Saturday afternoon. The weekend fighting followed a week of relative calm — despite […]
THREE villages in the vicinity of President Nelson Mandela’s home village of Qunu were hit by a tornado on Friday, SABC radio news reports. The affected villages Mqhekezweni, Xhongora and Bityi in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape. Several houses were damaged but no injuries were reported. Several tornados have caused deaths and damage […]
CONSTITUTIONAL experts from around the world will be brought to Swaziland to draft a new constitution for the tiny kingdom before the end of the year, a constitutional review body said this week. The much-delayed re-drafting of the constitution is set to start in May when the CRC will collect input from the public, secretary […]