RETAIL trade sales figures for December and for the fourth quarter of 1998 show that real retail trade sales have kept up the declining trend that set in at the beginning of 1998. According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics South Africa, real retail trade sales (at constant 1995 prices) for 1998 decreased by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 5.30pm. JUSTICE Minister Dullah Omar appealed on Thursday for greater community participation in apprehending criminals but was careful to steer away from a sanction of vigilantism. He said community anti-crime actions should take place within the law. Addressing a conference of the Community Dispute Resolution Trust in Cape Town, […]
THE National Assembly on Wednesday approved amendments to the tobacco bill raised by President Nelson Mandela concerning the bill’s constitutionality. The amendments exclude private homes from the definition of workplace, where smoking is to be banned.
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has banned top referee Petrus Mathabela from officiating any matches it runs. PSL boss Joe Ndhlela said the Board of Governors agreed to implement the recommendations of the Motimele Commission, which investigated bribery and match-fixing in the last PSL season. Mathabela fell afoul of the decision at the PSl which […]
AN EASTERN Cape woman said to be 114 years old died after she was raped by 29-year-old man, police said Wednesday. Dina Boesaka was raped her in her home in Kwanonzamo township near Humansdorp by a man apparently known to her. She died later in hospital. “Family members say Mrs. Boesaka was 114 years old […]
THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) warned voters on Tuesday that this weekend’s registration drive would be their last chance to get their names on the voters’ roll for the upcoming general election. “All eligible voters who do not register on March 5, 6 and 7 will effectively disenfranchise themselves,” the IEC said in a statement […]
ENGLAND A won the toss and elected to bat in their five-day international match against a South African President’s XI at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday.
SOME 57% of potential voters have registered for the June 2 general elections, according to latest figures published by the Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday. The IEC figures show that more than 15-million voters had registered by 9am on Thursday. Provincial breakdowns show the Western Cape lagging with 47,2% of voters registered, and Mpumalanga still […]
THE Swiss Parliament backed a proposal on Wednesday to investigate the country’s relations with apartheid-era South Africa. However, critics say the probe will be toothless. Pia Hollstein, a Green Party member who proposed the investigation, said the study would not have the powers to get to the bottom of the matter. She noted it would […]
THE Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs has approved the outcome of Sunday’s presidential vote in Nigeria, but also urged that all “credible and documented” allegations of electoral violations be investigated. The two organizations sent a 66-member delegation headed by former United States president Jimmy Carter to Nigeria to monitor the […]