THREE months after the world learned of the serious drought on the Horn of Africa, the head of Unicef has warned that the lives of millions of people remain under threat. “This drought is still here, it’s very serious and the women and children of the Horn of Africa need our total commitment to help […]
THE leaders of developing countries on Tuesday began the final day of a summit expected to end in appeals to rich nations for more aid and a bigger share of world trade. The G-15, which comprises 19 countries from Asia, African and Latin America, has blamed the West for reducing member states to penury by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Monday 10.30am. FORMER Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif says fired SA skipper Hansie Cronje did not reveal all in his testimony last week before the King Commission into match fixing. “Cronje’s confession was not full, because he has hidden some names. “He should have named Australian players who are also involved,” […]
STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.30am. THE King Commission of inquiry which is probing corruption in South African cricket has postpostned its public hearings until Wednesday while the Cape High Court rules on an application by three media organizations to enable them to broadcast proceedings live. The court ruling was expected later on Tuesday. […]
CAPE Town’s beleaguered Golden Arrow bus drivers have resumed work after spending most of Monday locked in a crisis meeting with the Golden Arrow company’s management. They had earlier indicated to management they would suspend services for a week in protest over the ongoing violence in Cape Peninsula townships. Three bus drivers and a taxi […]
JEREMY LOVELL, Cape Town | Tuesday 3.50pm. JUDGEMENT in the Cape High court on the media’s rights to broadcast live the proceedings at the King Commission of Inquiry into match-fixing in cricket will be delivered at 8.30am on Wednesday. Live Africa Network News, e-TV and SABC have launched a high court application to have a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 4.00pm. THE South African government said it has no knowledge of any request by Indian authorities to extradite disgraced cricketer Hansie Cronje on match-fixing charges, a government spokesman says. ”Neither the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma nor the High Commissioner to India Maite Mashabane is aware of any formal […]
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Parks Mankahlana will appear before a Mpumalanga child maintenance court on Wednesday in the first of two separate cases. Mankahlana was summonsed to court after two unrelated Mpumalanga women complained he was neglecting his financial responsibilities as father to their children. Mankahlana, who refused to comment on the issue this week, allegedly fathered […]
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STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. THE King Commission continues its probe of corruption in South African cricket on Tuesday, when disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje will be cross-examined about his involvement in illicit gambling scams since 1996. Cronje admitted before the commission on Thursday to taking about $100000 in bribes and gifts, but […]