THE Department of Correctional Services will probe a news report that jailed former cleric Allan Boesak received preferential treatment in jail, just days after he started a three year sentence for fraud. The investigation comes after it was reported that Boesak and his wife Elna were granted a “contact visit” at Malmesbury Prison near Cape […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Sunday 2.20pm. RAIN washed out the morning session on the fourth day of the first Test between England and Zimbabwe at Lord’s on Sunday. The umpires were to make an inspection at 11:15 GMT, 15 minutes after the scheduled starting time, but when there was a heavy shower shortly before that […]
FORMER anti-apartheid activist Carl Niehaus, who has served as South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands for the past three years, has been bestowed with the Grand Cross in the Order of Oranje Nassau, by Queen Beatrix. She bestowed the decoration of honour for distinguished services to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The order, only given […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki meets with President Clinton at the White House on Monday. The two leaders will be discussing regional issues, like the unrest in Zimbabwe, Congo and Sierra Leone. But the public focus of his visit will be on AIDS and Mbeki’s unconventional ideas about the AIDS virus, which has infected about ten percent […]
CAPE Town police have arrested three men after finding a man’s head in a milk crate. The head was discovered in Mitchell’s Plain on Thursday night when police went to investigate complaints of a street brawl. A badly injured youth, who was allegedly seen carrying the crate was arrested on the scene. Police spokesman Mark […]
SOUTH African Airways has banned from all its flights a South African diplomat accused of fondling an air hostess and disrupting a flight to Britain. SAA has also laid criminal charges against Jerome Barnes, a senior diplomat working in London, following allegations that he touched the hostess’ breasts, insulted the crew and behaved badly on […]
ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Vosloorus | Saturday 5.00pm. SUBSTITUTE Darryl Smith scored with two minutes left to snatch a lucky 2-2 draw for Hellenic against Jomo Cosmos in the final Castle Premiership match of the season for the clubs. Dikgang Mabalane put Cosmos ahead one minute into the second half of a well- attended match at Vosloorus […]
DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Friday 4.30pm NOT one to be intimidated by all the fanfare following Baby Jake Matlala’s attempt at becoming the first South African boxer to win four world titles, Peter Culshaw stands his ground firmly. “I know I’m the world champion and I’m here to beat Jake.” said the WBU flyweight world […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Khartoum | Saturday 3.45pm. SUDAN’S Kassala state, bordering Eritrea, has distributed its entire strategic food stock to Eritrean refugees fleeing the war with Ethiopia, the regional governor said on Saturday. According to a report by Akhbar Al-Youm daily, the number of Eritrean refugees fleeing into Sudan had reached 85000 by Friday with the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Auckland | Friday 1.20pm. A LATE goal through defender Matthew Booth saw South Africa’s Amaglug-glugs claim a 3-2 victory against the fired-up New Zealand All Whites in their Olympic Qualifier at North Harbour Stadium, setting themselves up for an easy return-leg at Vosloorus Stadium next Saturday. The half-time score was 2-2. The Amaglugs […]