Yearly Archives: 2000

“YOU” magazine and community radio station 786 have been summonsed to appear before the SA Human Rights Commission to testify over alleged racism in the media. The editors of five newspapers, including the Mail & Gurdian, Die Burger, Cape Argus and Cape Times, have already been subpoenaed to appear before the commission in Johannesburg next […]

GAUTENG skipper Ken Rutherford was at his menacing best when he whipped 71 runs from 65 balls to lead his side to a 16-run win over Northerns at the Wanderers on Wednesday. Gauteng were sent in to bat, and posted a formiddable 243/6 in their 45 overs. Northerns could only manage 227/9 in reply, with […]

THE court case against three suspects who are charged with the abduction and murders on the Fairheads near Port Alfred has been postponed to March 1. Bongani Tom, 22, his brother Solani, 21 and a 17-year-old youth remain in custody. Cape Town businesswoman Brenda Fairhead and her daughter Kia, 11, were attacked and strangled near […]

CATS coach Laurie Mains has named a shadow side for the team’s final warm-up match against Free State in Bloemfontein on Friday. The team to face Free State will in all likelihood be much the same as the side that opens the Cats’ Super 12 campaign at Loftus on February 26. Mains has left out […]

FINANCIAL troubles at builder Stocks & Stocks Ltd did not betray a wider malaise in the local sector, which is expected to grow by four percent in 2000. “The situation at Stocks has no real influence on what’s going to happen in the industry,” said Building Industries Federation of South Africa (Bifsa) director Ian Robinson. […]

THE judge hearing the murder and fraud trial of apartheid scientist Wouter Basson has refused to stand down, describing a prosecutor’s claims that he is biased as “absurd”. Judge Willie Hartzenberg said in the Pretoria High Court there are no grounds for the state’s claim that he had pre-judged the case. Delivering judgment on an […]

THE Amaglug-glug squad for the Olympic qualifier against Cameroon has been announced by the South African Football Association. The squad is: Emille Baron, Wayne Roberts, Nkhipitheni Matombo, Fabian McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, Matthew Booth, Aaron Mokoena, David Kannemeyer, Patrick Mbuthu, Stanton Fredericks, Jabu Pule, Steve Lekoelea, Abram Nteo, Benni McCarthy, Daniel Matshau, Nkosinathi Nhleko, Siyabonga Nomvete, […]

DIAMOND Trading Company (DTC), the company responsible for sales within the De Beers Central Selling Organisation, said on Wednesday it will rebalance its price book. This will mean an overall increase in rough diamond prices across all categories sold by the DTC. DTC said a strong demand and some reduction in supply of the lower […]

TEN people died and 22 others were seriously wounded when an anti-tank landmine exploded under their vehicle on a road in central Angola, state television reported on Thursday. The mine exploded on Wednesday under a lorry carrying passengers and merchandise along the road between Catabola and Camacupa, 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Luanda. Most […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.45am. THE South African Rugby Football Union is expected to unveil a plan to increase black representation in Super 12 rugby by contracting the country’s top 120 players. A document called ”Vision 2003” is being prepared that will formalise quotas of five non-white players in each of South Africa’s four […]