The leader of the notorious vigilante organisation Mapogo a Matamaga is fighting to keep his position Evidence wa ka Ngobeni A crisis meeting called by the head of South Africa’s largest vigilante group got off to a bad start last weekend when the group struggled for three hours to gain access to the community centre […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 12.00pm. THE penultimate Premier Soccer League match of the season served up a thrilling battle between arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park on Tuesday night, with Chiefs holding the Buccaneers to a 2-2 draw. The match, which had little bearing on the league title, saw BobSave […]

TELEPHONES began ringing in Northern Province premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s office on Wednesday. This was the first time in 12 days that the phones rang after Telkom suspended the service on June 2 to force the province to pay an allegedly outstanding bill of R39 million. Government spokesman Jack Mokobi confirmed that most phones in the […]

THE last British troops sent in to Sierra Leone six weeks ago to shore up the war-torn country are preparing to return to the UK. In their place, UN troops have taken over security at Freetown’s airport. The British operation, codenamed Operation Palliser, will formally end at midnight on Wednesday. It will hand over to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. DISGRACED former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has won the sympathy of someone catching as much flak as he is – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The Star on Wednesday quoted Mugabe as saying: “I’m heartbroken by what the chap is going through. I never thought he would be […]

STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.15pm. WELL-known Johannesburg lawyer Peter Soller on Wednesday confirmed that he had implicated cricket boss Ali Bacher in fixing a one-day international match between South Africa and a touring rebel West Indies side, but indicated he had been temporarily gagged from revealing the full story. Soller said he had […]

THE national government has allocated R91 million to Mpumalanga to rebuild roads, schools and other public infrastructure damaged during heavy flooding in the province earlier this year. Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu said the funds would complement existing reconstruction programmes already underway by the national departments of water affairs and agriculture. Provincial departments were, he said, still […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.35am. ALLEGATIONS made by a Johannesburg lawyer that Dr Ali Bacher was involved in arranging extra payment for a West Indies side to lose a match in South Africa have been strongly denied by the United Cricket Board chief. In a statement submitted to the King Commission of Inquiry […]

THE Springbok line-up which beat Canada 51-18 last week has been kept intact by coach Nick Mallett for Saturday’s first of two Tests against England in Pretoria. The only changes in the side are on the bench, with Ollie le Roux replacing Willie Meyer and Albert van den Berg replacing inside-centre Japie Mulder. Mallett said […]

ENGLAND winger Dan Luger has been recalled to the side for the first Test against the Springboks at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. Luger will make his first appearance for England after missing the entire Six Nations tournament with a groin injury. Luger last played for England in the World Cup. Julian White, the […]