TWO Johannesburg policemen were killed in an accident on Empire Road early on Thursday morning. Captain Iwo Liut, 35, and Sergeant Jaque Rabie, 29, were involved in a high speed chase when they lost control of their car, which plunged off the N1 highway onto Empire Road near Wits University. Paramedics battled for hours at […]
FIVE armed men took crime to new lows on Tuesday, boarding a Japanese trawler in Cape Town harbour and making off with a safe containing some $30000. Police spokeswoman Nina Kirsten said the men pistol-whipped a security guard aboard the Wakashio Maru before midnight, vandalised the bridge and master’s cabin, and removed the safe, then […]
THE West Indies have recalled hard-hitting opener Philo Wallace, all-rounder Laurie Williams and fast bowler Mervyn Dillon for the opening two matches of their one-day triangular series starting at the weekend. Their first two matches are both against Zimbabwe, in Jamaica on Saturday and Sunday, with Pakistan, the third team in the tournament, arriving next […]
ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Paarl | Thursday 9.00am. BOLAND beat Eastern Province by 36 runs in Paarl to win the Standard Bank Cup, the province’s first trophy in senior cricket. Boland made 209/6 in their 45 overs after winning the toss and then restricted EP to 173/8 in reply. Boland based their score around a fine half […]
SWAZILAND’s civil service union has vowed to fight government plans to shed about 5500 workers as part of its economic reform programme. The government calls them “daily-paid workers”, and says they must go to cut a bloated civil service that swallows more than 40% of state expenditure. But union president Elliot Mkhatshwa said on Wednesday […]
HEALTH Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Thursday that the anti-retroviral Aids drug Nevirapine would not hit the shelves in South Africa before July at the earliest. This is because the results of the SA Medical Control Council tests to detect any side-effects of the drug are not ready yet, SABC radio reported. Nevirapine, which is […]
NIGERIA’s privatisation agency said on Thursday it is reopening bidding for 64,8-million government shares in oil marketer African Petroleum whose earlier sale prompted a parliamentary inquiry. The government said last week it was selling the shares to Sadiq Petroleum Ltd, a little-known oil marketing company, which has agreed to pay 33,00 naira per share or […]
SUPERSPORT United came a close second to Moroka Swallows in their Premier League match at the Caledonian Stadium on Wednesday night. Swallows notched up a 3-2 win after neither team could score in the first half. The pitch was far from satisfactory, being slippery and wet after heavy rain during the day. Supersport drew first […]
PERCY Montgomery has picked up an ankle strain and looks doubtful for Sunday’s Super 12 match against the Chiefs in Pukehoke. Stormers coach Alan Solomons has delayed naming his side, but if Montgomery makes the side it is expected to be unchanged from the one that lost 47-31 last week to the Crusaders. Pieter Rossouw […]
KING Lebone Molotlegi of the Bafokeng has died in a Sandton clinic, after being admitted there earlier this month with lung and kidney failure. Under the rule of the 35-year-old king, the 300_ooo strong Bakokeng managed to develop their infrastructure near Rustenburg without government assistance with their shares in the Impala Platinum mines. Last year […]