A POLICEMAN appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with charges of attempted murder, corruption and theft. Reports on Tuesday indicated that Sergeant Neil David Baard, 35, is being investigated for possible involvement in the bombing of the St Elmo’s restaurant at Camps Bay in November last year. The investigating […]

ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has accused South Africa of “meddling” in the internal affairs of Angola, the official Angola news agency ‘Angop’ reported on Tuesday. Speaking after a one-day meeting with his ally, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Dos Santos said: “It seems to me that it would be sensible for South African […]

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi launched the Malawi Revenue Authority on Tuesday. The revenue collection body has been formed from the ashes of the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Income, which hitherto collected government revenue. With the current annual income generation of nine billion kwacha (about $205-million), he said the country needs […]

LESOTHO’S King Letsie III marries a commoner on Friday in a ceremony expected to draw fellow African royals, heads of state and tens of thousands of blanket-clad subjects from throughout his country. The 35-year-old king has said that Karabo Motsoeneng, 23, who has been living and studying in South Africa for several years, will be […]

SPRINGBOK loose-forward Corne Krige will take his place in the back-row when the Stormers take on Western province in a pre-season match at Bellville-Tech on Wednesday. Stormers coach Alan Solomons seems to have settled on a side with which to kick off the Cape side’s Super-12, with only hooker Johan van Wyk an uncertainty. The […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Wednesday 6.00pm. GRAEME Hick, playing for England in the country of his birth, led the touring side to a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe with an unbeaten 87 in the first one-day international on Wednesday. Hick and all-rounder Mark Ealham saw England home with an unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 90. England […]

JUDGE Chris Botha on Wednesday morning turned down an application by the State to keep the accused in the R17,4-million Bronkhorstspruit heist trial appear in shackles for the remainder of the trial. The application came after three of the accused escaped from court last week, one of the escapees was shot in the attempt. The […]

MANDE Sidibe, an advisor to President Alpha Omar Konare, was named as Mali’s new prime minister on Tuesday by presidential decree. Sidibe, 60, a trained economist, replaces Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who resigned on Monday, in what many observers believe is a move to prepare his candidature for presidential elections in 2002.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 2.00pm. ATHLETICS South Africa has hit back at the National Olympic Committee of South Africa after a weekend report, quoting Nocsa secretary-general Dan Moyo, claimed financial mismanagement within ASA. Banele Sindani, ASA chief executive, responded to the claims by saying that Nocsa is attempting to discredit his organisation, and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.30pm NEDCOR Investment Bank on Wednesday posted a 25% rise in earnings, helped in part by a lower tax charge, but suggested that plans to find an international partner might have been put on the back burner. NIB, whose parent Nedcor Ltd listed 15% of its shares on the Johannesburg […]