THE case against “People’s Poet” Mzwakhe Mbuli was delayed in the Randburg Regional Court on Wednesday after a dispute about Mbuli’s leg shackles. Mbuli appeared in court on charges of murder and armed robbery for allegedly killing a security guard during a bank robbery in 1997. The case was postponed after the defence counsel asked […]

THE State is to request Judge Willie Hartzenburg, presiding over the Wouter Basson trial, to recuse himself, the senior prosecutor in the case said on Wednesday. This follows earlier comments by Hartzenberg who said during testimony that he is not convinced that Basson’s multi-million rand group of companies was aimed at defrauding the state. Should […]

NIGERIA’S government has raised new conditions for releasing funds needed to restart the troubled Alscon aluminium smelter, company officials said on Thursday. Alscon officials said the government has tied the release of $150 million for running the plant to an assurance from foreign minority shareholders that they will complete the 193000 ton per year project […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.40am. THE government will take what steps it can to improve the domestic economy, including facilitating lower interest rates, cutting taxes and improving savings, Trade Minister Alec Erwin said on Wednesday. ”We will continue the complex process of managing the interest rate down so as to increase investment, particularly […]

NEWS and information company Reuters Group nnounced a 500-million plan on Tuesday to move its core business to the Internet, a board shake-up and a 9% rise in 1999 pre-tax profit to 632-million. The company also unveiled plans for a new consumer finance portal and a joint venture portal aimed at European private investors. Criticised […]

FORMER Springbok eighthman Schutte Bekker will be back on the field for the Northern Bulls on Wednesday night after missing much of last season with a heart condition. Bekker will start on the bench in the warm-up match against the Blue Bulls. Northern Bulls: Casper Steyn; Hendry Pedro, Wynand Lourens, Eugene Meyer, Hannes Venter, Jaco […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT | Wednesday 7.00pm HEAVY rains which wracked Mpumalanga, the Northern Province and Gauteng over the past few days, killing at least 27 people and leaving scores missing and hundreds of thousands homeless had abated by late Wednesday. However the Weather Bureau has warned that more rain could fall before the weekend. In Mpumalanga, […]

AN Angolan army helicopter which crashed at the weekend killing 30 people was loaded far beyond its 24-seat capacity, witnesses said on Tuesday. According to witnesses, the Russian-built Mil-8 transport aircraft was carrying 37 people and two pigs when it took off on Saturday from the highland city of Lubango, 650km south of the capital […]

MEMBERSHIP of political parties has decreased significantly since 1994 according to a survey by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in Pretoria. The slip is even more evident among African respondents where active membership of political parties decreased from its high of 24% in 1994, to 10% in 1999. In the same period active membership […]

BREYTON Paulse will play fullback for the Stormers in a frendly against South Western Districts on Wednesday evening. Paulse, who scored one of the most exciting tries in last year’s World Cup during the Springbok’s win over New Zealand in the third-place play-off, has a large following who would rather see him in the number […]