A MAN was gored by a buffalo while walking through a sugar cane field near Hectorspruit on the southern border of the Kruger National Park this week. Pat Sambo, 28, of Dindela township, said from his bed at Shongwe Hospital on Thursday that he was on his way to visit his brother, who works for […]

ALMOST 700 Samancor Ferrometal workers in Mpumalanga face disciplinary action after staging a lunchtime picket in support of the Congress of South African Trade Union job loss campaign. Ferrometal spokeswoman, Ulandi Langhein, said on Wednesday the Witbank plant workers will appear before a disciplinary hearing on Thursday after allegedly embarking on protest action last week […]

THE national lottery, which kicks off in the first week of next month, will deliver an estimated R24-billion in prizes over the seven-year period of the initial contract, the Business Day reports. Lotteries board chairman Joe Foster told Parliament on Wednesday that the lottery will potentially have a R50-billion turnover in the first seven years. […]

SOME 20 United States business leaders are to arrive in South Africa at the weekend on a trade and investment mission, the US Embassy said in Pretoria on Thursday. It said the visit will form part of a tour of three African countries by the delegation, headed by US civic leader Jesse Jackson. The mission […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.25pm. LANCE Klusener, South Africa’s star all-rounder, has been handed a four match ban, suspended for three months, after he was involved in verbal confrontation with Zimbabwean Guy Whittall. Klusener and Whittall had words after the latter’s dismissal in a triangular series match at St George’s Park on Sunday. International […]

UNEMPLOYED miners armed with knives and spears on Wednesday attacked a group of miners going to work near Johannesburg, injuring 21 of them, police said. The attack took place at the East Rand Propriety Mine (ERPM) east of Johannesburg. “There were 200 or 300 miners who we believe used to work at the mine and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.30pm. TORRENTIAL rains continued unabated in the northern areas of South Africa for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, leaving at least 38 people dead and thousands homeless. Northern Province formally applied for disaster status on Thursday following confirmation it will not be able to fund repairs. Damage to government […]

ESCAPE artists Tunisia are just one match away from reaching a second African Nations Cup final in five years. The North Africans tackle physically-imposing Cameroon at the 40000-seat Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday and the winners qualify for a showdown with Nigeria or South Africa. Most observers dismissed Tunisia as serious challengers, but says coach […]

JOHN Wayne’s just not what he used to be. When the modern-day version, an awaiting-trial prisoner being held in the Richard’s Bay police holding cells, tried to make a daring escape with seven other prisoners on Wednesday night, he failed to live up to the tough reputation of his namesake of Western movie fame. John […]

SOUTH Africa has emerged in 25th position of the World Tourism Organisation’s list of the 40 most popular destinations. Ten years ago it ranked 55th, and it is the only sub-Saharan country to make the top 40 in the latest report. The WTO says the country has six million foreign visitors a year, placing it […]