TWO Bronkhorstspruit heist suspects who escaped from the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday afternoon are still on the run. The two escaped through an unlocked door after taking guards by surprise. A third suspect is is a stable condition after being shot and wounded during his attempted escape. Apparently three policemen took five of the […]

MPUMALANGA’S provincial government pledged on Tuesday to trace an unnamed traffic officer who allegedly fled after driving into and killing two boys at the weekend. The unnamed officer allegedly drove into Zwelithini Mthembu, 10, and Aubrey Cele, 5, with his patrol vehicle on Saturday, killing both boys instantly. He was taken to Kanyamazane police station […]

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 […]

ANGLO American Platinum Corporation (Amplats) said that the National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) has informed it that the union will suspend strike action at Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners (RBMR). “We have been told by Numsa that they are going to suspend their strike pending further negotiations and that they will urge their […]

NORWEGIAN Prime Minister Kjell Mange Bondevik is due in South Africa on Thursday on the second leg of a three-nation tour of Africa. The prime minister, on his first official visit to South Africa, is scheduled to meet President Thabo Mbeki for bilateral talks on Friday, embassy and government officials said. Bondevik, accompanied by a […]