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 […]

THE captain of the Cats Super 12 team, Rassie Erasmus, has been ruled out of the first two months of the competition because of a pelvic muscle injury. The Springbok loose forward underwent an operation on Wednesday after other remedies, including ballet classes, failed to rectify the problem. Andre Vos takes over the captaincy until […]

EMBATTLED residents of Alexandra outside Johannesburg have been evacuated to higher ground after the Jukskei river burst its banks on Tuesday. Several homes were washed away and more rain is expected to fall on Tuesday night. Emergency services and police divers are on standby to assist people, some of whom are apparently unwilling to leave […]

OVER R2-million worth of advertising space has been donated by websites to the Aids Online Challenge, part of the greater Aids awareness campaign on the go in the country. It is the largest online advertising campaign ever seen in South Africa. The initiative’s main sponsor, Oracle Online Sales, has invited top creative online agencies to […]

LEADING gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Company announced on Tuesday that it has purchased a 19,95% interest in Australian gold producer Goldfields from Hanson PLC at a price of A$1,25 per share. The deal is valued at A$41-million. Harmony, currently the third largest gold producer in SA, has expanded in the past five years from […]

THE European Union and 71 African, Caribbean and Pacific states are expected to sign a deal in May renewing the Lome trade and aid pact which expires in February, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Lindiwe Hendricks said on Monday. Under the new deal, ACP countries will get 13,8-billion euros ($14,1-billion) in aid over the next […]

THE government repaid a net R1,32-billion during January, bringing total financing for the 1999/2000 (April-December) fiscal year to R25,38-billion, according to Department of Finance figures released in Pretoria on Thursday. Revised budgeted financing figures for the full fiscal year were not provided by the department. According to provisional figures, R753,6-million was raised in January through […]

TWO South African riders are set to become familiar faces on the World Superbike Championship stage this year. The opening round of the series will be run at Kyalami on April 2, after the scheduled opener was postponed. Cape rider Lance Isaacs, who will be in his second season in the WSBK ranks with the […]

THE former boyfriend of television presenter Tracy Going, Richard Latham, has been fined R5000 in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Latham assaulted Going during their relationship and maliciously damaged her car. Latham also received a five-year suspended sentenceon condition that he agrees to drug rehabilitation and periodic urine tests. In one particular incident that was widely […]

SOME 60 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members downed tools at Amplats’ Rustenburg base metal refinery on Thursday, mine spokesman Johan Adler said. The strike follows a deadlock in salary negotiations between mine management and the 291 Numsa members at the refinery. Adler said the mine offered an 8% increase but Numsa demanded […]