OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.00am. THE Assets Forfeiture Unit threatened over the weekend to clamp down on “gentlemen’s clubs” across the country, if they don’t clean up their act. The warning follows a raid on a high-class Gauteng brothel, The Ranch, which has been provisionally attached. It is now being managed by a curator, […]

THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is due to negotiate with Volkswagen South Africa management to reinstate 1300 workers dismissed last week after an illegal strike at the Uitenhage plant. VWSA, who issued an ultimatum to workers to return to work or face dismissal, on Thursday fired 1300 employees for not heeding to […]

THE luxury Blue Trains are to be sold as they need international expertise and a high level of marketing required to keep them running. Spoornet CE Zandile Jakavula said that the two trains have been identified by Spoornet as assets that need international management to maintain their high profile. The 18-wagon Blue Trains travel between […]

FLOODING caused by torrential rain over the past three days has left hundreds of families homeless in the Mozambican capital Maputo. Maputo mayor Artur Canana said houses in the poorly maintained suburbs are under water and many roads impassable. In the nearby city of Matola, many houses are also under water. The rains have cut […]

SOUTH Africa’s under-23 soccer team were beaten 2-1 by Angola in their pre-Olympic qualifying friendly at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. The South Africans looked firmly in control and seemed to be heading for an easy victory, but the tide turned sharply. The visitors, who have been in South Africa for four weeks […]

AT least 30 people were killed when an Angolan army helicopter crashed at the weekend in the southern province of Huila. Angolan media reported that twelve people, including crew members, survived the crash. The helicopter hit the ground soon after it took off from the air base at the province’s main town Lubango on Saturday […]

THE Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape is to be expanded on Monday at a fence-cutting ceremony attended by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Mohammed Valli Moosa. The idea of expanding the park into a huge super-reserve stretching to the coastline has generally been welcomed in the Eastern Cape – although some […]

THE Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) on Friday afternoon said that President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement that three key protective labour laws will be amended to soften their rigidity comes as no surprise to the federation. Speaking in Cape Town, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi stressed the federations intentions to “engage vigorously” in discussions […]

WILSON Kipketer broke the men’s 1000m indoor world record when he clocked two minutes 15.25 seconds at an international athletics meeting on Sunday. Kenyan-born Kipketer, who is now a Danish citizen, bettered by one hundredth of a second the previous best mark of 2:15.26 set by Algerian Noureddine Morceli in February 1992 in Birmingham.

HYUNDAI Korea is unlikely to honour warranties and service plans for many of the 80000 Hyundai vehicles, even though a consortium of banks and creditors is due to sign a deal with the Korean company on Monday. Business Day reports that Super Group, a key contender, pulled out of bidding citing sensitive conditions put on […]