THe escape of 25 dangerous prisoners from police holding cells in northern KwaZulu Natal on Tuesday has prompted an urgent review of police holding facilities in the region. Provincial police commissioner Chris Serfontein has ordered all police stations with high escape rates to immediately compile reports explaining the phenomena. The first 17 prisoners escaped from […]

DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. World Boxing Organisation featherweight kingpin Naseem Hamed and International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight world champion; Paul Ingle are both seeking replacement challengers for their respective titles on March 11 in London. Vuyani Bungu, the current number one IBF contender has been mentioned as a possible for the Ingle fight. […]

VOLKSWAGAEN South Africa announced on Monday evening that it has closed its Uitenhage plant in the Eastern Cape indefinitely following a three-day strike by workers. Spokesman Matt Gennrich said it is impossible for the company to continue production without its workforce, especially when there are concerns of intimidation by a few employees. Workers embarked on […]

THE Northern Province will need at least an extra R7m to fix roads and bridges damaged by recent storms, but there is no indication that the cash-strapped province has the money for this. On Monday premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi toured some of the affected areas by helicopter with public works MEC Collins Chabane, and said repairing […]

VIRGIN Atlantic Airways has been forced to suspend its heavily booked second weekly flight between Cape Town and London because of an appeal by British Airways (BA) to the British civil aviation authorities, according to the Business Report. Until the matter is resolved, the British civil aviation authorities have forbidden Virgin to introduce its second […]

THE Northern Province government presented three game reserves to potential investors on Tuesday in a bid to secure R70 million in investment. Provincial MEC for finance, trade, industry and tourism, Thaba Mufamadi, urged investors at a special conference to take ownership of tourist facilities at the Manyaleti, Letaba and Andover game reserves on the border […]

THE United States will provide $300 million to owners of buildings destroyed by the bomb blast in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on August 7, 1998. The US says the grant will fund work on 60 buildings damaged by the bomb. The funds will be channelled through the US Agency for International Development. In January last year, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Wednesday 11.15am. THE expected mismatch of the African Nations Cup almost made a mockery of football hierarchy on the contintent as mighty Morocco snatched a 1-0 Group D victory over no-hopers Congo on Tuesday. It took the 1998 World Cup finalists 84 minutes to break through and the goal came from […]

THE United Cricket Board (UCB) on Tuesday named two teams to meet North West and Griquas in friendly three-day matches over the next two weekends. The combined teams are made up of provincial players. Ashwell Prince of Western Province will captain the team playing North West in Potchefstroom from January 28-30, while Boland’s Justin Ontong […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kano | Tuesday 8.30pm. A LATE goal from Salif Keita sealed a 3-1 victory for Senegal over Burkina Faso on Tuesday and took them to the top of Group C in the African Nations Cup. The 85th-minute strike had an element of luck as a shot from outside the penalty area by the […]