TELFORD VICE, Centurion | Wednesday 5.00pm. HANSIE Cronje may have lost the final Test of the series and seen his 14-match unbeaten run come to an end, but South Africa’s captain was unrepentant at the contrived finish yesterday and threatened to quit if the International Cricket Council intervenes. ”If the ICC are unhappy then I […]

POLICE are offering a reward for information leading to the conviction of a white man who last week shot dead three black people and wounded four others on a crowded Pretoria bus on January 12. Police spokesman Gideon Thessner would not disclose the amount of the reward on offer. A 24-hour police telephone hotline had […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Cape Town | Monday 5.00pm. THREE rising black stars have been included in the four Super 12 2000 squads, named in Cape Town on Monday, but there is no place for eighthman AJ Venter until his contractual wrangles are concluded. Centres Wayne Julies and Kaya Malotana, part of the Springbok squad for last […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Tuesday 12.45pm. THE Nigeria Football Association (NFA) have rejected the request of English side Arsenal for striker Nwankwo Kanu to be released to the club for engagements during the Nations Cup which kicks off on Saturday. “Arsenal are irreponsible,” said NFA chairman Anthony Williams, reacting to the request from the English […]

ANGOLAN rebel forces killed more than 100 people near the central highland city of Kuito last week, a private Catholic radio station reported. The attack occurred at Chicandula, a village in Chinguar township in the province of Bie about 600 km (380 miles) southeast of the capital Luanda, said Radio Ecclesia, citing independent sources.

UNITED Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata arrived at a refugee camp in Tanzania on Monday to visit thousands of refugees who have fled civil war in neighbouring Burundi. Ogata’s visit coincides with what officials say is the region’s worst refugee crisis since 1997 and with a fresh mediation attempt in the Burundi conflict […]

FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel on Thursday asked that state institutions dealing with national security issues be exempted from a proposed law seeking to boost black businesses through preferential tenders. Manuel told a parliamentary committee drafting the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill there could be instances where certain key government departments were forced not to award […]

THE rate of consumer inflation averaged 5,2% in 1999, its lowest level since 1969 when it stood at 3%, slowing from 6,9% in 1998, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Stats SA said in a statement that the average rate for core inflation over 1999 was 7,9%, which was slightly higher than 1998’s 7,5% average. […]

THE United Nations has dispatched a delegation to the Ivory Coast in an effort to persuade the country’s military rulers of an early return to constitutional rule following last month’s coup.

JUSTIN ARENSTEIN and NIKI MOORE, Durban | Tuesday 6.10pm THE Inkatha Freedom Party has appointed disgraced former Home Affairs director-general Albert Mokoena as a special consultant. President Thabo Mbeki personally fired Mokoena from government last year following media revelations that he abused his position for personal gain. Mbeki’s intervention came after home affair minister and […]