ONLY taxis displaying new route-based permits will be allowed to operate in Soshanguve and its surrounding areas, north of Pretoria, from next week, SABC radio news reported on Thursday. This follows an agreement between two Soshanguve taxi associations and transport officials to stabilise the taxi industry. The agreement applies to Mabopane, Ga-Rankuwa, Hammanskraal and Soshanguve. […]
FORMER African Footballer of the Year Kalusha Bwalya is among 12 foreign-based players in a preliminary Zambian squad named by coach Ben Bamfuchile for the African Nations Cup. Chipolopolo (The Bullet) play Egypt, Burkina Faso and Senegal in Group C.
PEOPLE Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) is running out of money and battling to fund legal representation for 23 members facing criminal charges. In an interview with Sunday Argus Ebrahim Francis admitted Pagad is in dire financial straits. “Our people are being arrested under scheduled offences, which means they have to prove why they should […]
FOREIGN affairs media director Marco Boni on Friday lost his bid in the Pretoria High Court to order his minister, Nkosazana Zuma, to grant him a voluntary severance package worth more than R800000. Boni had claimed that deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad approved the package on November 1 last year. On November 29, Boni received […]
ABOUT 1000 members of the extremist Islamic group Qibla staged a peaceful protest in the streets of Cape Town on Friday, burning American, Israeli and Russian flags. Chanting “One Zionist, one bullet,” and “Death to America,” the protestors marched through the center of town first to the Russian consulate, and then to the American consulate, […]
THE ANC headquarters in central Johannesburg were evacuated on Friday morning following a bomb-scare. ANC Chief Information Officer Smuts Ngonyama said security personnel were told that there was an explosive device in the building and relayed the information to the authorities. The bomb incident comes a day before the party celebrates its 88th anniversary on […]
LAZARUS Zim, Managing Director of M-Net has joined the board of Supersport United Football Club, serving as Vice Chairman. The announcement was made at the team’s headquarters by SuperSport United Chairman Khulu Sibiya. Zim is no stranger to football administration, having served as a director and secretary of Free State Stars in the late 80’s […]
ZAMBIA suffered another shock in their build up to the African Nations Cup when they lost 4-3 to the Zimbabwe Olympic team on Saturday. Dennis Lota, Bernard Makufi and Andrew Sinkala, who play their club football in South Africa, Sweden and Germany respectively, scored for Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets). Zambia, who launch their Nations Cup Group […]
THE sixth MTN Cape-to-Rio yacht race got off to a slow start on Saturday, with hardly enough wind to fill the sails of the 71-boat fleet. The weather and smooth water was however perfect for hundreds of spectators who took to the water in all kinds of craft to watch the start of the race, […]
THE South African road death toll is nearing the 900 mark, according to Arrive Alive. The traffic safety campaign said that 853 people have been killed in 602 road accidents since the start of December. Of these, 384 were passengers, 250 pedestrians and 219 drivers. KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of road deaths with 131, […]