Mercedes Sayagues Zimbabwean women scored a small victory when a magistrate was transferred from the civil and customary law section to the criminal section of Harare’s magistrate’s courts after complaints about his chauvinistic comments. On November 23, about 100 women toyi- toyied in downtown Harare to protest remarks by magistrate Billiard Mukwasa. He told a […]

Michael Walker It must constitute one of the most spectacular gestures of faith in the history of ex-offenders. At 4pm on Wednesday, in the ambassador suite of third division Darlington football club, the club chair George Reynolds – a one- time safe-blower with four years in prison on his CV – was handed the most […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Friday 6.00pm SOUTH Africa’s current account deficit unexpectedly narrowed in the third quarter of 1999, the Reserve Bank said in its quarterly economic bulletin, released on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted and annualised, the third quarter’s deficit came in at R2,5 billion, from R3,6-billion in the second quarter, revised from an originally reported […]

John Henley BODY LANGUAGE The entrance is discreet, dimly lit. At the foot of a nondescript modern block in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, a door opens. A well-coiffed woman in late middle age inspects the new arrivals: smart casual dress only, and sorry sir, no unaccompanied men tonight. That’ll be R300 a couple, please. […]

While top executives at the SABC attack the media for biased reporting, its own house in not in order, report Ivor Powell, Wally Mbhele and Jubie Matlou New irregularities have come to light involving the SABC managers named in the forensic audit by accounting firm KPMG – the basis for an investigation announced last week […]

FLIGHTS from three of South Africa’s international airports were delayed on Wednesday following a major computer crash. The Star reports the breakdown of the checking in and boarding computer system delayed flights to Swaziland, Dubai, Harare and Luanda from Johannesburg International Airport. South African Airways said the crash also affected Cape Town and Durban international […]

ZAMBIA beat Malawi 4-1 in a Cosafa Cup under-20 Group B soccer match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday. The Zambians were much too strong and opened the scoring in the 22nd minute through January Zyambol. They extended their lead in the 38th minute when Emmanuel Zulu beat goalkeeper Swadick Sanudi and went into […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Thursday 8.00am. WORLD rugby’s elite coaches gave lineouts the thumbs-up on Thursday but will continue the debate over scrummaging problems following the first day of an International Rugby Board conference on the playing of the game. Set pieces were the major topic scrutinised by a brains trust of national coaches including […]

A WOMAN and four men were kidnapped and killed in KwaZulu-Natal province, apparently by a group of minibus taxi drivers, police said on Thursday. The bodies of the five — three of them teenagers — were discovered on Wednesday around the Inanda area, just north of the east coast city of Durban. “All five victims […]

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday proposed giving the world’s poorest countries greater duty-free access to US markets. The United States is discussing the initiative with Japan and the European Union, which has floated a similar proposal ahead of the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle this week. The initiative, announced in a White House statement, […]