THE Democractic Party on Wednesday demanded a meeting with visiting Chinese parliament chairman Li Peng over his country’s human rights record. DP spokesman Colin Eglin said in a statement the party wants to talk to Li about Chinese-occupied Tibet, the country’s crackdown on religious dissidents, as well as progress towards multi-party democracy. Li, China’s second […]

ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.30pm. SUNDOWNS increased their Castle Premiership lead to seven points with a 3-1 victory over Jomo Cosmos at Loftus Stadium while traditional rivals Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs faltered in midweek matches. Pirates drew 0-0 with Hellenic at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town while Chiefs slumped to a shock 2-1 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.00pm. THE Tunisian club assault on Africa continues this weekend in Cote d’Ivoire when Club Africain play local side Africa Sports in the first leg of the Cup Winners Cup final. Etoile du Sahel built a one-goal advantage over Moroccan visitors Wydad Casablanca last weekend in the CAF Cup final […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Thursday 7.15pm. ZIMBABWE captain Andy Flower led from the front with a gritty 86 in his team’s uneven batting display on the opening day of the first test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Flower, in his second spell as skipper after recently taking over from Alistair Campbell, received his most effective […]

HIGH profile government and police officials have been implicated in the assassination five years ago of the former Transkei’s deputy police commissioner Lieutenant-General Wildon Mdluli Mbulawa, police announced on Tuesday. The case has been handed over to the Directorate of Special Investigations, also known the Scorpions, said senior investigating officer Superintendent Mark Magadlela. The Scorpions […]

BRONWEN ROBERTS, Cape Town | Tuesday 8.15pm HEALTH Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang told Parliament on Tuesday that South Africa cannot afford to dispense the anti-AIDS drug AZT. Defending government’s much-criticised refusal to sanction the drug’s use to combat the spiralling epidemic, Tshabalala-Msimang said that it would cost government ten times the total health budget to administer […]

T HE South African Broadcasting Corporation recorded a R112-million surplus for the year to March 1999, the broadcaster said in a statement on Tuesday. This is a further increase on the surplus of R105-million for the 18 months ending in March 1998, compared to a deficit of R60-million for the 1997 financial year. Revenue improved […]

THE European Union said on Tuesday it has approved plans by Switzerland’s SAirGroup AG and South Africa’s Transnet to take joint control of South African Airways. SAirGroup, the parent of Swissair, in June bought a 20% stake in SAA for R1,4-billion. It has an option to acquire a further 10% in the South African airline, […]

THE Anglican church has suspended for five years the priesthood of a minister found guilty of “sexual immorality” on church premises in March, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said on Tuesday. Lawrence Zola Mathebula, a priest in Cape Town, was also suspended from occupying any clerical post for three years after he was this month found guilty […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.50am. WITS University again failed to get a winner, recording their ninth draw in 15 matches when they were held to a goalless stalemate by SuperSport United in a Castle Premier League fixture at Milpark Stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. The most disappointing aspect of the match will […]