PAUL van Vuuren, a former security police member to whom the Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty for political murders, appeared in the Warmbaths Magistrate’s Court on Friday after he allegedly sjambokked a seven-year-old black boy for kissing his daughter. Northern Province police confirmed that Van Vuuren had been charged with assault with intent to […]

RETIRED heart surgeon Professor Chris Barnard is to undergo operation next month for skin cancer on his nose, he told a Sunday newspaper. The 77-year-old surgeon told the Rapport newspaper that he will undergo extensive surgery, including grafting skin from his forehead onto his nose, in Cape Town on December 20. ”The prognosis is good […]

SOUTH African all-rounder Lance Klusener lost out on Friday to England’s Andy Caddick as the Wisden Monthly’s player of the season in a readers’ poll conducted by the England-based magazine, which is a sister publication of Wisden -the universal cricket annual. A Wisden spokesman said it is a “major surprise” for an Englishman to clinch […]

A bomb early Friday destroyed a small complex of government offices in Swaziland’s Mahlanya constituency, about 25 kilometres east of the capital Mbabane, police said. The blast at the constituency offices used by MPs happened at about and was caused by a time bomb, police spokeswoman Leckina Magagula said. Nobody was injured, she said. A […]

THE government intends allocating almost 200-million over the next two years towards tagging and electronically monitoring prison parolees, set to begin next year. The Citizen reports Correctional Services Minister Ben Skosana said over R83-million will be allocated for next year and over R100-million for 2001. Replying to questions in Parliament, the minister also said overcrowding […]

LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Durban | Sunday 1.30pm BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath honouring the dead of two world wars at the Cenotaph in Durban on Remembrance on Sunday, the first time in 16 years that she has not led national mourning in Britain. With her son Prince Charles standing in for her at Whitehall, […]

FURTHER charges may be brought against murder accused Dwayne Ragavaloo related to a 1997 docket, it emerged at his bail application in the Richmond Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Ragavaloo is facing one murder charge and two of attempted murder related to a shooting incident on October 31. Ragavaloo, 22, the son of Richmond mayor Andrew […]

BRITIAN’S Lennox Lewis won a 12-round unanimous decision over American Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas early on Sunday morning to capture the undisputed world heavyweight boxing championship. In the rematch of a controversial draw from last March, judge Chuck Giampa scored it 116-112 while Bill Graham had it 117-111 and Jerry Roth 115-113 for Lewis. […]

SOUTH African fly-half Henry Honiball will make his debut for Bristol in Saturday’s Premiership match at Sale, the club said on Wednesday. The veteran number 10, who retired from international rugby after the Springboks’ World Cup third-place triumph over the All Blacks last Thursday, will form a half-back pairing with Argentinian scrum-half Agustin Pichot. They […]

KEY England strike bowler Darren Gough will see a return to action when the tourists take on a combined Free State/Griquas XI in Bloemfontein this weekend. Gough, who was injured in England’s opening tour fixture, will take the new ball with Alan Mullally. England may have some difficulty in the bowling department as Andy Caddick […]