A CONTINGENT of 10 Malawian soldiers left for the Zambian capital of Lusaka on Wednesday to begin training for peace-keeping duties in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Malawian contingent is part of an Organisation of African Unity peace-keeping initiative. Army spokesmen stressed that the Malawian soldiers are merely monitors and will not […]

EMMA THOMASSON, Johannesburg | Thursday 7.35pm BUSINESS leaders on Thursday urged Commonwealth governments to speak with one voice at the forthcoming round of World Trade Organisation talks and push for more market access for its mostly poor members. ”The Commonwealth should advance a common position at the WTO,” the Commonwealth Business Forum said in its […]

THE international environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday called on the South African government to co-ordinate commonwealth opposition to European plutonium and high level nuclear waste shipments to Japan at this week’s Durban Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. At a press conference aboard the Greenpeace in Cape Town harbour, the environmental group warned of the imminent […]

TWO long distance drivers were shot in separate attacks outside Pietersburg in Northern Province on Monday night, in what police believe may be a repeat of similar attacks made on passenger vehicles last year. Police said on Tuesday that the occupant of a white Uno with no registration plates opened fire with a shotgun on […]

THE South African Rugby Football Union said on Monday that the Springboks should not be disgraced for placing third at the World Cup. SARFU President, Silas Nkanunu praised the Boks, saying that “there was always evidence that the team was determined to succeed. They, like all others, wanted to win, to make themselves and their […]

THE Free State/Griquas selectors have announced the team to play England in a four-dayer at Bloemfontein next weekend. The selectors had a tough time selecting the side as six of the top players are either on Test or South Africa A duty. One of the inclusions in the side is 18-year-old legspinner Andre Abrahams, a […]

A PAINTING by South African artist Irma Stern sold at auction for R1,1-million to a private collector on Monday night. The auctioneers, Stephan Welz & Co, said it was the first time an art work had sold for more than R1-million in South Africa. Company chief Stephan Welz added that the R13,1-million raised at the […]

FIVE young people were shot and hacked to death in a clash between rival gangs in Amshayazafe township in KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Captain Vishnu Naidoo said the bodies of the victims, a woman and four men aged between 15 and 20, were found outside a shop in the township, some 50 […]

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in South Africa Tuesday at the start of a five-day visit during which she will officially open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The Queen was met at Waterkloof Airforce Base by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Nkosazana Zuma, British High Commissioner Maeve Fort and […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Wednesday 11.45am MIDI TV, holding company of free to air television station e.tv, hopes to attract new equity partners with its proposed changes in its shareholding, acting CEO Marcel Golding said on Tuesday. Golding was speaking at the start of Midi’s application to the Independent Broadcasting Authority in Rosebank to […]