THE Road Accident Fund has made an urgent request to Government to increase the levy on the price of petrol and diesel to save the fund from running into serious cash flow problems. Sake reports that fund says a 10% increase in the levy will be necessary for the payment of road accident claims. This […]

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 […]

FORMER Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda’s son and political heir-apparent, Wezi, was buried in Lusaka on Tuesday. He was slain nearly a week ago by gunmen whose motives remain unclear. Tears streamed from many, including the 76-year-old statesman who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991. Wezi, a retired army major, was on the point of running […]

GOLDEN Lions coach Laurie Mains – who is set to coach the Cats in next year’s Super 12 – won’t be looking to fill the shoes of his All Black counterpart John Hart, who isn’t seeking re-election to the post. Mains said he is prepared to help New Zealand rugby in a support role only. […]

VODACOM has announced its intention to sue the South African Telecommunication Regulation Authority (Satra) over its refusal to grant the cellphone operator additional bandwidth. Sake reports that Vodacom’s corporate affairs executive Joan Joffe says that, due to the huge growth in the South African cellular industry, pressure has been brought to bear on the 900Mhz […]

THE Asset Forfeiture Unit on Tuesday seized the first property since the Prevention of Organised Crime Act was amended. The property, an alleged drug house in Facreton on the Cape Flats, was swooped upon by the the unit after it presented the Cape High Court with information gathered in conjunction with the Community Policing Forum. […]

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu was treated for prostate cancer at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta in the United States on Tuesday. The hospital’s spokeswoman Rashel Stephenson said Tutu was treated with a minimally invasive procedure called cyrosurgery which enables physicians to freeze and destroy the prostrate gland without destroying surrounding tissue. She said that Tutu was […]

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 […]