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 […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00am. SPRINGBOK captain Joost van der Westhuizen on Wednesday said he will miss six months of rugby after injuring his right knee again in the team’s World Cup semi-final defeat against Australia. The mercurial scrumhalf, who will undergo surgery on Wednesday morning, says he played ”a game and half with […]

A STRIKE by Lagos commercial transporters continued on Tuesday, crippling economic activities in Nigeria’s commercial city amid reported deaths from clashes unleashed by picketing gangs. Commuters have been at the receiving end of the paralysing strike started Monday by transporters who withdrew their vehicles from the roads over government’s hike in tariffs as well as […]

PRETORIA Zoo is the new home to the only pair of rare Andean condors on the African continent. In a statement on Tuesday, the zoo said the donation of the near extinct vulture-like birds by the Chilean government was a means of creating links with the San Diego Zoo. Chilean ambassador Boris Yopo will officially […]

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu will be admitted to hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday for further prostate cancer treatment. Tutu is to undergo cryosurgery, a procedure during which liquid nitrogen is used to freeze the prostate in order to destroy the cancer cells. The treatment will be carried out at the Emory University Hospital. Tutu was was […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 6.45pm. ENGLAND happily settled for a draw against a second-string Western Province/Boland XI at Newlands on Monday after being outplayed comprehensively. Set a target of 250 runs off 47 overs, England had amassed a second innings total of 82/2 off 41 overs when play was called off 30 minutes […]

SOUTH African Airways will in December resume twice-weekly flights to Kinshasa, capital of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo a spokeswoman said on Monday. SAA suspended the flights last year soon after rebels attacked the government of President Laurent Kabila in August. “We have reviewed the political situation and other airlines are also flying in,” […]

BRITISH Aerospace said on Sunday that South Africa’s Denel Aviation will be the sole supplier of rudders and ailerons for the company’s Avro Regional Jet (RJ) airliner. Denel Aviation, a unit of state arms manufacturer Denel, will initially produce 18 rudder and aileron sets a year, British Aerospace said in a statement. The agreement carries […]

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II is expected to express regret for the loss of life on all sides in the Boer War during her visit to South Africa, a British newspaper reported on Tuesday. The queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are due to arrive at an air base outside Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon […]