OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.15pm.. THE SA Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday that it would decide on what steps to take only once Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang had responded to allegations that denying the anti-retroviral drug AZT to pregnant women was unconstitutional. “The commission, again in keeping with its procedures, will put these […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Monday 9.45am. AUSTRALIAN centre Tim Horan, named player of the World Cup, may have played his last game of rugby for Australia. The Wallabies were to fly home from Britain later on Monday with the World Cup following Saturday’s no nonsense 35-12 defeat of France. And the 29-year-old Horan’s 80th Test […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.45am. THEY left the defending champions and although they returned untriumphant, the Springboks were still treated to a hero’s welcome on Tuesday morning when their plane touched down. A cheering crowd of over a thousand supporters were at Johannesburg International Airport, and broke into applause when the Boks made an […]

GERMAN web television company Metabox AG said at the weekend that it has expanded into its first foreign market by signing a distribution deal for South Africa with Eagle International Ltd. Shares in Metabox, which manufactures set-top boxes that provide internet access on TV sets, surged more than 16% on the news of the company’s […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 1.05pm ALEXKOR, the embattled state diamond miner, has secured a R120-million loan that will allow further exploration work, a government official said on Monday. The loan agreement was sealed after a meeting on Friday between officials from Alexkor, the government, the diamond miner’s management contractor, Nabera Mining Ltd, and Nabera’s […]

BETWEEN October last year and September this year, 99 charges of rape and 26 of sexual assault had been laid against police officers, Safety and Security Minster Steve Tshwete said on Monday. Just 23 policemen have been suspended as a result and none are currently serving sentences, he said in reply to a question in […]

MANAGING director of the United Cricket Board, Ali Bacher, has paid tribute to legendary West Indian paceman Malcolm Marshall who died late on Thurdsday after a long battle with colon cancer in Bridgetown, Barbados. Marshall was 41. “Malcolm was a brilliant fast bowler and an outstanding ambassador for the game of cricket,” said Bacher. “He […]

THE murder trial of seven men accused of the murder of slain United Democratic Movement secretary-general Sifiso Nkabinde was delayed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday morning. The delay is to allow defence lawyers to inspect the murder scene. Nkabinde was gunned down outside a supermarket in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal on January 23. The state […]

SOME eighteen solid imbuia wall clocks are among the casualties of a rising problem of theft that has hit the Cape High Court. The Cape Times reports that Cape High Court building is being stripped by thieves with little regard for the law, and judges’ possessions and valuable equipment and fittings have been stolen. Among […]

DOZENS of people, mainly women, handed in their excision knives and blades at a solemn weekend ceremony in eastern Guinea to renounce the sexual mutilation of girls. The ceremony in Kouroussa, some 500km east of the capital Conakry, drew thousands. The practice of female excision has continued in Guinea even though it is illegal and […]