FORMER New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick has predicted that All Black coach John Hart will step down after the rugby World Cup. “There are issues to address, for sure. I don’t think we’ll be seeing John Hart coaching the All Blacks any longer,” Fitzpatrick wrote in his column in Thursday’s Daily Telegraph. “John is a […]

SPEAKING in Paris at an international conference on globalization Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma spoke on Wednesday of the crushing effects of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. “It is ironic that countries that have instituted sound fiscal and monetary policies so as to try to improve the lot of their nationals should be undermined by the […]

DISABLED swimmer Tadhg Slattery maintained his awesome form in shattering the 200m breaststroke World Record in the Homebush Bay Aquatic Centre in Sydney. Slattery collected 3 gold and 1 silver medal in his various events and should be included in the South African Paralympic Team bound for Sydney next year. Meanwhile, the South African Mens […]

THE Soweto child protection unit says it will be difficult to convict four Soweto boys accused of raping a two-year-old girl, because they are under the age of 14. Police are still searching for the boys, aged between seven and nine years, after they allegedly raped a toddler in the backyard of a house in […]

THE White River town council is on the verge of bankruptcy, owes ABSA and life assurance giant Sanlam more than R12-million – an amount the council says it is unable to repay. Sanlam has meanwhile announced that it is suing the council for R3,1-million, for a loan granted before the 1994 elections. “Although White River […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Thursday afternoon expressed his condolences to the family of Wezi Kaunda, son of former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, who died on Thursday morning after being gunned down in Lusaka. “He was a prominent figure. His death was a tragedy,” Mandela said at a function to hand over documents from the Rivonia […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thusday 5.15pm. FOUR boys accused of indecently assaulting a two-year-old Orlando West girl at the weekend appeared in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Soweto police spokesman Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the boys, the youngest aged seven, were charged with indecent assault. They were remanded in custody and will be placed in […]

SHARON HAMMOND, Nelspruit | Thursday 3.45pm THE South African Municipal Workers Union has threatened to take legal action against the Nelspruit city council after it signed a controversial deal that privatises the town’s waste and water services for the next 30 years. Samwu spokesman, Steve Sihlangu, said on Thursday that if the council fails to […]

MALARIA kills almost three million people each year because western pharmaceutical companies have refused to develop anti-malarial drugs for impoverished Third World countries. This week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) unveiled a groundbreaking new programme that will develop new anti-malarial drugs every five years for poorer countries. Dr Steven Toovey, producer of the email-based Medinfo, […]

AUSTRALIAN coach Rod Macqueen has named an unchanged side to face France on Saturday in the World Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. The same starting XV who beat defending champions South Africa 27-21 after extra-time in the semi-finals will face the French. The only change in the 22-man squad is prop Dan Crowley’s return […]