DEPARTMENT of education spokesman Bheki Khumalo on Thursday called on all teacher who claim they had their salaries deducted to write a formal letter of complaint. This follows claims by the South African Teachers Union (Satu) that 12000 of its members had a days salary deducted even though they did not participate in the public […]

AT LEAST 93 people have been killed and an unknown number injured in two separate bus accidents in Nigeria, officials said on Wednesday. Both accidents occurred on Tuesday but details were not released until Wednesday. At least 80 people died when two buses collided in the northern Nigerian state of Kogi. In the other accident, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Thursday 1.00pm. THE All Blacks are nervous about their reception by the public when they return to New Zealand after their crushing defeat in the World Cup semifinals. A welcome home parade, organised when victory in the final seemed assured earlier in the tournament, has been cancelled after the shock 43-31 […]

RICHMOND mayor Andrew Ragavaloo’s 22-year-old son, Dwane, appeared in the Richmond Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on one murder charge and two of attempted murder. Dwane Ragavaloo was arrested on Sunday in connection with a shooting incident in which Riccardo Whyte was killed and his relatives Rowan and Melville Whyte wounded. The shooting occurred during a […]

ANGLOGOLD on Tuesday served the first part of its share offer for Australian gold miner Acacia Resources Limited. The offer, which will be posted to Acacia shareholders in the middle of November, has been lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange. At the same time AngloGold has applied to the Australian Stock Exchange for a full […]

CONTROVERSIAL cricketer Makhaya Ntini has been included in the Border B team to play North West B in a three-day UCB Bowl cricket match starting in East London on Thursday. Ntini won his court appeal against a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a domestic worker in a public toilet last December.

ANGLO American chairman Julian Ogilvie Thompson told international mining executives in Toronto on Monday that the multinational is well placed to help mining achieve a balanced perspective on sustainable development. Speaking at the CIBC World Markets Mining Dinner Thompson said this is largely due to its exposure to the developing world in Africa and Latin […]

ZIMBABWE, battling with crippling HIV/Aids statistics, has imposed a 3% tax on earnings to help pay for AIDS-related healthcare costs. The measure is expected to bring in about $26,6-million annually. While the tax is a step towards actively fighting the disease, critics are concerned because the country has no specific plan for how to use […]

LAWYERS from around the world will on Thursday gather in the Abuja, Nigeria for a two-day conference on west Africa’s energy problems in the new millennium. The West African Regional Energy Conference will also be attended by international energy experts. The conference is being organised by the energy and natural resources law section of the […]

WESTERN Cape education MEC Helen Zille said on Monday that algebra standard grade matric examination papers have been leaked from a school at Kraaifontein, Kuils River. According to Zille the examinations director raised the alarm when the high school in question requested more papers. The pupils have been allowed to write the examinations while an […]