THE Eastern Cape coastal town of Hamburg has been without water for the last 40 days, despite water being pumped daily at 2,3 litres per second into its two brand new bulk supply reservoirs. The reservoirs hold 545 kilolitres of water and a third, scheduled for completion by Christmas, part of a R1,6 million upgrade […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Tuesday 10.30am. BREYTON Paulse is one of the smallest wings in international rugby. Jonah Lomu is undoubtedly the biggest. Paulse, however, says he has no fears about facing the New Zealand superstar if he is named in the South African side to play the All Blacks in the third-place playoff at […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cardiff | Tuesday 7.30am. SPRINGBOK coach Nick Mallett has made four changes to his side for the World Cup third-place playoff match against New Zealand on Thursday night. Back-rower Bobby Skinstad and wings Deon Kayser and Pieter Rossouw are all be ruled out with injuries suffered in the South Africans’ semi-final loss to […]

THE department of minerals and energy confirmed on Monday that the petrol price is to increase by one cents a litre on Wednesday. The department said last week that the international crude oil price and the rand/dollar exchange rate remained fairly stable between September 26 and October 21. However, it had been agreed that the […]

THE only passenger who got off the doomed EgyptAir Flight 990 in New York before it crashed off the US east coast early on Sunday was a grief counsellor who specialized in helping families struck by catastrophes. Edward McLaughlin, vice-president of the Family Enterprise Institute, appeared at a news conference at the New York Port […]

MOZAMBIQUE has been unable to secure donor funding to rebuild its rural rail network, slowing economic development in the country’s impoverished hinterland, said President Joaquim Chissano on Sunday. Donors and private investors are willing, he said, to help rebuild the country’s main export rail links between Mozambique and its neighbours but have been reluctant to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 3.00pm. FLY-HALF hero Jannie de Beer has asked to be overlooked for selection to the South African team for their World Cup third-place playoff match against New Zealand in Cardiff on Thursday. De Beer has played in all five of the Springboks’ matches at the World Cup to date, scoring […]

BRITISH police arrested four gay rights campaigners over the weekend after they attempted to make a citizen’s arrest of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. Peter Tatchell, leader of a group called Outrage!, was taken away by police following the incident outside the Crowne Plaza hotel, according to one of the protesters. The group said they wanted […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 2.30pm. LADIES and gentlemen: In the red corner Australia. In the blue corner France. At stake: the heavyweight sporting championship of the world. France, the holders of the World Cup football title, take on Australia, the holders of the World Cup cricket title, in the World Cup rugby union final […]

JUSTICE and Constitutional Development Minister Penuell Maduna on Monday praised business its role fighting crime. Maduna was addressing a ceremony in Midrand where Hyundai Motor Distributors donated two vehicles to the ministry to be used by the crime fighting unit, the Scorpions, and the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Maduna thanked Hyundai for responding to […]