ADAM ENTOUS, Washington | Wednesday 4.30pm IN a trade policy victory for President Bill Clinton, the United States Senate on Tuesday revived a White House-backed proposal to extend new trade privileges to Africa and the Caribbean, paving the way for expected passage of the legislation later this week. Clinton called Tuesday’s vote an ”important milestone” […]

SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Wednesday 3.00pm THE Cape High Court on Wednesday postponed an urgent application for the liquidation of Midi TV, majority holding company of fledgling e.tv. The application was brought by television production company Sprockets, listed as Channel 69, which produces five hours of Deadtime programme material for e.tv a day. The […]

THE first South African Ambassador to be accredited to the Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan on Monday presented his credentials to President Emomali Rahmonov in the capital Dushanbe. Ambassador to Turkey based in Ankara, Tom Wheeler, is now also South Africa’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Tajikistan, which borders China, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and […]

EGYPT’S 71-year-old president, Hosni Mubarak, is flying to Paris on Monday for medical tests in the Val de Grace military hospital, Information Minister Safwat al-Sherif announced. “Mr. Mubarak will make a private visit of a few days for medical tests … following an ear infection he picked up last week,” the minister said. “During his […]

NEW Zealand coach John Hart on Tuesday made four changes for his team’s World Cup third-place playoff match against South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday evening. Byron Kelleher, who failed to shine against the French, has a calf injury and has lost his spot at scrum-half for a match that will be a […]

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 […]

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, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15pm. DUTCH soccer giants Ajax Amsterdam have bought local under-17 national captain Zitha “Ninja” Mofokeng. The acquisition follows an agreement between the South African Football Association-Transnet soccer academy and Ajax director of youth development Hans Westerhoff. Mofokeng leaves for Holland in January because he is busy writing his Grade 11 […]