PRESIDENT-ELECT Thabo Mbeki hinted strongly that an alliance with the Inkatha Freedom Party is on the cards when he invited IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi to join him on the podium on Monday night to receive the election results. A deal with the IFP gives Mbeki 75% of seats in the National Assembly, and control of […]
JAMES BRYANT, Edgbaston | Wednesday 5.35pm TOURNAMENT favourites South Africa take on New Zealand in the World Cup Super Six on Thursday having learned some sobering lessons from the recent tightly fought series against them. The Kiwis ran South Africa very close in a one-day tournament on their home soil earlier this year which the […]
A MAJOR offshore pipeline project across four west African countries has received the go-ahead, a source associated with the project said on Tuesday. The cost of the project, which is expected to carry natural gas from Nigeria to Benin, Togo and Ghana, is estimated at $430 million. The 1,030km pipeline will be financed by a […]
THE New National Party’s federal executive started a ‘strategy’ meeting at an undisclosed venue outside Cape Town at 10am on Monday. NNP spokeswoman Juli Kilian said it is a routine planning meeting which had been scheduled some time ago, with the party’s election performance and its future role on the agenda.
THE South Western Districts Eagles thrashed Italy 47-10 on Tuesday in a warm-up to the first Test against the Springboks this weekend. The George team scored six converted tries – including a hat trick by centre Tiaan Joubert and a penalty try – to one. The second string visitor’s side was comprehensively outplayed, managing to […]
POLITICAL parties believed the Independent Electoral Commission had done a good job in running South Africa’s second democratic elections last week, IEC chairwoman Brigalia Bam said on Monday. Bam said all South Africans could be proud of the June 2 poll, which had been described as free and fair by 96% of respondents to a […]
The entire editorial, sales and supplements staff of De Kat magazine have resigned, citing financial problems at Penta Publications as the reason for their action. The group of 15 employees said although they were committed to producing a quality Afrikaans magazine, the current financial situation at Penta Publications make it impossible to meet that objective.
NIGERIA’S fledgling petrochemical and natural gas sectors will be expanded to be on a par with the oil sector within four years, President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday. Setting out economic plans, Obasanjo told legislators at a joint sitting of the new Nigerian parliament that these two under-developed areas of the oil industry would be […]
THE son of a prominent member of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) was shot and seriously wounded while he was playing soccer at the Tafelsig sports grounds in Mitchell’s Plain on Sunday. Police spokesman Captain Jacques Wiese on Monday said two men, allegedly members of the Americans gang, shot Moegamat Heuwel (17) […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: WITH entries into the Comrades Marathon taking a dip for the first tome since 1994, officials have decided to allow athletes a full year to qualify for the Natal ultramarathon in an attempt to grow the race. Runners will now be able to qualify for the 1999 event in any race after June […]