NORTHERN PROVINCE premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi warned on Monday that he would not re-appoint lazy or ineffective politicians to the provincial cabinet next week. Declining to name those accused of inefficiency, Ramatlhodi said he would only re-appoint MECs who had proven their integrity and who had a firm grasp of their portfolios. Anyone who failed to […]
NAMPOWER, Namibia’s power utility, has successfully completed the first phase of its billion-dollar interconnector of 900km that extends from Aries near Kenhardt in South Africa to the Kokerboom sub-station near Keetmanshoop. The company says project teams diligently worked against time and other constraints to construct Africa’s first power line that supports not only the latest […]
TWO former Self Defence Unit member, accused of murdering nine residents of Katlehong on the East Rand six years ago, were convicted in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. Siviwe Ngama and Michael Armoed were on Monday each found guilty of kidnapping members of the African National Congress Youth League and taking them to shacks […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: THE IRISH rugby team currently on tour in South Africa have a tough week ahead after losing a second tour match against Western Province at a wet and muddy Newlands on Saturday. Both sides found the conditions virtually unplayable, and the final score of 12-6 reflects the nature of the match. No tries […]
THE Boere Weerstandsbeweging on Monday warned Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen that a Boer council could order his elimination if he refused to disband his party. BWB secretary general Dries Kriel said Viljoen could be outlawed or declared an “enemy of the Boer volk” by the council. The BWB, supporters of the reinstatement of […]
THE Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Trevor Tutu, the son of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu faces arrest for failing to appear in court on three charges, including two of tax evasion. The two charges of tax evasion relate to Tutu’s alleged failure to submit tax returns in 1996 and […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: FOLLOWING an injury scare, South African soccer midfielder Brendan Augustine has been passed fit to take his place in South Africa’s line-up for their opening Group C encounter with World Cup hosts France on Friday. Augustine has been suffering with a groin injury and was examined by a specialist in Paris with national […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM: A CONSORTIUM reportedly backed by financier George Soros has, since May, been planning a takeover bid for Lonrho Africa, the recently spun-off trading arm of British conglomerate Lonrho, the Sunday Telegraph said. The consortium is expected to wait for Thursday, when Lonrho Africa is expected to post poor interim results which could depress […]
THE total of 1069 liquidations recorded for the three months up to April 1999 showed a 32,5% increase compared to the 807 in the same period last year. Statistics South Africa head Mark Orkin said on Monday the figure could largely be attributed to an increase in voluntary liquidations by 44%. Voluntary company liquidations increased […]
THE White House said on Monday it will nominate Delano Lewis, a former National Public Radio director, to be the United States’ ambassador to South Africa. Lewis served as assistant director of operations for the Peace Corps in Nigeria in the 1960s and then as Uganda’s Peace Corps director. Later, he became director of Peace […]