THE appeal of former president PW Botha (83) against his conviction for ignoring a Truth and Reconciliation Commission subpoena is to be heard in the Cape High Court on Friday. Botha was convicted last August for ignoring a summons to testify to the commission, thereby contravening the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act. If […]

THE Malawi Electoral Commission (EC) says the country’s second multiparty general elections will now be held on June 15, the third postponement from the original election date of May 17. The EC decided on the new date following recommendations by an Extraordinary Session of Parliament held last week.

SIERRA Leone’s government has expressed opposition to a rebel proposal for a four-year transition coalition, ahead of a round of peace talks on Wednesday between belligerents in the Togolese capital. The government said it “lacked the [constitutional] power” to set up a transitional authority. A call for such a regime is the key proposal made […]

MORE African footballers could be playing in the English Premier League next season following the British government’s plans to relax work permit rules next month. This means the top English teams will be able tap young and talented African footballers before they are snapped up by teams in Italy, France, Belgium and Holland. There will […]

ENGEN on Friday named Almorie Maule as CEO to replace Rob Angel who was earlier this month appointed chairman and CEO of the Caltex Corporation. Maule is the first woman appointed as the head of a local oil company. Prior to joining Engen, Maule held senior strategic planning positions at both South African Breweries and […]

SAFETY and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi’s neighbours doubt his capacity to cut crime after 10 of them were recently targetted by criminals, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday. A third of the 30 homes in the Mufamadi’s upmarket Sandton street have in the past seven months been victim to armed robberies, break-ins and an […]

SASOL Chemical Industries announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Air Products South Africa to combine their infrastructure, facilities and expertise for the production and marketing of high purity hydrogen. The two companies are investing more than R20-million into the project which will expand Air Products’ existing high purity hydrogen supply and […]

IF any cricket World Cup team can claim to have a psychological edge over an opponent, then it must be Alistair Campbell’s Zimbabwe over Alec Stewart’s England. The African side, who only joined the Test-playing nations seven years ago, are England’s jinx team, having won five of the six one-dayers between them. Worse still for […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM: FORMER South African wicketkeeper Ray Jennings has launched a scathing attack on current SA keeper Mark Boucher for not calling English batsman Alec Stewart back after he fluffed a run-out in the second one-day international at Old Trafford on Saturday. Boucher couldn’t pouch the ball after a return, and the ball lodged in […]

SOUTH AFRICA will be forced to import some 1,5-million tons of its most important crop, maize, after a heat wave damaged this year’s crop. The Department of Agriculture announced on Saturday that the coming harvest was expected to be as low as six million tonnes. Local consumption is 7,5-million tons, and another 6-million tons is […]