LAWRENCE Dallaglio, captain of England’s rugby side, is quoted in the British tabloid News of the World saying he used to deal in drugs, and that he and unnamed England teammates celebrated the Lions’ 1997 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa with Ecstasy and cocaine. The Rugby Football Union has issued a statement saying […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.15pm. A REPORT on an audit of Portnet’s conculkting contracts has cleared the harbours parastatal of any crime, but found that Portnet management had “no clear guideline or policy to be followed in the appointment of consultants”. Following the release of the audit report on Friday, Portnet MD Rob Childs […]
PRESIDENTIAL and legislative elections in Malawi have been postponed from May 25 to June 15, the electoral commission announced on Monday. Chief elections officer Roosevelt Gondwe said the new date was reached on Sunday night following an amendment to the law by an emergency parliamentary session on Friday. The election date has thus been moved […]
A BODYGUARD from the Eastern Cape premier Makhenkesi Stofile’s office was on the weekend caught by traffic police on his way from Durban to Umtata allegedly travelling at 190km/h in an official Mercedes Benz. He was one of 5 000 people caught speeding by the KwaZulu-Natal Traffic Inspectorate this weekend. An Audi driver was allegedly […]
THE Zimbabwean government denied on Thursday that it needs an extra Z$1,2-billion ($31-million) to finance its military operations in the Congo where it is backing President Laurent Kabila against rebel forces. Defence Minister Moven Mahachi dismissed a report in the weekly independent newspaper Financial Gazette that he submitted a request to President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet […]
BBC executives fear their 70 years of exclusive rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships might end in July in the face of a multi-million pound assault from Rupert Murdoch. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is considering bids from the Murdoch-owned BSkyB television and Talk Radio, in which he has a 20% stake. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.00pm LAST apartheid president F.W. De Klerk’s challenge to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will get a brief airing in the Cape High Court on Tuesday, his lawyer said. De Klerk will not have to appear and the matter will immediately be postponed to a date still to […]
THE United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Friday sentenced Clement Kayishema to life in prison and Obed Ruzindana to 25 years’ jail for genocide during Rwanda’s 1994 civil war. The tribunal, which sits in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, found the two men had jointly directed Hutu militiamen to kill Tutsi men, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki wants the Truth Commission to change its rules on amnesty to allow groups like his African National Congress to be granted blanket amnesty. Mbeki said in an interview with the Sunday Times that the rules should be changed so that members of political parties and […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control and rolled his government issue Mercedes Benz. Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs.Mthembu was alone in the car and no other vehicles were involved in […]