THE government has yet to announce the conditions for the awarding of the third cell-phone licence less than four weeks before the deadline for submission of applications for the third cell-phone licence. Sake reports that regulations sent by the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra) to the department of communication, have not yet arrived on […]

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi and the speaker of the National Assembly, Rodwell Munyenyembe, have agreed to convene an emergency meeting of parliament on Friday to decide on the new date for Malawi’s general elections, in keeping with a court order issued on Sunday. The deputy clerk of parliament, Fahad Assani, said in an interview that […]

A PARIS prosecutor on Tuesday called for a 12- to 15-year sentence against notorious “dog of war” Bob Denard for his role in the 1989 assassination of Comoran president Ahmed Abdallah. Prosecutor Paul Bilger told a court on the penultimate day of Denard’s two-week trial that both the 70-year-old mercenary leader and one of his […]

THE director of Jubilee 2000, a British-based coalition of non-governmental organisations campaigning to cancel the unpayable debt of the world’s poorest countries, on Monday began a five-day study visit to Nigeria. Ann Pettifor is expected to meet Nigeria’s president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo to raise questions about Britain’s recent offer of debt relief for Nigeria. British Chancellor […]

A RECENT change in customary marriage law will marriages to enable more women to buy property independently of their husbands, the Estate Agency Affairs Board said on Tuesday. The amended law will remove the minority status of women with respect to proerty ownership under customary law. In a statement the board said the Recognition of […]

GRAHAM GRIFFITHS, Northampton | Wednesday 10.30am. HANSIE Cronje’s South Africans are braced for a Sri Lanka backlash when the teams clash in a World Cup group A match on Wednesday. Holders Sri Lanka have a pressing need to win the second of their five first-round games after losing the opening match against England at Lord’s […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.30pm. FORMER South Africa cricketers slammed the standard of umpiring in the World Cup group A match against Sri Lanka at Northampton on Wednesday after favourites South Africa were dismissed for 199 for nine. Third umpire Ken Palmer was at the centre of a storm after controversial decisions which led […]

WESTERN Cape Premier and provincial New National Party leader Gerald Morkel was forced on Monday to cancel his planned visit to an informal settlement on the Cape Flats due to a “life-threatening African National Congress presence”. Morkel said in a statement that he had been advised by his security personnel to avoid the Vrygrond squatter […]

CHARGES of fraud and theft involving R10-million were withdrawn against the United Christian Democratic Party in the Mafikeng High Court on Monday. Former Bophutatswana president, Chief Lucas Mangope, is the party leader. UCDP spokesman Sipho Mfundisi said the charges related to allegations that the party, then known as the CDP, misused government funds to bolster […]

CLIMBER Cathy O’Dowd and her team will resume their attempt to climb the northern slope of Mount Everest in Nepa this week after a rescue attempt set them back. Punt Geselsradio reports on Monday that the team is expected back at the advance base camp, which is about 6500 metres above sea level, on Wednesday. […]