THE Blue Bulls Rugby Union will look for a new chief executive following their disappointing display in this year’s Super 12 competition. The Bulls’ management is undertaking “a process of strategic planning”, including shifts at the CEO level. An agreement with Dr John Williams to retain the post until July 31 1999 is due to […]

RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin formally authorised the resumption of diplomatic and economic ties between Russia and Libya on Monday. The Russian decision follows the United Nations Security Council vote to lift international sanctions imposed on Libya. The end of UN sanctions came into effect when Libya handed over two suspects to the UN on April […]

THE referees for both semifinals of the Winfield Super 12 and Vodacom Cup this weekend have been announced. In the Super 12 on Saturday night in Cape Town the second place Stormers play third place Otago Highlanders. The officials for this match will be Peter Marshall (Aus), referee, and Andrew Cole (Aus) and Wayne Erickson […]

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 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 […]

GLOBAL demand for platinum in 1998 grew by 220000 ounces to 5,35-million ounces, driven by a 70% increase in fabrication of jewellery in China, according to Johnson Matthey in Platinum 1999, published in London on Monday. Demand in China, insignificant five years ago, rose to 620 000 ounces, taking total jewellery demand to 2,37-million ounces. […]

POLICE on Tuesday warned people against scams in which fraudsters exploit Y2K fears to transfer bank account holders’ money into their own accounts. Police spokesman Faizel Abdul-Kader said the scam operators pose as bank workers and persuade people to transfer their money into these accounts in order to protect it while the banks secure their […]

THE Cats’ dramatic win over the Stormers on Saturday not only restored some of the side’s respectability, but may have extended the career of embattled coach Andre Markgraaff. Markgraaff has been under pressure throughout the Super 12 campaign, and has been attacked in the press for tactics and style. Markgraaff claimed the articles in the […]

TREVOR TUTU was on Monday fined R10000 or an alternative 18 months in jail for reckless driving. The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court conditionally suspended a fifth of the fine — which in full is equal to Trevor Tutu’s monthly salary — or six months of the jail sentence. Tutu’s conviction stems from a four-car pile-up in […]