PAUL RICHARDSON, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm The Reserve Bank on Thursday signalled its discomfort with the current volatility on domestic financial markets by tightening its monetary policy stance for the first time in six months. But Bank deputy governor James Cross said it did not intend to steer the country’s interest rates — which have […]

TERMS of reference for the SABC’s investigative committee were laid out on Wednesday. The five-member comittee was set up to investigate allegations of interference with editorial independence, and will look at management practices regarding the free flow of ideas at the SABC. SABC spokeswoman Thaninga Shope said in a statement that the committee will consist […]

CLARE LOVELL, Hove | Thursday 12.30pm. SOUTH Africa have an enviable one-day record coming into the World Cup but the pressure will be on Hansie Cronje’s side when they play India in their group A opener on Saturday. Boasting the all-round skills of Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Lance Kluesner, the acrobatic fielding of Jonty […]

POLICE on Monday arrested eleven men suspected of involvement in a cash heist which saw robbers shooting at security guards on the grounds of a primary school outside Pretoria earlier in the day. Pretoria police spokesman Captain Morne van Wyk said the search is continuing for another six suspects. Those arrested will face charges of […]

RWANDA and Uganda are engaged in new moves to mediate in the year-old border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, it has been learned in Addis Ababa. According to diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa, president Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has sent a special message to the Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi to indicate the two countries’ […]

MOZAMBIQUE will allow hunting of wild elephants and buffalo should an international tender to be held later this month prove successful, a provincial governor said late last week. Governor Aires Aly of the northern Niassa province said the tender will aim to select a company or organisation that can successfully organise the safaris. A recent […]

SEVERAL superb saves by Mamadou Sidibe earned Mali a 0-0 draw with Namibia in an African Nations Cup Group 3 qualifier in Windhoek on Saturday. Namibia created numerous chances during an impressive performance at the Independence Stadium only to be foiled by wild finishing and the acrobatic Sidibe. Mali, needing a victory to replace Congo […]

TWO naked thieves with painted faces and leaves in their hair leapt from bushes on a Zimbabwean golf course and did a war dance around two startled women golfers before making off with their handbags on the weekend. The state-run Herald newspaper reports on Tuesday that the thieves, whose only weapons were their birthday suits, […]

A GROUP of police reservists will protest outside police headquarters in Pretoria on Tuesday demanding that they be incorporated into the police service. The protesters say they represent around 2000 reservists who were promised incorporation into the police service. Police human resources spokesman Senior Superintendent Johan Smal said no such promise was ever made but […]

BUBONIC plague in the far northern Ohangwena region of Namibia is spreading from village to village. Previously cases were only reported in Ohangwena’s Eenhana health district; now the disease is reported to have broken out in Ohangwena. Fears are also rife that it has reached the Oshana region, where a resident is alleged to have […]