President Nelson Mandela was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin in Beijing on Wednesday.
POLICE in Bulawayo said on Wednesday they were intensifying efforts to track the remaining four members of a syndicate which facilitated Zimbabwean illegals entering South Africa. Assistant commissioner George Muwadzuri said that police had stepped up intelligence gathering on the four who are now believed to be in hiding in South Africa. Muwadzuri said that […]
DAVID LE PAGE, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. HIT by a $6 slump in the bullion price, gold was the big loser on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Friday, dropping nearly 5% or 48 points to 1001. Industrials also took a hit, slumping 92 points to 7286, while financials held the fort with a 105-point push […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is to honour his director-general Jakes Gerwel and Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan, for their efforts in mediating an end to the Lockerbie dispute, his office said on Saturday. The two men will receive special awards at a lunch hosted by Mandela in Cape Town on Tuesday, an […]
THE Heath Special Investigating Unit will be proceeding with the investigation of “irregularities” in the Gauteng Department of Housing and the Gauteng Gambling Board, following the necessary proclamations. Both Judge Willem Heath of the unit and Gauteng Premier Mathole Motshekga feel that the matters are urgent, according to a unit statement. The investigations will begin […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: INJURIES and inclement weather have forced the Western Stormers to change the squad that will play the Otago Highlanders in a Super-12 rugby match at Newlands on Saturday. South Africa’s World Cup hero, winger Chester Williams, returns to Super-12 action after being sidelined with an injured knee. Williams will replace Justin Swart on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Saturday 8.00pm. SIXTEEN political parties will contest South Africa’s second democratic election on June 2, three fewer than during the first all-race poll in 1994, election officials announced on Saturday. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief electoral officer Mandla Mchunu told a press conference that, in all, 26 parties will contest national […]
THE body of one of two Matjhabeng miners trapped underground after an earthquake in the Goldfields area on April 23 was found on Wednesday. Anglovaal spokesman Andries van Zyl said the body was found in the working area near the Eland Shaft where rescue teams had been searching since the earthquake. The miner’s body was […]
THE South African government on Saturday condemned the accidental bombing by NATO forces of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and called for intensified diplomatic efforts to resolve the Kosovo crisis. The foreign affairs department said in a statement that Pretoria had “consistently expressed concern about the NATO bombing raids of Yugoslavia.” “It has also predicted […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Brisbane | Saturday 2.00pm. THE Queensland Reds overpowered the Cats 22-12 on Saturday to virtually guarantee their place in the Super 12 semifinals. The Cats, who were tipped as one of South Africa’s big hopes in the Super 12 this season, struck back to square the match at 12-12 when substitute Conrad Stoltz […]