President Nelson Mandela was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin in Beijing on Wednesday.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.30am. OLYMPIC medalists Penny Heyns, Josia Thugwane and Hezekiel Sepeng top the National Olympic Committee of SA (Nocsa) list of 39 athletes allocated to the Operation Excellence programme which is aimed at sending a competitive team to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Athletes who qualify for Operation Excellence will get monthly […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. POLICE top management came under fire on Friday for failing to establish a dedicated unit to probe the killing of police members. South African Police Union chairman Captain Msebenzi Sibisi said nothing had come of earlier demands for such a unit to be established. Sibisi was speaking at a […]
FRIDAY, 12.45: INSURANCE giant Sanlam is to merge its asset management functions with those of financial services company Genbel Securities (Gensec) in a R17,8-billion joint venture that comes ahead of Sanlam’s demutualisation and delisting. The most likely way of structuring the transaction will be for Gensec to issue 96 million new shares to Sanlam, effectively […]
FORMER Caprivi opposition leader Mishake Muyongo and ex-Mafwe Chief Boniface Mamili left Botswana for Denmark on Monday after being granted residence rights by the Scandinavian country. A senior representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirmed that Denmark has agreed to take the two men. Another 13 exiled Namibians are still awaiting confirmation […]
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 […]