AMNESTY International on Wednesday dismissed harsh criticism and threats of legal action from Togo over the human rights group’s claims of large-scale atrocities in the west African state. “We see no problem in taking the debate into a public forum, even a court of law,” said Amnesty’s spokesman for Africa Olivier Jacoulet. Earlier on Wednesday, […]
THE Labor Party has approached the World Court in The Hague to intervene on its behalf and that of other parties that do not have enough money to pay the required deposits to contest the elections. LP leader Martin Nel on Wednesday said the party decided on this action after being denied direct access to […]
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 […]
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 […]