ILLEGAL immigrants trying to sneak into the Northern Province may soon find themselves up against German-style security measures after provincial police called in border control experts from the state of Saxony. Provincial safety and security MEC Seth Nthai said on Monday the province has signed a cooperation agreement with Saxony to tap into its expertise […]
JOHNNIES Industrial Corporation (Johnnic) said Monday it has disposed of its 8,1% stake in Adcock Ingram valued at R340-million as part of its debt retirement programme begun in January this year. The sale, which brings the company’s debt under R1-billion, is part of a process of disposing of non-core assets to refocus the company into […]
POLICE on the weekend reopened investigations into the disappearance of five young girls in the late 1980s thought to be linked to paedophile Gert van Rooyen. Four child protection unit detectives arrived in Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast from Pretoria on Sunday to investigate claims by a clairvoyant that Van Rooyen may have buried […]
SOME three floors of a ministerial complex in Parliament were severely damaged on the weekend after someone trying to extinguish a small fire in the dustbin failed to switch off the hose. Cape Town police spokesman Captain Andre Traut said the fire is suspected to have started in a dustbin on the fourth floor at […]
MILLY Wasserzug won the national singles bowls title in Port Elizabeth last week, but on Saturday she lost in the first round of the Spar women’s tournament in Florida. Wasserzug — who added the national singles title to the runners-up prize to the Masters she won earlier this year and was recently named as South […]
SOUTH Africa’s first private Catholic university looks on target to open in July — pending approval of its academic programmes by the South African Qualifications Authority. Business Day reports that the university is the brainchild of a group of Catholic lay academics, clergy and business people and its to be funded by local and international […]
AUSTRALIA continued its domination of a four-nation women’s field hockey series Saturday by beating 1996 Olympic silver medal winners South Korea 8-0. In the other match Saturday, South Africa beat India 3-1. Australian striker Alyson Annan continued her return to form from a seven-month injury layoff, scoring two second-half goals in one minute. Australia, which […]
BUS routes around the country started on a sluggish note on Monday after an agreement on Friday between unions and management ended a two week old strike. The South African Bus Employee’s Association and the four unions supporting the strike — the Transport and General Workers’ Union, the Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, the Western […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: THE Golden Cats lost their eighth successive match in the Super-12 tournament against a fired-up Queensland Reds at Ellis Park on Sunday afternoon. The Cats relinquished a 16-5 half-time lead to lose 20-16, after going off the boil in the second half. The Cats played well in the first half, however, but mistakes […]
THE Constitutional Court on Tuesday adjourned without making a decision on the application by Federal Alliance leader Louis Luyt requesting that five judges recuse themselves from a case involving himself and President Nelson Mandela. Luyt alleges the five judges — Arthur Chaskalson, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Albie Sachs and Zac Yacoob — should not hear […]