OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. Health Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma said on Friday that Aids should be a notifiable disease in South Africa, responding to criticism by Aids activist groups about proposed policies they feel will endanger the privacy of Aids sufferers. She also said attempts should be made to integrate the HIV/Aids “message” […]
PENTOW Marine’s salvage tug John Ross left Cape Town harbour late on Thursday for the Port Elizabeth area in an attempt to tow a disabled 31000 ton chemical tanker. The Gina, carrying 28000 tons of vegetable oil, suffered major rudder failure on a voyage from Argentina to Durban and requires urgent assistance. According to salvors […]
PUBLIC Service and Administration director-general Paseka Ncholo is to leave government for the private sector, he announced on Friday, and will become chairman of the Khumo Bathong venture capital empowerment fund on June 1. The fund is jointly owned by his family and REF Holdings Ltd, a venture capital enterprise. It was formed two months […]
AFTER nearly two weeks alleged drug-lord Gavin Carolus will be able to retrieve his impounded assets after a ruling in the Cape High Court on Wednesday. Justice Andre Blignault said that pending the appeal by the National Director of Public Prosecutions against the judgment, which rendered the Preservation of Property Order ineffective on April 15, […]
THE South African Rugby Football Union court case took a new turn on Thursday when former chairman Louis Luyt said in an urgent application to the Constitutional Court that the President of the Court, Judge Arthur Chaskalson, and four other judges should recuse themselves from the case. Beeld reports that, in a strong affidavit against […]
OPENING batsman Andrew Hudson has announced his retirement from international cricket after 35 tests for South Africa. Hudson, 34, was the first South African to score a century on a test debut when he made 163 against the West Indies in Barbados in 1992, South Africa’s first test after 22 years in isolation. Hudson scored […]
THE details for the 1999 Castle Cup Southern Africa championship: First round: Lesotho 1 Namibia 0; Botswana 1 South Africa 2; Malawi 1 Angola 2; Swaziland v Mozambique, playing May 9; Zambia, holders, Zimbabwe byes. Losers play-offs (lowest FIFA ranked teams at home): May 22-23, May 29-30. Quarter-finals (highest FIFA ranked teams seeded. Draw for […]
NAMIBIA is to host the Oceanic Tug of War Championships in July in Swakopmund, it was announced on Monday. This was one of the decisions taken by a historic Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) congress that was held on African soil for the first time the coastal town of Swakopmund the weekend. Between 500-700 […]
AFRICAN club championship first-leg fixtures this weekend, April 30 to May 2. The second leg will be May 14-16. Champions League First round: Kaloum, Guinea v Shooting Stars, Nigeria; Second round: Al-Ahly, Egypt v Rayon Sport, Rwanda; Raja Casablanca, Morocco v Djoliba, Mali; ASEC, Cote d’Ivoire, holders v Al-Harrach, Algeria; Hearts of Oak, Ghana v […]
IN BRIEF McMILLAN, DONALD FOR DEATH MATCH SOUTH Africa’s Brian McMillan and Allan Donald have been chosen for an MCC team which will play the Rest of the World in a memorial match for Diana, Princess of Wales, at Lord’s on July 18. MCC Team: Mike Atherton (England), Amir Sohail (Pakistan), Mohammed Azharuddin (India), Saurav […]