BUREAUCRATIC bungling and deliberate political interference by the Northern Province cabinet has delayed 15 major corruption investigations by two years, the New National Party (NNP) said on Wednesday. NNP provincial leader, Tjol Lategan, also said in a statement on Wednesday that the province has yet to proclaim a single investigation request by Judge Willem Heath’s […]
UNDERSTAFFED Northern Province schools are set to get a boost on Thursday when roughly 100 United States Peace Corps volunteers arrive to help out for three years. Education Department spokesman Bernard Matsane said on Wednesday the volunteers will be welcomed at Magoebaskloof, where they would make public pledges of service to the province. “The volunteers […]
WITH the Springboks facing a captaincy crisis, why not bring back inspirational flank Ruben Kruger, who led the Northern Bulls in their best-yet Super 12 outing on Saturday, to skipper the national side? Springbok captain Gary Teichmann, vice-captain Joost van der Westhuizen and the man tipped to usurp Teichmann, Bobby Skinstad, are all sidelined with […]
REPORTS from Angola continue to claim that Namibian and Zimbabwean troops are aiding the Angolan army, in a major offensive aimed at dislodging Unita rebels from positions along the country’s northern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Namibia has vociferously denied that any Namibian troops are taking part in a joint offensive in Angola. […]
CABINET on Wednesday announced that June 2, the day when the country goes to the polls for its second democratic elections, will be a public holiday. The cabinet also announced that the new Parliament will convene on June 14 to elect the country’s new president and the National Assembly’s presiding officers. The country’s nine provincial […]
TRADE and Industry Department chief director of business regulation and consumer services Alistair Ruiters has been appointed a commissioner on the Competition Commission, Cabinet announced on Wednesday. The five-year appointment will see the Commission investigate corporate behaviour according to often controversial guidelines outlined in the Competition Act. Ruiters will be leaving the DTI, having been […]
CALM returned to the capital of the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean on Thursday after three days of violent protests, residents said. For three days, gangs of youths on the main island of Grand Comore attacked the homes and cars of residents originally from the small island of Anjouan, which declared its independence from […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: STORM clouds are gathering on the horizon for the Premier Soccer League. In the latest incident of controversy, the PSL has switched Sunday’s BobSave Superbowl semifinal between premier league outfit Sundowns and First Division squad Seven Stars from Nyanga stadium to Athlone. The PSL had previously declared Nyanga a “fit” venue. Downs had […]
WATER Affairs Minister Kader Asmal will on Tuesday open a R220-million rural water and sanitation project for the Northern Province. The launch follows trade and development agreements signed on April 6 by European Union ambassador Michael Laidler and Deputy Finance Minister Gill Marcus. The project will concentrate on the southern, western, central and Lowveld districts […]
RESCUERS may be close to reaching missing miners Lawrence Molise Tsolo and John Befile Delekile as the search was narrowed to an area of about 300 square metres on Wednesday night. Anglogold spokesman Andries Van Zyl said rescue teams have reached the stopes where the missing men were working when the earthquake, measuring 4,6 on […]