SOME 4700 temporary teachers in the Northern Province, due to be axed at the end of the month, won a short reprieve on Friday when the provincial education department said their contracts will be extended by two months. The teachers were hired from July 1996. Education spokesman Bernard Matsane said, however, the department will uphold […]
“… We are one people with one destiny. The diversity of colours and languages once used to divide us are now a source of strength. We have been liberated from a system that held us all in its chains, free to be at last who and what we really are … [However,] political parties should […]
ENVIRONMENTAL activists on Thursday demanded Eskom halt proposals to build new nuclear reactors until it has studied using alternatives sources of power. The Johannesburg branch of Earthlife Africa and a Cape Town based group affiliated to the Government By The People Green Party held separate protests on Wednesday specifically against the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: MAMELODI Sundowns’ Mandela Cup hopes were given a serious knock on Sunday when the Premier League leaders went down 2-1 to Zambian rivals Nkana Red Devils in the first leg of the second round of the African Cup Winners Cup in Kitwe, Zambia. Sundowns’ Namibian international goalkeeper Ronnie Kanalelo effectively killed all chances […]
RESCUERS were still searching on Tuesday for the two missing miners trapped underground for five days after an earthquake in Welkom in the Free State on Friday. Matjhabeng mine Spokeswoman Pam Mongoato said there was still no sign of Lawrence Molise Tsolo, 40, and John Befile Delekile, 53. “We will, however, not give up until […]
A CAPE Flats police reservist was shot dead and two of his colleagues wounded when they attended a complaint in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain late on Sunday. Police spokesman Captain Mark Romburgh said Constable Nasrula Samie and three colleagues spotted a group of about 10 men in Mirinda Street, Tafelsig at about 9.15pm. Samie got out […]
TIMES Media Limited announced on Friday that it is to sell 30% of Dispatch Media — publisher of the East London Daily Dispatch — to black empowerment consortium, Isivuno, for R15-million. Times Media CEO Lawrence Clark said that Isivuno — an Eastern Cape investment consortium — will have to pay R2-million up front with the […]
SOUTH African Breweries (SAB) has made an offer to buy Spanish beer brewer Cruzcampo, according to the Sunday Times of London. The bid price is unknown. Offers also came from Spanish brewer Damm and Heineken of the Netherlands. An acquisition by SAB is not likely to be blocked by Spanish legislation and could be a […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: ORLANDO Pirates came up against mean defence in their Premier Soccer League match against relegation-threatened African Wanderers, being held to a goalless draw at Kings Park Soccer stadium on Sunday. Pirates were in almost total control through the tense first-half, but had nothing to show for it at the break. Pirates should have […]
AT least 11 people, including nine crack police officers, were killed in an ambush blamed on Unita rebels in southern Angola at the weekend, the private radio Ecclesia reported Monday. Several people were missing following the attack near Canjala in Benguela province on Sunday. The victims were travelling in a 16-truck convoy escorted by rapid […]