GLAXO WELLCOME, the pharmaceutical company which produces AZT and MTC, announced on Monday it will donate “starter packs” containing the drugs to healthcare workers exposed to possible HIV infection. Company spokeswoman Vicki Ehrich said the 5000 packs, worth R1-million, are designed for healthcare workers who may have been exposed to HIV through needle-pricking or other […]
FUGITIVE German businessman Jurgen Harksen was released from Cape Town’s Pollsmoor Prison on Monday after he paid R1-million bail, a Cape Town newspaper reported on Tuesday. Harksen, who is being sought in Germany in connection with fraud and other charges, said he would remain in South Africa and fight for his rights. Harksen’s luxurious Constantia […]
CEMENT giant Lafarge (SA) and Blue Circle Industries said on Friday they have acquired Ugandan cement maker Hima Cement through their joint ventures Bamburi Cement and Cemholding. Hima Cement has a factory 300km southwest of Kampala with “a potential annual capacity of 250000 tons a year,” Lafarge said in a statement. It said the Ugandan […]
AN organised gang drove a truck through Fourways Mall in Johannesburg on Sunday morning before smashing it through a glass window of a shop and driving off with R750000 worth of clothing. Superintendent Chris Wilken said on Monday that 12 gunmen in three vehicles reversed a truck through a glass entrance to the mall and […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: CLASSY Conchita Martinez beat Chanda Rubin in a disappointingly one-sided final of the MTN Women’s Classic in Johannesburg on Sunday. The Spaniard stroked her way to an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory over the 66th ranked American to pocket the $60000 winner’s cheque. Martinez used her varying pace to keep Rubin from establishing a […]
THE trial of of three relatives and a family friend of alleged Milnerton drug dealer, Gavin Carolus, was on Monday postponed to June 9 when it is expected to resume in a special court. Magistrate John McEwan granted Ryan Smith, boyfriend of Carolus’ daughter, Carolus’ son-in-law Denver Smith, and Carolus’ former brother-in-law Mervyn Hendricks granted […]
A REPORT by British police into the shooting of a policewoman 15 years ago, allegedly from inside the Libyan embassy in London, is expected to name her killer, The Sunday Times reported.It said Scotland Yard’s report may well spark a new row with Libya with fresh demands for Tripoli to hand over the suspect and […]
RESCUERS were still searching on Monday afternoon for the two missing Welkom miners trapped after an earthquake 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, by 4pm on Monday. “We will, however, not give up until […]
THE International Rugby Board (IRB) on Friday said it will adopt disciplinary procedures from the Super 12 and Tri-Nations after the World Cup in October. This will be part of a major rewrite of the game’s regulations that be implemented when the world championships end in November – even though the new laws will be […]
KENYA’S five-time world cross country champion Paul Tergat let compatriot Thomas Nyariki and Morocco’s Khalid Skah dictate the pace until sprinting over the last 400 metres on Saturday to win the five mile (8km) Balmoral Challenge road race in 22 minutes and 27 seconds. Tergat first outpaced Nayariki in a sprint dual and then held […]