A BRILLIANT try in injury time by British Lions centre Scott Gibbs set up Wales for a dramatic 32-31 victory over England on Sunday, handing Scotland the Five Nations championship for the first time since 1990. Welsh flyhalf Neil Jenkins, who had a superb day with the boot for a total of 22 points, kicked […]
DISGRACED political analyst Eugene Nyati may face additional fraud charges on top of those of attempted murder and contempt of court when he returns from the Far East later this month. He apparently attempted to mislead court officials into thinking that he applied to be excused from court last week. Nyati was supposed to appear […]
DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. WAYWARD Springbok hooker James Dalton, whose absence from practise this week and failure to contact his province could reportedly cost him his lucrative contract with the Golden Lions, was spotted drinking this week at a bar outside Johannesburg. He spent two hours at Squires, next to the Hartbeesport Dam, […]
SIX members of Telkom’s treasury department were told to clear their desks on Monday fter they tried to set themselves up as a private tresury dealing company, with Telkom as a client. The sudden resignation of the six — including treasury head Willie Landman, two senior corporate officials and three senior dealers — has rocked […]
NIGERIA’S president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo called Monday for greater economic aid to his country, saying Chinese entrepreneurs and investors were welcome. The two countries should work together to draw up plans for bilateral economic and trade cooperation in the years to come, he said in a meeting with Chinese business representatives, including from the power, oil, […]
THE two Libyan suspects of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing are satisfied with the conditions of their detention in the Netherlands where they are awaiting trial, Libyan state television reported on Saturday. Al-Amine Khalifa Fhimah (43) and Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi (47) “called their parents by phone to assure them that all humanitarian requirements were […]
NIGERIAN ended a four month strike over pay and conditions after receiving promises of a review, press reports said on Monday. The public sector doctors began their strike on December 14 after they were excluded from a new public sector wage package announced by military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar in September. At a meeting Saturday, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. AMAZULU and Vaal Professionals drew their Castle Premier League match 1-1 at Kings Park in Durban on Sunday. There was no score at half-time, but the visiting side protested when Papi Mbele managed to scramble the ball over the AmaZulu goalline in the 18th minute from a cross by […]
A DECISION on whether South African citizens who live abroad will be able to vote in the upcoming June 2 elections is expected on Monday, amid clamour from expatriates and opposition political parties. The IEC has been inundated with requests from overseas, as well as buffeted by suits and demands from the National Party and […]
THE decision to bring in Auditor General Henri Kleuver to settle the dispute between Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Judge Willem Heath over the effeciveness of his special investigative unit was welcomed by Heath on Thursday. “The auditor-general is independent, and once he has checked our files, there will be clarity,” said the anti-corruption unit’s […]