PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela announced on Monday he had been asked by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to intervene in the crisis in Yugoslavia, but that he had declined. “I am not keen to intervene in another issue,” Mandela told reporters in Pretoria. “It engages your full time and attention, and the problems in South Africa are […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 2.30pm. THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Amnesty Committee on Tuesday refused amnesty to 79 African National Congress members who had applied collectively for amnesty for policy decision that led to gross human rights violations. The group is the second joint application by ANC members to be refused amnesty by the […]
THE Wellington Hurricanes blew away the Sharks 34-18 in their Super 12 encounter in East London on Saturday. The Hurricanes led 24-15 at the break. The Sharks were convincingly outplayed by the visitors, obviously smarting from their 43-27 thrashing by the Cats last weekend. The South Africans, playing at the Basil Kenyon Stadium rather than […]
IT took Wayne Ferreira two hours and 46 minutes of intense tennis to give South Africa its first Davis Cup win in two years on Sunday. The world number 30 came back from two sets to one down to quell Belorussian Vladimir Voltchkov 6-0, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in their Euro-Africa Zone Group I tie […]
PREVIOUSLY disadvantaged farmers are to receive special low-cost mortgage bond rates to help them start and maintain their farms, the Land Bank announced on Tuesday. Land Bank general manager of operations Totsie Memela said in a statement that the special interest rate will considerably reduce the interest charges emerging farmers would have to pay on […]
THE famed Dakar rally will bypass Europe in 2000, beginning in Senegal and ending in Egypt, the event’s organisers announced on Tuesday. For the first time in the race’s history it will be an all-African affair. The race is scheduled to begin on January 6 in Dakar and to end in Cairo on January 23. […]
BAFANA Bafana received a timely boost with the news that top striker Shaun Bartlett will be released early for the crucial second leg African Nations Cup qualifier against Gabon in Libreville on Saturday. A clash of fixtureS with the Gabon match saw Swiss club FC Zurich reluctant to release Bartlett early for the match. Bartlett, […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandlela is planning to build an R8-million house in the Mozambican capital Maputo, Afrikaans daily Beeld reports. The paper said Mandela is to build the house to share with his wife Graa Machel in the upmarket Summer Shields suburb, a stone’s throw from the home of Mozambican President Joachim Chissano. The newspaper said […]
THE Zambian government’s failure to beat the March 31 deadline to sell its loss-making Konkola, Nkana, Nchanga and Nampundwe copper mines could undermine its economy, which registered a negative 2% growth last year, economists say. The delay in selling the mines is attributed to Anglo American Corporation’s failure to secure $90-million and a major mining […]
ALL Black training squad members Daryl Gibson and Norm Maxwell have lost a race against time to be fit for Friday’s Super 12 rugby showdown between the Canterbury Crusaders and the Otago Highlanders. Crusaders coach Wayne Smith conceded on Tuesday that midfielder Gibson and lock Maxwell will miss the South Island derby in Dunedin. “We’re […]