AUSTRALIAN rugby union chief John O’Neill said Wednesday he will seek a fair selection process for referees at October’s World Cup during next week’s International Rugby Board meeting in Buenos Aires. ARU managing director O’Neill wants the IRB to establish standard worldwide interpretations of the tackle and advantage rules. There has been concern here that […]
THE former commander of the South African Defence Force’s Special Forces Unit, Charl Naude, told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Wednesday that he takes ”full responsibility” for the 1986 murders of Dr fabian Ribeiro and his wife Florence. Naude said he does not know who ordered the couple’s execution, but said he takes full […]
THE South African Police Service is to host Interpol’s 15th African law enforcement conference in Cape Town from next Monday. The biannual conference, held for the first time in Africa, will be attended by African police chiefs and Interpol president Toshinori Kanemoto of Japan, as well as delegates from Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Japan and […]
STEEL and mining firm Iscor said on Wednesday that it has sold its international exploration activities to Australia’s Africawest Gold. Iscor’s gold exploration licences in Tanzania, Uganda, Kazakhstan and South Pacific will be exchanged for over 50% of the issued share capital of Africawest. In return, Iscor will receive right of first refusal on participation […]
KWAZULU-NATAL’S ruling Inkatha Freedom Party on Tuesday voted in favour of removing the African National Congress’ Bheki Cele from the chairmanship of the provincial portfolio committee on safety and security. In a statement the IFP defended its decision saying: “In the interests of good governance and better relations between parliament (the legislature) and the executive, […]
PLATINUM futures prices fell sharply on Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange amid a perception that South African production is rising and will offset a four-month delay in shipments of the metal from Russia. Platinum tumbled as the dollar strengthened against the rand. Since platinum is sold for dollars, there is an incentive to […]
FRANCE will provide FF2-million to assist in Operation Blue Crane, the Southern African Development Community peacekeeping exercise which begins on Wednesday. The contribution will consist of equipment and staff for the exercise, including a C160 military transport aircraft and a P400 French Navy ship, a patrol boat based in Reunion. Additionally, six French officers specialising […]
ISRAEL is to recall its ambassador to South Africa to question him about reports of a relationship with a South African army officer. Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the ambassador, Uri Oren, to return home after receiving a detailed report on the case, said ministry spokesman Aviv Shiron. A South African National Defence Force inquiry […]
AGREEMENTS worth R635-million in European Union funding for South Africa were signed on Tuesday. Deputy Finance Minister Gill Marcus and EU Ambassador Michael Laidler, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in South Africa, took part in the signing ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The agreements focus on capacity-building in the areas […]
A GROUP of protesting youths have seized oil facilities in Nigeria’s Niger delta, disrupting production in the area. It is not certain how many barrels of crude are lost to the disruption reported on Wednesday. The youths from 61 communities on Monday night stormed oil installations belonging to Anglo-dutch oil group Shell and Italy’s Agip, […]