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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
IT took the police four attempts to record the correct version of the claims made by a woman alleging she was raped by national cricketer Makhaya Ntini, the East London Regional Court heard on Tuesday. Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Edward Ntakana said the first statement was lost when his notebook was stolen out of his […]
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 […]
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 […]