AMANDA Coetzer began her defence of her Family Circle Cup tennis title in brisk winds with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Russian qualifier Elena Makarova at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. “I felt like I had to be really, really careful with some shots and I had to really commit my footwork, the South African […]
DEFENCE Minister Joe Modise on Thursday confirmed South Africa will withdraw its troops from Lesotho, SABC radio news reported. Modise said the situation in Lesotho has stabilised. South African troops have been in Lesotho since September last year as part of a Southern African Development Community peacekeeping force along with Botswana. Speaking in Pretoria, Modise […]
ANGOLA’S government on Wednesday said it is in favor of resumption of direct negotiations with separatists in Cabinda, an oil-rich enclave to the north of mainland Angola. “The government has always been in favor of negotiations, and one day we will resume dialogue,” Cabinda Governor Amaro Taty said over the independent Catholic radio station Ecclesia. […]
A HIGH-powered United States-Southern Africa Development Community Forum is to be held in the Botswana capital Gaborone on April 14 and 15, according to a government statement on Thursday. The Forum is viewed as a culmination of agreements that have been entered into between SADC and US government in the past four years, the statement […]
THE Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that prisoners must be allowed to vote in the June 2 general election. In its ruling in an application brought by two prisoners, the court held thast it is unconstitutional to deny prisoners the vote and ordered the Independent Electoral Commission to register convicts and awaiting-trialists who were behind […]
PENNY Heyns progresses to the semi-finals of the world short-course swimming championships on Thursday in Hong Kong. The Olympic gold medallist clocked up the fastest time in the women’s 50m breaststroke in the heats on the first day, with a time of 30,80 seconds. Another South African, Julia Russell, was seventh in the heats, with […]
THE Volkstaat Council has formally disbanded, SABC radio news reported. The council was established after the 1994 election to investigate the application of the constitutional clause acknowledging territorial self-determination of groups sharing common language and culture. Although the council has formally disbanded as a government body, it will continue to exist as a privately funded […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela said on Tuesday that the Kosovo crisis has resulted in innocent people being slaughtered like animals, and called on political leaders to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis. “We hope the world will reach a stage when it realises that the use of violence against any community is something that puts […]
CAPE TOWN unveiled plans on Wednesday to welcome in the new millennium in style, but warned potential revellers to book their place for a sunny New Year soon. Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo said the city plans a six-month programme of arts and cultural events starting in September as well as a huge New Year’s […]
JUDGMENT against Trevor Tutu on reckless or negligent driving charges was postponed again on Wednesday when Johannesburg Regional Court Magistrate P Louw was unavailable. The wayward son of Archbishop Desmond Tutu is accused of causing a four-car pile-up in Johannesburg’s Lower Houghton suburb. A state witness claimed in the trial that Tutu tried to pass […]