NATIONAL Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka announced on Tuesday that his office will appeal against the suspended sentence handed down last week to convicted baby killer Nicholas Steyn. Steyn was sentenced to five years’ jail suspended for three years after being found guilty of culpable homicide and assault for an incident in April 1998 […]
WORKERS at the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation went on strike on Monday morning, demanding increased salaries. The workers have threatened to switch off transmission if their grievances are not addressed by management, which is locked in discussions with the employees’ representatives. The workers say they are the least-paid employees of all Zimbabwe’s media parastatals and […]
MAKHAYA NTINI remains in the unchanged Border squad to play Griqualand West in the Standard Bank Cup final on Wednesday. The team, announced on Monday, that will take the field at Buffalo Park is the same that beat Free State in the semifinal last week. Border squad: Pieter Strydom (captain), Piet Botha, Vasbert Drakes, Tyron […]
ALL Black coach John Hart believes the New Zealand Rugby Union may have to reassess its strict line on not considering players for national sides if they take up overseas contracts. In the wake of New Zealand’s worst Super 12 results ever Hart agreed on Monday with former All Black captain David Kirk in his […]
FRUIT and food firm Del Monte declared its first earnings increase since 1993 this week, after an extensive restructuring plan. European operations contributed significantly to the canning and distributor’s growth, as well as good results from the Philippines despite the Asian crisis which has hit so many industries. Headline earnings per share rose 69% over […]
KENYAN cricket authorities have full confidence in the country’s team for the World Cup despite its dismal showing in the tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh, the selection committee chairman Asif Padamshi said on Monday. Kenya suffered a crushing 202-run defeat to Zimbabwe in the tri-nation competition in Dhaka on Saturday. It was Kenya’s eighth consecutive loss […]
AT least four thoroughbred horses have died in the Western Cape in the past week of African horse sickness, a development that may cripple South Africa’s thoroughbred export industry. As a result of the outbreak, no horses may be exported from South Africa. According to Onderstepoort head of equine research Professor Alan Guthrie, the European […]
KHULUMA Cellular 084, the black economic empowerment firm bidding for South Africa’s third cellular licence, announced the composition of its consortium on Tuesday. The partners are the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce, the Communications Workers’ Union, Black Management Forum Investments, change management consultancy Labat Africa, Phakamani […]
OTAGO centre Jeremy Stanley has been suspended for three weeks after being cited for a dangerous tackle during a Super 12 match against the Sharks in Durban on Friday. The Sharks won the match 32-8. Stanley’s opposite number, Shaun Payne, did not have the ball when the New Zealander collided with him at full speed. […]
TANZANIAN authorities have arrested Rwandan ex-army officer Bernard Ntuyahaga, accused of killing Rwanda’s prime minister in 1994 and wanted for trial in Belgium on murder charges. Justice Minister Bakari Mwapachu said on Tuesday that Ntuyahaga was arrested in Dar es Salaam on Monday night after being released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sitting […]