THE AUDITOR-GENERAL has slammed the public enterprises department in a recent report, citing R350000 in unauthorised expenditure in the year to March. Failure to follow proper tender procedures for employing consultants in a privatisation plan led to the overrun. Auditor-General Henri Kluever said the department failed to turn over official documentation on the sale of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. THE WESTERN Stormers are under pressure to perform after fielding a second-string team against the Otago Highlanders and must have a good night against ACT Brumbies in their Super 12 match on Friday. Only a victory over the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium in Canberra will vindicate Coach Alan Solomons’s […]
ACT BRUMBIES coach Eddie Jones has included forward Troy Jaques at blindside flanker for this Friday night’s Super 12 clash against the Stormers. Jones says Jaques will help build his team’s forward momentum. The coach has also bracketed centres James Holbeck and Rod Kafer. “Both of them will play, but as to who will start…I […]
President Nelson Mandela will meet Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi in the capital Tripoli on Friday.
ALL Black winger Jonah Lomu hopes to make a comeback from injury in an invitation game on Friday. Lomu has not been able to play with the Waikato Chiefs Super 12 team and now hopes to play with the Bay of Plenty Steamers Invitation XV. Manager Steve Gilbert said Lomu would test his knee injury […]
IRELAND will donate R45-million in development aid to Lesotho this year, Irish consul-general to Lesotho Tom Wright announced in the capital Maseru on Wednesday. Addressing a reception to mark Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s national day, Wright said poverty alleviation is at the heart of Ireland’s development programme to Lesotho. He added that the Irish aid […]
THE Parliamentary trade and industry committee approved on Monday amendments aimed at ensuring a smooth transition from old legislation to the Competition Act which was passed last year. Dave Lewis, chairman of the existing Competition Board, told the committee the changes are aimed at concerns that firms might try to push through mergers without proper […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee on Tuesday granted amnesty to apartheid-era spy Dieter Gerhardt. Gerhardt (64), a former commander of Simon’s Town naval base, was sentenced in the Cape Town High Court in 1983 to life imprisonment for spying for the former Soviet Union. He was released in 1992 as a political prisoner […]
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila on Tuesday proposed a debate with his opponents — including rebels fighting his regime — on “the legitimacy of power”. The DRC leader gave no date for any proposed meeting, but suggested that it could take place in Italy if the rebels “feel threatened” in coming to the […]
ENGLAND’S Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) broke with 212 years of tradition on Tuesday by announcing its first women members. The prestigious London cricket club, still responsible for the laws of the game, said it had chosen 10 women as honorary members of the club. They include former England women’s captain Rachel Heyhoe Flint. The MCC […]