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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ABOUT 500 Mondi paper mill workers started a week of striking for a 12% pay rise on Wednesday. Mpumalanga secretary of the South African Agricultural Plantation and Allied Workers’ Union, Lawrence Mooi, said the union is not prepared to back down on its demands. Mondi general manager Colin Harvett rejected the union’s 12% across-the-board increase […]
MAURITIAN authorities are to search a Spanish-owned fishing vessel suspected of fishing illegally for the rare Patagonian Toothfish. Greenpeace has accused the “Salvora” which arrived Tuesday in Port Louis, of fishing for toothfish off the French-ruled Kerguelen islands in the far south of the Indian Ocean in what is an exclusive French economic zone.French ambassador […]
THE Cats received a boost on Tuesday, with news that Springbok World Cup hero Chester Williams returns from injury to play against the fearsome Otago Highlanders on Saturday at Ellis Park. The Cats’ vice-captain has recovered from a hamstring injury and will retake his left-wing berth from Lourens Venter, who has a shoulder injury. Griquas […]
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 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 1.20pm. FORMER anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak was convicted on Wednesday morning of stealing nearly R500000 from a Swedish donor agency and R240000 donated by musician Paul Simon for victims of apartheid. He was also found guilty of stealing R332000 from the Urban Discretionary Fund of his Foundation for Peace […]