A MAN was stoned to death in Carletonville after he ran over a two-year-old boy in his car. Police spokesperson Herman Esterhuizen said the driver hit the boy on Satuday, killing him instantly. A crowd gathered around the car, throwing stones at it. The driver got out of his car and was stoned by the […]

THE Free State Cheetahs beat glamour Super 12 outfit the Cats 36-28 in their opening trial match in Bloemfontein on Friday night. The half-time score was 19-14 to Free State. The Cheetahs got home by three goals and three tries to the Cats’ four goals. The Cats lacked any type of defence and the Free […]

ALGERIAN international midfielder Moussa Saib is one of three overseas players UK soccer club Tottenham Hotspur have put on the transfer list in a bid to trim their wage bill after recent buys. Saib, a 2,3-million buy in February last year, has made only five substitute appearances this season. He joins Portugal’s diminutive Jose Dominguez […]

HOTEL group Sun International reports a 7% drop in annual revenue to R1,23-billion in 1998. Gaming revenues dropped 11%, offset to an extent by hospitality revenues, which were 5% up on the previous year. Economists said the results indicate the knock Sun International has taken as a result of a number of casino licences being […]

The Independent Electoral Commission on the weekend assured voters that the election will take place by July 31 this year. IEC acting chairperson Brigalia Bam said that even if the NNP and DP succeed in changing the Electoral Act to allow all ID books — not just those with barcodes — to be used, Parliament […]

THREE people were killed and one injured when a light aircraft crashed on a farm outside Heilbron in the Free State on Saturday evening. The dead were identified as Gert van der Merwe (48) his wife Katy (59) and their son Corrie (24) who was piloting the aircraft. A friend, Gerhardus Labuschagne (22) sustained a […]

MEDICAL researchers seeking an Aids vaccine were lambasted on Monday by South African Health Minister Nkosazana Zuma for ignoring the region where the disease is most prevalent. “About 70% of the cases of Aids in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa, but world research into a vaccine is not into the type of virus found […]

POLLEN Ndlanya’s suspension proved the vital ingredient for Kaizer Chiefs as stand-in striker Thabang Lebese scored the two goals to overcome traditional Foes Orlando Pirates 2-1 on Saturday. The 27-year-old midfielder was retreaded to the front line for the PSL derby, slotted the goals in the 25th and 51st minute with help from stalwart Doctor […]

LEKA, the flamboyant exiled pretender to the Albanian throne, was granted R15000 bail on Monday after being arrested on arms charges. Leka was arrested with three other men at his Johannesburg home on February 5 after police found a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, anti-personnel mines and rocket launchers. Transferred from his jail cell to […]

FOUR people were killed late Sunday and 35 wounded, several of them foreigners, when two bombs exploded in a nightclub and restaurant district of Uganda’s capital Kampala, police said on Monday.A senior security source said the bombs were the work of an urban terrorist wing of the Allied Democratic Forces rebels. The wounded included an […]