OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.00pm. THE NSPCA has been given court permission to seize 30 young elephants whose training in captivity at Hartebeespoort near Johannesburg has created controversy around the world. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals won an urgent interdict against African Game Services, the company which owns the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.45pm. TWO Durban High Court judges on Wednesday said that they made a mistake in co-signing a letter earlier in the year opposing the nomination of Judge Vuka Tshabalala as Natal’s Deputy Judge President. Speaking at Judicial Services Commission in Pretoria, Judge Brian Galgut and Judge Jan Hugo said they […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00pm. A PAIR of Tanzanian Siamese twins, joined in an extremely rare manner, arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday where they will be separated at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital. The twins, eight-month-old girls named only as Helen and Agnes, are joined at the pelvis. The twins, however, are facing […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.15am. SOUTH Africa’s Amanda Coetzer, ranked 13th in women’s world tennis, adavanced to the second round of the European Championships in Zurich on Tuesday when she beat Natascha Zvereva of Belarus 7-5, 6-4 in the first round. Coetzer and her opponent traded serves twice in the first set before the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 11.00pm. THIRTY-ONE people were involved in the careful planning which led to the R17,4 million Bronkhorstspruit cash-in-transit heist last July, the Pretoria High Court heard on Wednesday. Jerry Mashigo told the court he had known two of the accused, Dennis Nqobezi and Thabo Stimela, for about a year. He met […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Monday 5.30pm. SOUTH African markets continued to climb on Monday as stronger international market continue to provide a firmer base for local stock. International markets perked up on Friday evening when the New York’s Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked its earlier slump to gain 2,15% (167 points) to 7 899. Positive […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00am. THE Golden Cats may end up using the Riverside Sun resort as their base for the Super-12 season next year, while taking advantage of training facilities in Vanderbijlpark, according to new coach Andre Markgraaff. Soon to be called simply “the Cats”, the team feels the Riverside Sun has the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.30pm. INLAND teams were generally more successful in BobSave Super Bowl weekend premiliminary round matches, while most coastal sides turned belly up. Spareco Black Leopards worked hard against Matsena Giant Killers at Ga-Kgapane stadium, but eventually triumphed 4-1 on penalties after a no-goal game. In Pietersburg, Ria Stars pulled off […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 7.30pm. THE World Bank and other interested parties are planning a damage assessment mission to the battered kingdom of Lesotho, a senior bank official said in Cape Town on Tuesday. Nat Colleta, the manager of the bank’s post-conflict assessment unit, told a conference on the restructuring of conflict-torn societies […]

EMMANUEL GOUJON, Kindu | Tuesday 7.30pm. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo rebels, now in control of the strategic town of Kindu, have admitted that Rwandan soldiers are fighting with them. They have also admitted that Rwanda has been controlling all flights in rebel-held territory, and to and from Kigali in Rwanda and Kampala in Uganda. Rebel […]