JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Wednesday 7.50pm. Mpumalanga’s provincial executive council refused to grill the province’s finance MEC, Jacques Modipane, or other top politicians about their links with ousted parks chief, Alan Gray, for a second time on Wednesday. An earlier scheduled showdown between the executive council and Modipane was cancelled last week after the council […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00pm. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo rebels on Wednesday said they killed at least 50 Rwandan Hutu and Mai-Mai fighters when rebel troops attempted to cut the road outside rebel headquarters in Goma. Lunda Bululu, one of rebel leaders, said the road was opened after a two-hour gunbattle, and soldiers on […]

President Nelson Mandela was on Wednesday awarded the United States’ Congressional medal of honour, the highest civilian recognition awarded by the US, in a ceremony in Washington.

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.45pm. THE African National Congress on Wednesday used its political muscle to push the controversial Liquor Bill through the National Assembly in the face of protests that the legislation may be unconstitutional and erodes the power of the provinces. The bill provides give national government the mandate to issue […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.15am. LEE TREVINO, multiple title winner and one of the great characters in world golf, has accepted an invitation to play in the R450000 Vodacom Senior Classic at Dainfern from November 20-22. Trevino, the wise-cracking Mexican who taught himself the game, won 27 tournaments including six majors on the regular […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.30pm NIGERIA’S military ruler, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, left Britain on Wednesday confident that his political reform programme will soon lead to the removal of sanctions against his country by the European Union. The union imposed limited sanctions — including travel restrictions on government officials — in 1995 after late General […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 10.00pm. SPORT and Recreation Minister Steve Tshwete expressed his frustration on Wednesday at a lack of adequate investment in sport in South Africa. Introducing debate on the National Sport and Recreation Bill, he congratulated the country’s Commonwealth Games team, as well as its management and coaches, on a performance […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00pm. ANGOLA on Wednesday lifted the month-old suspension banning Unita members from its government. Prime Minister Franca Van-Dunem said the decision had been made after consultations between the government and the provisional leadership set up by Unita dissidents who split from hardline leader Jonas Savimbi earlier this month. President Jos […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maputo | Wednesday 1.00pm. THE future development of Mozambique will be mapped out on Wednesday at the country’s annual consultative group meeting with its donors. The country is doing well economically, having reached an annual growth rate of 12,4% in 1997, the best in Africa. Inflation is practically non-existent. “Mozambique right now is […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Wednesday 7.00pm. A SQUAD of South African security policemen were stopped in a roadblock en route to plant a bomb in the African National Congress headquarters in London in 1982. This came to light during the testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty hearing where eight policemen are applying for […]