OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kuala Lumpur | Thursday 7.30pm. FREESTYLE artist Ryk Neethling picked up South Africa’s second Commonwealth Games swimming medal when he finished second in the men’s 1500m event in 15 minutes 02,88 seconds in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night. He broke both a South African and African record for the event. Although he beat […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kuala Lumpur | Tuesday 10.00pm. DEAF Durbanite Terence Parkin sliced more than two seconds off his national record, but just missed a Commonwealth medal, in the men’s 200m breaststroke in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday night. Julia Russell finished fourth in the women’s 100m breaststroke in a time of 1min 10,47 seconds. Parkin clocked […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 8.30pm. MOZAMBICAN attorney-general Antonio Namburete said on Wednesday that more arrests could follow in connection with the gun-running and espionage charges levelled against foreign affairs official Robert McBride. Namburete spoke in Pretoria, after addressing a crime conference, saying the case against McBride must still be solved: “The suspects still have […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday 8.30pm. ZIMBABWE has said it will maintain its force in the Democratic Republic of Congo until there is “irreversible” peace there. Addressing Parliament the Zimbabwean defence minister, Moven Mahachi, faced a mass of criticism from MPs dissatisfied with Zimbabwe’s military intervention in the DRC. According to local reports, MPs said […]

JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Tuesday 4.00pm. MPUMALANGA Premier Mathews Phosa has scheduled a special provincial executive meeting at his Nelspruit home on Wednesday to deliberate an urgent recommendation for the suspension of the province’s parks chief, Alan Gray. The political fate of the province’s finance MEC, Jacques Modipane, is also expected to be discussed at […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Wednesday 10.00pm. A FORMER Rwandan prefect, defending himself against genocide charges, has told the United Nations war crimes tribunal in Arusha that he has “a peaceful conscience”. Clement Kayishema, a Hutu who has pleaded innocent to 25 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and murder, said during his eight days of […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00pm. THE Democratic Republic of Congo government has denied that Sudanese troops have arrived in the forward military base of Kindu to assist forces loyal to President Laurent Kabila. The DRC rebels fighting to topple Kabila claimed on Wednesday that Libya bankrolled the deployment of some 2,000 Sudanese and ex-Zairean […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm. LOCAL stock rocketed on Wednesday morning as relief over global gains and a massive rally by Latin American markets spilled over into the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. By midday the all share index had gained 2,46%, led up by a 4,32% rise in the financial index and a 3,47% gain […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Tuesday 10.00pm. NATAL hooker Chris Rossouw has been cleared of a charge of throwing a punch at Free State hooker Naka Drotske during last week’s Currie Cup game in Bloemfontein. He will now be free to play for the team in the Bankfin Currie Cup rugby match against Boland at […]