OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.00pm. WINNIE MADIKIZELA-Mandela and former President PW Botha are among 200 people who have received written warning that the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission could “damage” them. Deputy Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils, President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife and Botha were among those TRC notices about the potentially damaging […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. GRIQUALAND West chalked up an impressive 36-16 win over the Golden Lions at Absa Park in Kimberley on Sunday, in a match that was marred by much directionless kicking in the first half. Griquas led 15-3 at half-time. Both teams defended superbly in the very physical encounter, but Griquas […]

MUNGO SOGGOT in Johannesburg | Monday 1.30pm. THE Johannesburg High Court on Monday dismissed, with costs, the R7-million defamation suit brought by Liberian politician Emanuel Shaw II against the Mail & Guardian. Deputy Judge President Monis Fleming threw the case out of court and ordered Shaw to pay the M&G’s costs, which are expected to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 3.00pm. DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday slammed teachers for toyi-toying and drunkenness, and urged them to be dedicated to their profession. Speaking at the fourth annual congress of the South African Democratic Teachers Union, Mbeki asked the teachers to be less militant and to improve their responsibility and consciousness […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 10.30PM. FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda has appealed against his life sentence for crimes against humanity handed down by the war crimes tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha on Friday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda registry in Arusha confirmed that the appeal was filed on Monday morning. Kambanda’s legal […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.15am. TWO South African athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia injured themselves on their first day of practice for the Games on Sunday. Gymnast Jana Kruger (14) twisted her ankle, but X-rays revealed no fractures and she will be treated over the next few days. Cyclist Simon Kessler […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kinshasa | Monday 11.00pm. AN Angolan air strike on the rebel-held town of Kalemi in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 25 people and injured 40 more, according to a rebel spokesperson. Rebel officer Jonas Taturu said the strike destroyed seven houses in the working-class neighbourhood of Four-Points. The rebels’ political co-ordinator, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00pm. THE United Nations special envoy to Angola, Issa Diallo, said on Monday that he would continue to negotiate with Unita leader Jonas Savimbi, even though the Angolan government has said it will arrest Savimbi and any of his supporters on sight. Diallo said on a UN daily radio programme […]

LANSANA FOFANA, Freetown | Monday 7.30pm. NO Sierra Leonean lawyer appears willing to defend Corporal Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leone’s rebel leader who has been charged with treason in Freetown. Most lawyers contacted by reporters on Monday, and who declined to be quoted, said they would not defend the rebel leader, who is widely regarded as […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Victoria Falls | Monday 11.00pm. THE summit held to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo will run into a second day. The summit, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, started later than planned on Monday because of a round of preparatory meetings in which officials attempted to find a way to broker […]