OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kampala | Tuesday 10.30PM. FORTY Ugandan volunteers will try a French-manufactured AIDS vaccine when trials start in Kampala, Ugandan Health Minister Crispus Kiyonga announced on Tuesday. Kiyonga told the Ugandan parliament that the vaccine was already in the country and that his ministry had received permission to start the trials from the National […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mafikeng | Monday 10.00PM. ARGUMENT in mitigation of sentence in the trial of former Bophuthatswana president Lucas Mangope started in the Mafikeng High Court on Monday. SABC television news reported that sentencing was expected this week. Mangope has been found guilty on 102 counts of theft involving R3,5 million, including mining royalties paid […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Monday 11.00PM. AFTER three days of questioning, a suspect flown into Nairobi, Kenya, from Pakistan in connection with the Nairobi bombing on August 7 has not admitted any role in the crime or implicated anyone else, the FBI said on Monday. The man, Mohammed Saddiq Odeh, also known as Abdull Bast […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM. THE MTN Falcons produced a brilliant performance to beat defending Currie Cup champions Western Province 17-13 at the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Friday night. The Falcons, who are relative minnows in the competition, played with great passion, and their side was well prepared to meet the physical Province […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 7.00PM. LOCAL shares fell by more than 2% across the board on Monday following Russia’s de facto devaluation of the rouble by more than a third. Dealers said sellers overwhelmed buyers on the JSE as investors prepared themselves for renewed volatility on international markets. The All Share index fell by […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 2.15PM. LUANDAN papers on Monday reported that Angola and Namibia have stepped up security at their joint border, with patrols being increased all along the border, but most notably near the town of Kavango, in northeastern Namibia. Both countries closed the border in mid-July in a bid to stop arms […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT in Johannesburg | Friday 9.00pm. OIL-from-coal producer Sasol on Friday announced plans to blend alcohol with its petrol before the end of the year. The move, Sasol spokesman Alfonso Niemand said, could both “alleviate the imminent petrol shortage in the country” and save R260-million a year in foreign exchange. Announcing the plans Niemand […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Sunday 6.30pm. THE Heath special investigative unit has served legal papers on 12 more Mpumalanga companies, including five major banks, demanding full disclosure on all information relating to the province’s sacked deputy speaker, Cynthia Maropeng. The notices are an attempt to follow a paper trail left by Maropeng when she allegedly […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, George | Monday 1.30PM. THE trial of former president PW Botha for ignoring a Truth and Reconciliation Commission subpoena was on Monday adjourned for judgment this Friday. Before the adjournment in the George Regional Court, Botha’s counsel Lappe Laubscher presented his closing arguments, in which he maintained that the TRC’s subpoena was not […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 6.30PM. SOUTH Africa’s disabled athletes competing in the World Athletics Championships for the Physically Disabled in Birmingham have won 27 medals, including 14 gold, five silver and eight bronze, and set three world records in their incredibly successful stint in England. Hein Seyerling, brother of national sprint champion Heide, broke […]