OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.00PM ZIMBABWEAN troops have flown into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo state television reported on Thursday. The station, which showed pictures of rifle-bearing troops descending from an aircraft at Kinshasa’s N’djili airport, did not say how many troops had arrived or whether troops from other Southern African Development Community countries […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.15am. EASTERN Province rugby administrator Silas Nkanunu will be named the new president of the South African Rugby Football Union at Sarfu’s annual election on September 1. Nkanunu was the only nominee for the post, which has been vacant since Louis Luyt was ousted as SA rugby chief. The elections […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00PM. NIGERIA’S rising sprint star Seun Ogunkoya won the African Championships 100 metres title in Dakar on Wednesday by eclipsing world and Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks. Ogunkoya won in a personal best of 9.94 seconds, with pre-race favourite Fredericks timing 9.97 ahead of Ghana’s Leo Mills Myles in 10.10. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 8.30PM A STORMY debate in Parliament over the Employment Equity Bill ended when the Freedom Front walked out of the House on Thursday. The African National Congress, Inkatha Freedom Party and Pan Africanist Congress all supported the bill, which seeks to promote the position of previously disadvantaged people in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 3.00pm. THE United Nations on Wednesday night said it will watch with interest a possible South African government investigation into claims that the former government was involved in the mysterious 1961 death of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. The UN’s response comes after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Wednesday […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 6.00pm. GOVERNMENT on Wednesday approved state-owned oil-from-gas producer Mossgas’s plans to develop new offshore gas fields at an estimated cost of R2,2-billion. Mossgas chairman Keith Kunene said the development of the EM and associated gas fields in the Bredasdorp Basin will save South Africa more than R1,5-billion a year in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 7.30pm. LEISURE giant Kersaf Investments on Tuesday announced sharply improved results for the year to June 30. The management and investment group’s revenues rose 3% to R2,84-billion, while profit increased dramatically 21% to R836,9-million. The combined figures reflect a healthy improvement in margins. Reflecting profits, earnings attributable to shareholders increased […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT in Kimberly | Wednesday 10.00pm. RIGHTWING activist Willem Ratte and 10 accomplices were planning to “take over the government” using anti-tank weaponry, RPG7 rocket launchers and mortars they tried to steal from the Pomfret military base in 1997, the Kimberley Regional Court heard on Wednesday. In his testimony, base commander Colonel Daan van […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.30PM. PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s office on Wednesday said that an apology from Mineral and Energy Affairs Minister Penuell Maduna to Parliament for breaking the House’s rules by making inappropriate suggestions during a question session should be sufficient, presidential aide Parks Mankahlana said. A multi-party parliamentary committee on Tuesday found Maduna […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Gland | Wednesday 3.15pm. THE African rhino population is slowly growing, in response to intensive conservation work, the World Wide Fund for Nature announced in Gland, Switzerland on Wednesday. The WWF said the known total of all African rhinos grew from 9971 in 1995 to 11065 in 1997 “It may not seem a […]