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 | 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, 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 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, 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 7.45PM. WHEN South Africa face England at Edgbaston on Tuesday in an Emirates triangular series cricket match, they will have to beat the home side by 50 runs or more, or alternatively bowl them out in under 40 overs if they are to progress to the final of the series. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kinshasa | Monday 11.00PM. REBEL forces fighting to topple Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila say they have entered Mbanza-Ngungu, some 130km south of the capital, and are preparing to move on Kinshasa. Rebel commander Jean-Pierre Ondekane said on Monday that the rebels had taken the town of Songololo with a brief […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 7.00PM. THE Natal High Court today gave a landmark judgment in favour of press freedom, dismissing with costs an application by the Inkatha Freedom Party to gag the Mail & Guardian over a report on a scheme to siphon money money from provincial government into party coffers. The party applied […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM. CHRISTELLE BOSKER of Gauteng-North bagged a gold medal, and a new world record in the class 38cerebral palsy shot-putt event at the World Athletics Championships for the Physically Disabled in Birmingham on Saturday. Bosker beat the previous record by 80cm to post a new record of 7,96m. Bosker adds […]