OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 3.30PM. PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will meet with the head of Formula One racing Bernie Ecclestone on August 19 to discuss the future of a South African grand prix in view of the government’s proposed crackdown on tobacco sponsorship. Sports Minister Steve Tshwete said that the meeting is “quite critical”. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00am THE Mail & Guardian has agreed to settle the defamation claim of KwaZulu-Natal Attorney General Tim McNally for an article published in 1995. The newspaper said on Tuesday it will pay McNally R50000, but the settlement involves no concession, retraction or apology on its part. The article appeared in […]

ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Sunday 1.00PM. SPRINGBOK wonderboy flyhalf Gaffie du Toit again delivered the goods to steer Griqualand West to a 23-17 victory over Natal at King’s Park in Durban on Saturday. Du Toit, who came on as a substitute in the second half, drilled two drop-goals through the posts in the 64th and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 5.00pm A SUSPECTED robber was shot dead and another seriously injured after police intercepted what they believe to be a heist attempt on the Modderfontein Road in Ivory Park, Midrand on Monday. Police spokesman Captain Hannes Lombaard said police were travelling on the Modderfontein Road toward Kempton Park at about […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30AM. AFTER losing more than a full day’s play to rain, South Africa’s three-day match against Essex in preparation for the fifth Test at Headingly ended in a draw. When play was abandoned, South Africa had scored 406/5 declared in their first innings, and 27 without loss in the second. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 5.30pm SOME 8000 chemical workers in the rubber and plastic sectors were still locked in talks with management on Monday afternoon in a bid to end the Chemical Workers’ Industrial Union strike, which started at midnight on Sunday. At a number of factories, including Port Elizabeth-based pharmaceutical companies Pharmacare Lennox […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 8.00pm A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe People’s Convention, was officially launched in Harare on Saturday to promote democracy, transparency and accountable governance. ZPC spokesman Obey Mudzingwa said at a news conference that Zimbabwe needed political plurality as the current situation had degenerated into a one-man gang. “Political contributions are […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 6.00PM. THE Truth and Reconciliation amnesty committee has granted amnesty to Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) member Nicolaas Willem de Jongh for the bombing of two houses shortly before the 1994 elections. De Jongh, the AWB commander for the Queenstown, Eastern Cape, area and two other AWB members bombed the […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 2.00PM. SESHI CHONCO has resigned as CEO of arms manufacturing parastatal Denel, he claims, because of a conflict of interests. The Sunday Times reports, however, that Chonco was pushed following a long-running dispute with Public Enterprises Minister Stella Sigcau over the pace of his privatisation plans. Chonco says he handed […]