John Ezard Climactic warming has destroyed part of the gigantic Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica. Final disintegration and melting of the 19 500km2 shelf is now predicted within two years. The crack-up, disclosed by a satellite photograph taken on March 23, confirmed and sharpened nearly a decade of anxiety about trends in a region […]
Ferial Haffajee Two senior police officers have quit and a high-ranking internal investigation is under way to trace leaks from Wachthuis, the national police headquarters. Ordered by National Commissioner George Fivaz at the behest of his aide, Director Craig Kotze, the investigation is said to have angered senior police who have been fingerprinted in the […]
Bankrupting yourself isn’t the only way to keep up with the computer game, writes Rupert Neethling Part of the phenomenal growth of the computer industry has been attributed to marketing campaigns designed to convince computer users that unless they upgrade their software and hardware, they will be left out in the cold, unable to cope […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 8.00PM. SOUTH African Police Service CEO Meyer Kahn on Wednesday said police are winning the battle against crime “inch by inch”, but admitted police efficiency is seriously compromised by a daily 30% absenteeism rate. Speaking at the launch of the Western Cape west metropolitan region’s service and delivery strategy […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.30AM. ATHLETICS South Africa has opted for a small but quality squad to travel to the African Championships in Dakar, Senegal, next month, with the sole intention of winning a gold medal and sealing a place in the African World Cup team. So said ASA secretary general Banele Sindani […]
TRISH MURPHY, Pretoria | Wednesday 6.30PM. FORMER Vlakplaas commander Eugene De Kock on Thursday apologised for the bombings of Cosatu House and South African Council of Churches headquarters Khotso House, both carried out by his unit. De Kock told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission amnesty committee in Pretoria that he accepted responsibility for the actions […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT Kampala | Thursday 9.00PM. THE Ugandan parliament has rejected a list of 16 names submitted by President Yoweri Museveni in a cabinet reshuffle. On Wednesday Museveni presented the list of two new ministers for unspecified cabinet posts and 14 junior ministers or ministers of state, enlarging the cabinet to include 19 full ministers […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT Johannesburg | Thursday 2.00PM. CORRECTIONAL Services Minister Sipo Mzimela has resigned his Cabinet position with immediate effect. The embattled minister, who was last week fired by the Inkatha Freedom Party from his position as national deputy chairman, gave no reasons for resigning. Mzimela’s political future has been hanging in the balance since he […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.00AM. WITH the expiry on Friday of World Cup rugby contracts, Springbok rugby players on Thursday meet South African Rugby Football Union CEO Rian Oberholzer to discuss new pay packages. Bok coach Nick Mallett, captain Gary Teichmann, vice-captain Joost van der Westhuizen, James Dalton and Andrew Aitken sit down […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Wednesday 7.00PM. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange bounced back in the last half hour of trade on Wednesday to end stronger on most key indices after slowly drifting lower for most of the day. Foreign markets provided the focus for the day’s trade with a 93-point fall in Dow Jones Industrial […]