OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00PM. THE justice sytstem fails the majority of South African people, Justice Minister Dullah Omar said on Tuesday, explaining why he supports the concept of community courts. Addressing a seminar in Johannesburg on alternative justice systems, Omar said: “The current justice system does not provide everyone with access to justice […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Tuesday 6.30PM. A FORMER agent of the Civil Co-operation Bureau and a boat skipper appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday in connection with last month’s huge arms cache founds at Redhouse outside the city. The former agent, Cassie Kruger, and skipper Willie Hennop were arrested on Monday […]
Sarah Bullen, Johannesburg | Monday, 7.00PM THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange had a “disastrous” day on Monday, with stock falling across the board and the market losing 1,6% of its value on the day. The market remains on tenterhooks after international credit rating agency Moody’s last week put South Africa on a revolving credit alert, which […]
LEONARD NDZHUKULA, Ermelo | Monday, 6.00PM INKATHA Freedom Party lawyers on Monday demanded the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee chairman, who is presiding over the Ermelo hearings, resign immediately on charges of bias. Advocate Johan Hattingh, who is leading the IFP’s legal council, told the committee that his clients had ordered him to demand […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Monday, 5.00PM MPUMALANGA’S former legislature secretary, Alfred Mahlangu, surrendered himself to Nelspruit police on Monday morning after inadvertently evading police arrest on fraud charges on Friday. Mahlangu is the fourth senior legislature official to be arrested over the past three days on fraud and theft charges linked to the alleged embezzlement […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg |Monday, 9.00PM THE United Nations is to send a senior envoy to Angola with a ”strong message” for both Unita rebels and the Angolan government, the UN announced on Monday. Ibrahim Brahimi, an Algerian diplomat, was due to leave New York late on Monday. He will travel first to the French Riviera […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Swakopmund | Monday, 9.30PM NAMIBIAN President Sam Nujoma on Sunday night called on Southern African leaders to cultivate smart partnerships crucial for the region’s economic development. Nujoma was speaking at a banquet for Southern African Development Community heads of state who are attending the second three-day Southern African International Dialogue (Said) in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.45PM. FORMER Nigerian senator Polycarp Nwite — jailed last year by the late military ruler General Sani Abacha — was released on Monday. Nwite’s release comes after a general amnesty was granted to political detainees by the new ruler, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, last week. Nwite, who sat as chairman of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 5.40PM. FORMER English skipper Mike Atherton hit 98 unbeaten runs to take England to an eight wicket victory against South Africa on the final day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. Midaway through the afternoon session Atherton hit the winning runs off Shaun Pollock to level the series at […]
ROB DAVIES reports | Sunday, 1.00PM THE Springbok rugby side on Saturday succeeded in breaking a 17-year drought when they beat the New Zealand All Blacks 13-3 at Athletic Park in Wellington. It was the first time since the 1981 Boks of Wynand Claasen that a South African side managed to beat the All Blacks […]