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 7.30PM. THE trial of Brigadier Jack Cronje and Captain Jacques Hechter was provisionally removed from the roll of the Pretoria High Court pending the outcome of an amnesty application before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The former security policemen are part of a group of five who gave evidence before […]
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 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00AM. FORMER Lonrho head and owner of The Observer, Tiny Rowland, died in a London hospital early on Friday, aged 80, from skin cancer. A renowned maverick and brilliant businessman, Rowland has in recent years been notable for his criticisms of the way his former Lonrho empire has been run, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dakar | Monday 8.30PM. GOVERNMENT and rebel soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Monday signed an accord aboard a Portuguese warship anchored in the port of Bissau to observe an immediate ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement is the result of mediation by six fellow Portuguese-speaking countries. The accord calls for formal negotiations to start within eight […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 7.30PM. DR Niel Barnard, provincial director of the Western Cape, instructed his attorneys on Monday to serve a summons for libel against African National Congress provincial leader Ebrahim Rasool. Last Thursday, Rasool alleged that Barnard was involved in casino allocation bribery. He withdrew the allegations on Friday, but Barnard […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Sunday. 1.00PM. THE 1998 Currie Cup season seems intent on producing upsets and surprises with every match, and even relatively small sides are staking their claim to the trophy. The Golden Lions’ competition woes continue after they were beaten 19-17 by the MTN Falcons at the Bosman stadium in Brakpan […]