THURSDAY, 1.00PM: BAFANA BAFANA coach Clive Barker is not worried by the presence of spies who frequent their training sessions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Barker said this after taking his charges through their paces at the Special Security Forces Stadium in the Saudi capital on Wednesday. “We are not concerned with the spying because it […]

THURSDAY, 6.00PM: The security policemen who beat Black Conscious Movement leader Steve Biko to death twenty years ago did so because they had heard that he had beaten up a policeman some months before, George Bizos, advocate for the Biko family, said on Thursday. In his final summing up before the Truth Commission, Bizos called […]

All the players participating in the Nelson Mandela Tribute tennis tournament said they are here for a very serious reason and that is to do well in the tournament.

THURSDAY, 4.00PM: ONE of the central leaders of this week’s trade union strikes in Zimbabwe was attacked and severely wounded by a group of men — and women — wielding an axe. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary-general, Morgan Tsvangirayi, was rushed to hospital unconscious on Thursday, with a deep gash on his forehead, after […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: SOUTH Africa’s largest financial institution Old Mutual said on Wednesday it has acquired Capel-Cure Myers Capital Management, one of the largest private-client stockbrokers in the United Kingdom. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, significantly boosts Old Mutual’s offshore strength, more doubling its assets under management outside Africa to R83-billion. Analysts speculate the deal […]

THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH Africa were restricted to 174 for nine by New Zealand in their one-day cricket international at the Bellerive Oval in Australia on Thursday. Tight bowling and good fielding by the Kiwis made things difficult for the visitors. South Africa started brightly, but two dismissals from direct-hit run-outs spelled danger for Hansie Cronje’s […]

THURSDAY, 12.45PM A ZAMBIAN soldier arrested after the October 28 coup has died mysteriously in detention. Corporal Robert Chiulo died on November 30 after a month in detention and was buried a week later, but his death has only now become public knowledge. Chiulo’s widow was ordered to hand over his death certificate to the […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: THE European Commission on Wednesday finally gave conditional approval to JCI’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s 26% stake in British multinational Lonrho, setting the stage for Lonrho’s bid to take over the troubled SA mining house. One of the conditions set is a repetition of last April’s demand by the commission that Anglo […]

REGISTER OF RECONCILIATION Everyone will soon have a chance to express their feelings to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, even those too shy to appear before the commission itself. The commission has come up with a “register of reconciliation” which will be opened at the TRC’s regional offices next Monday, giving everyone an opportunity to […]

THURSDAY, 3.00PM: The head of Pretoria Local Prison faces suspension after accusations by two awaiting trial prisoners that he sold a smuggled a gun to inmates for R100 000. Deputy Director Johannes Makgoba, one of the high-level team investigating recent prison escapes, has been given until Friday to respond to the allegations against him or […]