MONDAY, 12.30PM: WESTERN Province beat Eastern Province in a Standard Bank League cricket match at St Georges Park on Sunday. WP hit 224/9 in 45 overs and dismissed the home side at 212 with one over remaining. Westerns’ Paul Kirsten hammered 67 to help his team to victory. Easterns’ hopes of victory were dented when […]

MONDAY, 11.00AM: BLACK empowerment group Thebe Investment Corporation is set to enter the retail petroleum market through its Thebe Petroleum Company (Tepco), which intends opening its first retail filling stations early in the new year. Tepco, formerly Bambanani Petroleum, was formed two years ago to wholesale petroleum, with the company 80% owned by Thebe, while […]

MONDAY, 3.00PM ZIMBABWEAN war veterans became rowdy at Monday’s hearing of the Chidyausiku Commission probing fraudulent claims from a war victims’ compensation fund, leading to an abrupt suspension of proceedings. The 250 veterans packing out the court house were angered by cross examination of their leader, Dr Chenjerai Hunzvi, who was being questioned on alleged […]

MONDAY, 4.00PM KENYAN President Daniel arap Moi on Monday dissolved the country’s seventh parliament Monday in preparation for general elections expected later this year. A statement issued by Moi’s office at State House in Nairobi said the parliament and all other elected bodies have been dissolved. No date has yet been set for the elections. […]

MONDAY, 11.00AM: LEADING credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s visited SA last week as part of a review process that could see SA’s international credit rating being upgraded. The agency has refused to comment on the visit, which was confirmed by the finance department. S&P has given SA a credit rating one notch below the […]

MONDAY, 12.30PM: KAIZER Chiefs dropped two valuable points as they played to a 1-1 draw with Supersport United in a Premiership match at Rand Stadium on Sunday. United’s Chicco Lawrence opened the score in the 12th minute after a Thomas Madigage cross. Thembinkosi Biyela equalised for Amakhosi after receiving a pass from Mark Williams in […]

After three years of controversial transformation at the SABC, we ask what it is getting right. Ferial Haffajee reports The SABC sealed its transformation this week with the adoption of a new logo. The logo symbolises a broadcaster in tune with the dictates of the market. The new broadcasting barons now have their eyes on […]

In an effort to protect its election chances, the ANC chose to shield warlord Sifiso Nkabinde despite his reign of terror in Richmond, write Sechaba ka’Nkosi and Wonder Hlongwa The African National Congress was warned five years ago that KwaZulu-Natal warlord Sifiso Nkabinde was an apartheid spy – but chose to shield him to avoid […]

Gustav Thiel Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi’s plans to tie the entire police force into performance contracts could be throttled by a lack of funds. The plans, which Mufamadi unveiled in February, were vaunted as a key step toward lifting police performance – rewarding the good and punishing slackers – in a strategy designed […]

The African National Congress’s demand in response to the findings of the Dreyer Commission of Inquiry into the Mpumulanga housing scandal that those who tried to “drag” Minister of Housing Sankie Mthembi- Mahanyele into the scandal should apologise is laughable. The commission, as the ANC well knows, was precluded from probing into the minister’s role […]