DICKSON JERE and SAM MUJUDA, Luanda | Monday 2.45pm. Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is still receiving arms from the international community, his former secretary general and leader of the Unita splinter group, General Euginio Manuvakola, has charged. Manuvakola, speaking at the celebrations to mark the 4th anniversary of the stalled Lusaka Peace Protocol on […]

SHARON HAMMOND, Secunda | Sunday 6.30pm. MANAGERS at Sasol’s Middelbult Colliery near Secunda in Mpumalanga, could face criminal charges after their alleged negligence cost the lives of 53 miners in an underground explosion in May 1993. In a report released by the department of mineral and energy affairs last week, the mine’s manager, the shaft […]

ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Saturday 8.00pm. THE South African rugby team on Saturday broke free from a mediocre first-half performance to beat a spirited Scottish side 35-10 at a windy Murrayfield. At first it seemed like a bad nightmare when the Boks were overrun in the first couple of minutes, but then they started to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bloemfontein | Monday 2.00pm. SOUTH African captain Hansie Cronje handed down a warning to the West Indies just three days ahead of the first Test here on Monday when he led his Free State provincial side to a remarkable two wicket win over the tourists. Cronje, who was unbeaten on 158, and fast […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Sunday 6.30pm. ZIMBABWE’S increasingly vocal labour movement on Saturday stepped up its demands in a confrontation with the government, and reserved the right to take further strike action. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, which has paralysed the country through two national strikes in the past two weeks, refused say whether […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mbabane | Sunday 7.00pm. AN unknown group calling itself The Tigers has claimed responsibility for the Swaziland bomb blast two days ago which killed one person and injured nine others. An anonymous caller told the Times of Swaziland that the group had planted Friday’s bomb, which destroyed part of the offices of Deputy […]

LEONARD NDZHUKULA, Nelspruit | Sunday 7.00pm. THE African National Congress has accused police of direct complicity in the assassination of a senior party leader and the poisoning of another in Mpumalanga last week after officers allegedly ignored desperate pleas from the party for protection. Police confirmed they were aware of the allegations on Friday but […]

DENIS BARNETT, Gabarone | Sunday 7.30pm. TALKS to convince Democratic Republic of Congo rebels to adopt a ceasefire plan ended in Botswana’s capital Gabarone on Saturday, with rebels and officials from a four-nation contact group saying progress has been made towards peace. Southern African Development Community official said the rebels had behaved “like a group […]

Swapna Prabhakaran It is common knowledge that South Africa has one of the highest rates of road death in the world. Less well known, however, is that much of the carnage is caused by trucks and could be prevented if heavy freight vehicle regulations were brought into line with world safety standards. South Africa has […]

The year 2000 may bring chaos to nuclear bases, writes John Eason As the fireworks burst in the sky, heralding the year 2000, could we see larger rockets taking to the air, bearing payloads of nuclear death and destruction? It sounds far-fetched. Surely the worst the millennium bug could do is close down cash machines […]