OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00pm. THE United Nations special envoy to Angola, Issa Diallo, said on Monday that he would continue to negotiate with Unita leader Jonas Savimbi, even though the Angolan government has said it will arrest Savimbi and any of his supporters on sight. Diallo said on a UN daily radio programme […]

LANSANA FOFANA, Freetown | Monday 7.30pm. NO Sierra Leonean lawyer appears willing to defend Corporal Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leone’s rebel leader who has been charged with treason in Freetown. Most lawyers contacted by reporters on Monday, and who declined to be quoted, said they would not defend the rebel leader, who is widely regarded as […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kuala Lumpur | Monday 9.30PM. ATHLETES who test positive for cannabis may be tipped off in advance by Commonwealth Games organisers to give them time to flee Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur has some of the toughest drug laws in the world, punishable by the death. Dr Geoffrey Haigh, the Games’ honorary medical chief, said […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Arusha | Monday 10.30PM. FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda has appealed against his life sentence for crimes against humanity handed down by the war crimes tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha on Friday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda registry in Arusha confirmed that the appeal was filed on Monday morning. Kambanda’s legal […]

LEWIS MACHIPISA, Harare | Monday 11.00pm. A CONFERENCE will be held in Zimbabwe this week to raise money from the donor community for its controversial land reform programme. The conference, to be held from September 9 to 11, was originally planned for July, but was postponed amid speculation that few donors are willing to subsidise […]

MUNGO SOGGOT in Johannesburg | Monday 1.30pm. THE Johannesburg High Court on Monday dismissed, with costs, the R7-million defamation suit brought by Liberian politician Emanuel Shaw II against the Mail & Guardian. Deputy Judge President Monis Fleming threw the case out of court and ordered Shaw to pay the M&G’s costs, which are expected to […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 7.00pm. SOUTH African business confidence fell to its lowest level in 12 years during August as the fragility of emerging markets was exposed in the global market instability, figures released by the South African Chamber of Business on Monday indicated. Business confidence fell 4,1 points during the 4,1 points over […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.00pm. WINNIE MADIKIZELA-Mandela and former President PW Botha are among 200 people who have received written warning that the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission could “damage” them. Deputy Defence Minister Ronnie Kasrils, President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife and Botha were among those TRC notices about the potentially damaging […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 11.30pm. GRIQUALAND West chalked up an impressive 36-16 win over the Golden Lions at Absa Park in Kimberley on Sunday, in a match that was marred by much directionless kicking in the first half. Griquas led 15-3 at half-time. Both teams defended superbly in the very physical encounter, but Griquas […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 3.00pm. DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday slammed teachers for toyi-toying and drunkenness, and urged them to be dedicated to their profession. Speaking at the fourth annual congress of the South African Democratic Teachers Union, Mbeki asked the teachers to be less militant and to improve their responsibility and consciousness […]