OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.30AM. BAFANA Bafana skipper Lucas Radebe was on Tuesday named as the captain of the English Premier League club Leeds United for the 1998/99 season, taking over from Scottish international midfielder David Hopkin. Leeds manager George Graham’s vote of confidence in the 29-year-old defender comes less than two weeks after […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.00PM. TEMPORARY United nations special envoy to Angola Lakhdar Brahimi has left the country saying that the risk of all-out war had receded. “I have no guarantees,” he told reporters on departure, “but I think there is no longer a risk of all-out war this week or the week after. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15PM. THE Democratic Republic of Congo government says it has launched counterattacks against Tutsi rebels in the east and south-west of the country. It has vowed to drive “the Rwandans” all the way back to Kigali. Information Minister Didier Mumengi said army loyalists were advancing on rebel positions in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00AM. THE management of Sasol Limited’s Middlebult Colliery may be charged with culpable homicide after the Secunda magistrate’s court ruled this week that it could have prevented an underground explosion that killed 53 miners five years ago. The ruling brought an end to one of South Africa’s longest running inquests […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00PM. AMAZULU were the surprise victors over Orlando Pirates in their Premier Soccer League match played at the King’s Park Rugby Stadium on Monday, beating the League giants 2-1. Pirates had the possessional advantage in the match, but could not make make use of it as AmaZulu applied the pressure. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.35AM. SOUTH African cricket skipper Hansie Cronje is to submit a full report on the standard of umpiring in the recent Test series in England, which South Africa lost 2-1, to the United Cricket Board. UCB President Ali Bacher has asked Cronje to submit a written report to the UCB […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 12.15PM. UNITED Democratic Movement national secretary Sifiso Nkabinde has denied that a man arrested during violence in Richmond at the weekend is one of his bodyguards. He conceded, however, that the man, who was arrested for being in possession of 85 rounds of ammunition normally used only by police and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 9.00PM. THE SABC and M-Net have obtained an urgent High Court interdict to prevent Hustler magazine from distributing a pornographic video after nudist Beau Brummel revealed it contained footage of various TV celebrities interviewing him, the Sunday Times reports. Brummel said that segements of footage of Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Dali Tambo […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.50AM. THE South African A cricket side on tour in Sri Lanka recorded a 1-0 series victory over Sri Lanka A on Monday when the third unofficial Test was abandoned as a draw. Sri Lanka A scored 181 in their first innings, and in their follow-up innings managed to score […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.30PM. DEPUTY President Tabo Mbeki has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of buying time to implement his own programmes rather than working towards peace in the Middle East. Speaking after a meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Cape Town, he said it was surprising that Netanyahu had not […]