INTENSE heat on the Cape Peninsula halted the Argus Pick n’ Pay Cycle Tour on Sunday when officials feared that they could not cope with the massive wave of dehydration amongst the cyclists. The race came to a halt at 3pm when official vehicles pulled riders over to the sides, moving up from the rear. […]
Pretoria | Tuesday AN international elephant training expert Randall Moore told the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday that the beatings meted out to the Tuli elephants, brought to South Africa from Botswana in 1998, were unnecessary and cruel. Moore was testifying in the trial of three men accused of contravening the Animal Protection Act. He […]
A YOUNG Grahamstown couple were rescued from a possible watery death in the heavy surf of the Umzimvubu River near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape on Sunday by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). Deon and Michelle du Toit, both experienced canoeists, were on vacation at the Transkei Wild Coast with their two-year-old […]
Krugersdorp | Tuesday A RIOT by illegal immigrants demanding immediate repatriation after an escapee was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday had to be quelled at the Lindela repatriation centre in Krugersdorp on Monday morning. The riot started at about 9.30am with a large group of the 2 600 people held at the West Rand […]
Parliament | Monday THE South African Law Commission (SALC) on Monday rejected the setting up of a separate sexual offenders register, arguing it is expensive and has not helped reduce sexual crimes in other countries. Joan van Niekerk, the SALC’s project leader investigating changes to sexual offences laws, said the commission would not recommend the […]
Khartoum | Monday THE Sudanese government on Sunday signed a US-brokered agreement aimed at protecting civilians in war-torn southern Sudan, weeks after it was fiercely criticised for bombing civilians. ”The proposal is a comprehensive one that covers protection, from war-related harm, of not only civilians but also civilian installations and other civilian aspects,” Sudanese Foreign […]
Cape Town | Monday INITIAL reports from Zimbabwe on the progress of presidential elections underway in that country are ”most encouraging”, and local markets are likely to reflect this when they open on Monday. This is the view of Econometrix chief economist Dr Azar Jammine, who says this is good news for the rand. Speaking […]
REVIEW: Heaven Forbid by Christopher Hope (Macmillan).
Heaven Forbid represents a deepening of Hope’s vision of apartheid South Africa, writes John Higgins.
GIRASSOL, the world’s largest offshore oil platform with a production capacity of 200,000 barrels of crude per day, has been inaugurated at an Angolan site, the state oil company Sonangol announced on Thursday. The Girassol deposit, operated by TotalFinaElf, was discovered in 1996 some 200 kilometres northwest of Luanda, but installation did not begin until […]
An Italian judicial probe into doping during the 2001 Giro d’Italia has used hidden TV cameras which have caught cyclists obtaining banned substances for their use during the race, La Repubblica newspaper reported Wednesday. In the recordings cyclists openly asking a doctor for substances before their evening meal after the conclusion of one stage and […]