THE case against chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson was postponed to Tuesday in the Pretoria High Court after he suffered a light stroke at the weekend, The Citizen newspaper reported. The final argument would continue in his absence on Tuesday. Basson, who pleaded not guilt on 43 charges ranging from drug dealing, murder, conspiracy […]

Cape Town | Wednesday THE South African province worst afflicted by Aids must immediately make anti-retroviral drugs treatment available to all pregnant women, whatever their HIV status, Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Tuesday. Buthelezi said his Inkatha Freedom Party, which shares power in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal Province with the governing African National Congress, […]

THE JSE banks sector was on the rebound by 1pm Thursday, while the gold sector lost 1,5% with the metal trading at $299,75/oz, up from Wednesday evening’s $299,70. The JSE overall index gained 0,1% to 10697 despite a softer Wall Street. Platinum producers Implats and Angloplat both gained more than 3% as the platinum price […]

Monrovia | Wednesday Police in Liberia, where a state of emergency took effect last week, on Tuesday closed down the independent Analyst newspaper, arresting its managing editor and three staff members, witnesses said. Managing editor Stanley Seakor, a reporter, the paper’s business manager and an office assistant were manhandled and beaten up on their arrest […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE Northern Province will in future be known as Limpopo, Gauteng newspapers reported on Wednesday. The name Limpopo was the overall favourite among the short-list of names considered during a provincial legislature meeting on Tuesday. It was also announced that the province’s capital, Pietersburg, would be renamed to Polokwane — meaning place […]

Grahamstown | Wednesday FORT Hare University on Tuesday rejected any possibility of merging with Rhodes University or the University of Transkei’s medical school, but said it intended retaining its independence and institutional character, culture and identity. Rhodes also indicated that it would prefer to see itself and Fort Hare develop as two strong institutions with […]

A MOTORIST who was convicted of shooting down the highway at Park Rynie on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast at 204km/hour was fined R20 000, SABC radio reported on Friday night. Traffic spokesman Phillip Maskell said the driver had to make an immediate payment of R10 000, and the remainder would have to be paid over […]

Pietersburg | Tuesday THE Northern Province capital of Pietersburg looks set to be renamed Polokwane meaning place of safety on Thursday. The ad-hoc committee on the renaming of Pietersburg on Monday held a public hearing in the city at which it heard suggestions and arguments. “The committee will present a list of recommendations to the […]

Johannesburg | Tuesday ZIMBABWEAN journalist Basildon Peta on Tuesday denied he had admitted fabricating stories about his arrested and incarceration in Harare recently, the South African Independent Newspapers group’s foreign service reported. “I did not admit to fabricating anything… I’ve never fabricated anything in my life,” he said in response to British newspaper reports that […]