East London | Monday A PROVINCIAL minister in the Eastern Cape was arrested and charged with drunken driving on the weekend, South African police said on Sunday. Superintendent Eddie Watson said the minister, who will not be named until he has appeared in court on Monday, was arrested driving a luxury car soon after midnight […]

FIENIE GROBLER, Johannesburg | Monday THE commission of inquiry into the depreciation of the rand will start hearings at the beginning of March, chairman John Myburgh said on Monday. He said the commission would privately conduct interviews and gather evidence before starting with the hearings. Several bodies were appointed on Friday to assist with the […]

A SOUTH African Airways air hostess was seriously injured on Sunday morning after she was shot by an ex-boyfriend at Airways Park, Kempton Park, police said. The woman, 30-year-old Precilla Masuku, arrived at work at 7am and was confronted by her ex-boyfriend near the crew-gate at Airways Park, Superintendent Eugene Opperman said. The man took […]

Luanda | Monday AT least 15 people have been killed in two attacks by Unita rebels in different parts of Angola, according to press reports and statements from the army and rebels on Sunday. At least 14 people were killed and more than 40 youths were abducted during a raid by the National Union for […]

Disgraced Department of Defence procurement chief Shamin “Chippy” Shaik has been let off with a slap on the wrist after his earlier conviction on disciplinary charges of misconduct. Shaik was convicted a fortnight ago of leaking confidential documents. The disciplinary inquiry, headed by Zam Titus, outgoing Director General in the Department of Provincial and Local […]

TWO people were arrested at a roadblock in Three Sisters, Kimberley after they were found in possession of perlemoen (abalone), Northern Cape police reported on Friday. Inspector Chantel Manuel said perlemoen worth R640 000 packed in foam holders and cooler bags was found in the men’s van. The two men were on their way from […]

New York | Sunday IN the wake of the announcement by South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang that the ministry remained unwilling to supply an anti-Aids drug to pregnant HIV-positive women countrywide, Irish rock group U2’s lead singer Bono has called for a ”Marshall Plan” for Africa to save the continent from an Aids holocaust. […]

MARK ELS, Sun City | Sunday ISAAC Bereng, the caddy of Ulrich van den Berg, vowed on Saturday he would sue the Wanderers professional golfer for what he called ”racist” abuse. Bereng, who was carrying the bag at the Dimension Data Pro-Am at Sun City, stormed off the golf course on Friday after the alleged […]

Paris | Sunday BELCHES of hydrogen sulphide gas from the seabed off the Namibian coast, until now thought to be a smelly bit of local folklore, have been found to be a massive phenomenon that can affect thousands of square kilometres of ocean. The gas is released from the remains of microscopic creatures called diatoms, […]