Maseru | Wednesday THE next phase in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), the construction of Mohale Dam, will be completed in June, a dam engineer said on Wednesday. Area engineer Greg Davidson told the media that the dam wall would be finished by June, but that 3km of a 45km tunnel between Mohale and […]

Cape Town | Monday THE wine and spirits agreement with South Africa’s key trade partner, the European Union (EU), will finally be signed in Paarl on Monday at a ceremony attended by senior officials from both sides. The signing originally scheduled for December was delayed because of technical hitches. The formal sealing of the accord […]

RIAN Oberholzer, managing director of South African rugby, has been identified as the main problem in the local game. As a result, his sweeping powers are about to be drastically reduced. The Pretoria News reported on Monday that the board of SA Rugby lambasted Oberholzer’s part in the Harry Viljoen saga at their meeting in […]

PICK ‘n Pay on Monday night opened their first store in Cape Town’s central business district in 33 years. The event was attended by city mayor Gerald Morkel, council officials, businessmen and VIPs. Guests were entertained by members of the Cape Minstrels in a colourful and noisy evening at the Picbel Parade, where the store […]

Pretoria | Monday TWO Pietersburg rugby club members admitted in the Pretoria High Court on Monday to having thrown the body of a Northern Province teenager into a dam near Marble Hall last year. Riaan Botha and Kobus Joubert, however, denied any involvement in the killing of 17-year-old Tshepo Matloha near Dendron in March last […]

SOUTH African Airways resumed flights to Mauritius on Wednesday after Cyclone Dina caused the airline to stop all flights to and from the island on Monday. SAA representative Victor Nosi said in a statement on Tuesday a larger plane and an additional flight would be despatched to eliminate the backlog of passengers. Phillip Strijdom of […]

Johannesburg | Friday SOUTH Africa’s Constitutional Court on Friday rejected an appeal by a Rastafarian to be allowed to smoke dagga, or marijuana, as part of his religion. Judge-president Arthur Chaskalson said the majority of the bench was not in favour of letting candidate attorney Gareth Prince use the drug. Prince last year filed an […]

Nigeria’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday called on President Olusegun Obasanjo to request the return of the nation’s artefacts on display at The British Museum. In a motion unanimously passed, legislators also directed the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments to furnish it with a list of all Nigerian artefacts at the museum, […]

A 50-year-old Chinese businessman who is currently out on bail for possessing perlemoen (abalone) without a licence was arrested for the same crime in Waverley, Bloemfontein on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Police found the perlemoen and crayfish valued at R3 000 in freezers in the man’s garage, Captain Ernest Mayiki said. Two pistols were also […]