THE 19-year-old son of a Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria, couple charged with the murder of his parents and brother, was on Monday referred for 30 days psychiatric observation at the Weskoppies hospital by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. Karl Gustav Greyvenstein was not asked to plead when he appeared briefly before Magistrate C Khoza. He will appear […]
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Parks Mankahlana has reached an undisclosed out-of-court settlement with the disgruntled mother of one of his two alleged children. His attorney, Moroampholo Tsoka, said on Monday that EC Wallace had promised to withdrawn her Nelspruit Maintenance Court suit after Mankahlana agreed to increase his R300 per month contribution towards their child. Mankahlana would […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 11.45am. GOVERNMENT’S decision against imposing a hotel levy to fund tourism should give the accommodation industry a welcome boost. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said he turned down a request for such a dedicated levy from the Tourism Department because it would further fragment tourism promotion, was not market-related and would […]
NEW Zealand Soccer (NZS) will apologise for Charlie Dempsey’s failure to vote in the deciding ballot for the 2006 World Cup, with a ”special” apology for South Africa. ”We will write, today, to all countries associated with FIFA, explaining New Zealand Soccer’s position because I think New Zealand Soccer’s taken too much of the brunt […]
An operation to separate a pair of eight-month-old conjoined Tanzanian twins is to be performed at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital this week, the hospital said on Monday. Hospital spokeswoman Diana Ross said the operation on Stella and Esther Alphonce had been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday but this date still had to be confirmed. This […]
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Peter Robinson CRICKET At the risk of reading too much into a single performance, South Africa might have to quickly make up their minds exactly what role they want Nantie Hayward to play in Sri Lanka. In a previous incarnation, Hayward was a red-headed, tearaway fast bowler who paid little heed to advice from his […]
Some members of the NNP have expressed doubts about the DP’s approach to opposition Jaspreet Kindra Senior New National Party leader Renier Schoeman is on a roadshow in KwaZulu-Natal this week trying to quell the fears of members who remain sceptical of the alliance with the Democratic Party. Sources say Schoeman, executive director of the […]
Ilana Gordon LIFESTYLE They lie in wait at every traffic light. A veritable cocktail of vendors selling an astonishing array of bizarre Made-in-China trinkets. Exactly what are those round plastic things with the pegs attached? It’s either a state-of-the-art mobile for kids, or something to hang your little laundry bits on. My personal favourite is […]