OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.30pm. DISGRACED former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has won the sympathy of someone catching as much flak as he is – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The Star on Wednesday quoted Mugabe as saying: “I’m heartbroken by what the chap is going through. I never thought he would be […]
TELEPHONES began ringing in Northern Province premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s office on Wednesday. This was the first time in 12 days that the phones rang after Telkom suspended the service on June 2 to force the province to pay an allegedly outstanding bill of R39 million. Government spokesman Jack Mokobi confirmed that most phones in the […]
IN developments outside the King Commission, papers have been served to challenge Judge Edwin King’s decision last week not to allow television cameras to record evidence given to the Commission. Last week e-tv and Live Africa Network News had asked Judge King to allow cameras into the hearings in an effort to make proceedings more […]
A REPORT released by the Southern African Rivers Association has found that it was a contravention of its code not to ensure that 13 tourists who died in a rafting disaster in March were wearing life jackets. The disaster victims, who were all connected to a Port Elizabeth law firm, died when a tributary of […]
UGANDA has described a demand by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that Rwandan and Ugandan troops leave the Democratic Republic of Congo as “simplistic”. National Political Commissar James Wapakabulo said the implementation of the Lusaka peace accord, signed in the Zambian capital in July last year, is “the only viable option for the resolution of […]
SHIVNARINE Chanderpaul hit a century as the West Indies drew with Zimbabwe in their three-day fixture at Arundel on Monday. The match ended tamely with Zimbabwe on 108 for one after being set a target of 333. Opener Trevor Gripper reached 66 not out. Chanderpaul struck 18 boundaries in his undefeated 103 off 149 deliveries. […]
ENGLAND winger Dan Luger has been recalled to the side for the first Test against the Springboks at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. Luger will make his first appearance for England after missing the entire Six Nations tournament with a groin injury. Luger last played for England in the World Cup. Julian White, the […]
THE Johannesburg stock exchange said on Tuesday that it is recalculating all the trading carried out late on Monday to correct “anomalies” in its backup system after technical problems halted the session. “Subsequent to this, the JSE was made aware of certain anomalies in the JET hot backup system and has had to declare all […]
PORT Elizabeth police said they will not prosecute a couple who attacked and killed an intruder in their home on a smallholding outside the city. The armed man entered the house of Brian Knox, 50, and his wife, Anne-Marie, 47, while they were having dinner, and confronted them. Mr Knox apparently grabbed the man and […]
Former President Nelson Mandela is due to visit one of Burundi’s controversial "regroupment camps" as he continues his mission to try to bring peace to the troubled country.