ANDREW MUCHINERIPI, Pretoria | Friday 11.00am THERE was a big win for Orlando Pirates, a little win for Kaizer Chiefs and a thrilling draw between Free State Stars and SuperSport United when the dust had settled on the Wednesday night Castle Premiership action. Pirates were five goals ahead of hapless Mother City within 35 minutes […]
SOUTH Africa’s roads have claimed 170 lives since the start of the Easter break, Arrive Alive said on Thursday. The highest incidence of fatalities was recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, with 33 people losing their lives. The Northern Province, Mpumalanga and the Free State each reporting 24 deaths. Sixty five pedestrians, 71 passengers and 34 drivers have […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission has about R290-million sitting in its coffers, but cannot distribute it to apartheid victims because it does not have the necessary clearance from the government. To date about R31-million in urgent interim relief has been distributed to victims, Hlengiwe Mkhize, head of the TRC’s reparations committee, said on Monday. The […]
A BI-NATIONAL agreement aimed at boosting trade between South Africa and Vietnam was signed in Pretoria on Tuesday. Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Lindiwe Hendriks said the agreement will open the doors of trade for both countries and that it will serve as a legal framework to safeguard the interests of the businessman. Amongst other […]
SIX West African nations have signed an agreement to adopt a common currency by 2003, the Wall Street Journal reports. A joint declaration last week by leaders of the English-speaking countries of Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia, as well as French-speaking Guinea, also calls for possible monetary union with eight francophone West African […]
BRONWEN ROBERTS, Johannesburg | Friday 10.15pm. CHINESE President Jiang Zemin left for home late on Thursday after a four-day state] visit to South Africa marked by the signing of a declaration calling for a new world order. Jiang made a pilgrimage on Thursday to Robben Island, off Cape Town, where former president Nelson Mandela was […]
ZIMBABWEAN police on Friday charged Obed Zilwa, a South African photograper who works for the Associated Press, with the bombing of pro-opposition Zimbabwe newspaper, the Daily News. “He is being charged with throwing or planting a bomb with the intention of destroying a building,” Jonathan Samkange, the lawyer representing Zilwa said. If convicted, Zilwa could […]
NIGERIA said the devastating toll from malaria and Aids in Africa called for a total writeoff of the continent’s foreign debt to free resources to combat the twin scourges. “The gravity of the malaria problem with all its ramifications, provides a strong case for the forgiveness of all African debts,” Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo told […]
MANAGING Director of Boland PKS Riaan Stassen and its financial director Andre du Plessis have resigned, the Business Day reports. Their resignations are being linked to clashes between executives from Boland and from holding company BoE. According to the paper the differences relate to future stategies for Boland PKS and an enquiry by BoE into […]
Heather Hogan LIFESTYLE Weed lovers, now you can legally grow marijuana in your own homes without fear – the virtual kind that is! Slick Software has produced an amazing marijuana-type Tamagoshi package known as HighGrow Legal Marijuana Growing. You have to see it to believe it. You can select three seeds out of 24 options […]