AN INQUIRY into suspended Home Affairs director-general Albert Mokoena over allegations of misuse of state resources for private purposes began in Johannesburg on Thursday. Mokoena is facing charges of misconduct following an investigation by the Public Administration department, SABC TV news reported. The investigation follows a series of reports carried in a Sunday newspaper which […]

FAMILIES of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing may watch the trial of the two Libyan suspects in television centres in Britain and the United States, the chief prosecutor said on Thursday. Lord Advocate Lord Hardie said, after meeting victims’ families to discuss the trial, that one or two centres will be set up […]

KENYAN cricket authorities have named outspoken all-rounder Maurice Odumbe as national team captain to replace Asif Karim who retired last month. Odumbe captained Kenya to the 1996 World Cup, but was then removed after snubbing a call-up in 1997 for a New Zealand tour of Kenya. He was reprimanded and fined for criticising the country’s […]

ELEVEN African leaders met in Johannesburg on Thursday to discuss the tuberculosis epidemic that is rapidly becoming a crisis on the continent. SABC TV reports that the meeting was held to build foundations with South African health experts and form integrated relationships with all African leaders to fight the “biggest killer in Africa”. TB infection […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00pm WEDNESDAY’S firm gains on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were all but wiped out on Thursday as a tumbling gold price hit the gold board. By close of trade the all share index had dipped 1,14% — knocked by the all gold index which lost 4,59% and the price of […]

NIGERIA and Ghana, the co-hosts of the 2000 African Nations Cup, have agreed a fixture list for the upcoming tournament, to be approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The list was made public by the Nigerian Local Organising Committee for the event due to kick off in Accra, Ghana, on January 22. Ghana’s […]

FAMILY of SABC 2 continuity presenter and Generations actress Florence Masebe, who was shot outside her Johannesburg home on Wednesday night, are taking extra security measures to protect her. This follows fears by staff of a Johannesburg private clinic, where Masebe is recovering after a six-hour operation, that there could be a second attempt on […]

THREE of the most acclaimed world records in track and field are now official after the International Amateur Athletic Federation on Monday formally ratified new records in the 100m (Maurice Greene, 9.79 seconds), mile (Hicham El Guerrouj, 3:43.13) and decathlon (Tomas Dvorak, 8,994 points). Greene smashed Donovan Bailey’s 100m mark of 9.84 seconds from the […]

A MEMBER of the South African Police Service rapes a woman on average every two-and-a-half days, according to the Institute of Security Studies. A study by the institute found poor police work in rape cases, including dockets disappearing, and evidence being missed or ignored. The study found that police are understaffed and poorly trained, while […]

THE driver of a bus which overturned on the N1 highway near Klapmuts early on Friday, injuring seven people, shot himself in the head after the accident, Cape police said. He died at the scene. Boland police spokesman Captain William Reid said Minnie Jingele Dukuza, (36) of Khayelitsha was on his way to Cape Town. […]