SPRINGBOK South African flanker Corne Krige is sure to miss the World Cup after suffering a knee injury early in the first half of Saturday’s test defeat by the All Blacks in Dunedin. The Springboks were beaten 28-0. Krige, 24, had to come off after just 10 minutes and will fly back home on Monday […]
AFRICAN leaders pledged to continue respecting the existing borders inherited at the time of independence. In a declaration adopted at the Organisation of African Unity meeting, they said the respect of this principle had helped in the preservation of the continent’s peace and stability. In the ‘Algiers Declaration’, the leaders reaffirmed that they will to […]
THE former producer of SABC3’s Special Assignment programme, Max du Preez, has been appointed editor of Penta Publications’ De Kat magazine. The editorial staff of the magazine recently resigned. SABC management decided not to renew Du Preez’s contract a few months ago after accusing him of insubordination and racism. Du Preez was founding editor of […]
CAMEROON triple jumper Francoise Mbango broke the African record in the discipline in La Roche-Sur-Yon, Frnace, on Sunday jumping 14.66m to beat the old mark set by Algeria’s Baya Rahouli by 47cm. The 23-year-old, whose jump put her into the world’s top 10 performances, remained unmoved by her achievement. “Before I came here I had […]
SEVERAL former security policemen claim ex-president PW Botha approved the murder of eight anti-apartheid activists when he was head of state in 1985, the Truth Commission said Thursday. Some of 12 former security policemen who will appear before the TRC next week will testify that Botha, now 83, and his cabinet approved the killings, the […]
DENNIS BARNETT, Bangui | Wednesday 3.30pm. ALMOST 13000 people, including 6000 Democratic Republic of Congo government troops, have fled the northern Gbadolite region for neighbouring Central African Republic. The exodus follows the capture of Gbadolite, the home town of late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, by a DR Congo rebel movement. “This presence is worrying,” […]
TUESDAY, 10.00AM: BOTHA ROSSOUW, the former Springbok loose forward, will return to the South Western Districts Eagles rugby side for their Currie Cup match against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Friday night. Rossouw has been troubled by a knee injury for most of the season, and will add spice to the SWD pack […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM: THE National Productivity Institute on Tuesday said South African companies have been slow in taking advantage of the open South African economy, preferring an inward focus on the domestic market. According to National Productivity Institute marketing management manager Grey van der Hoff, South African firms are inclined to “continue focusing on the local […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM: THE South African sugar industry may grow quite easily after two seasons of record harvests, according to Dan MacLeod, South African Sugar Association chairman. The 1997/98 season produced a record 2404-million tons of the sweetener, and the 1998/99 harvest has been estimated to be about 2,7-million tons. A normal crop is at present […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm. AN 18-year search for one of South Africa’s most famous vessels, the SS Waratah, has come to an end. Her wreck was found off the eastern seaboard off the Transkei coast in June, marine explorer Emlyn Brown said on Wednesday. It was his ninth expedition since 1983 to find […]