THERE are three newcomers to Northern Province’s reshuffled provincial cabinet, which was unveiled by Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi on Tuesday four days after his inauguration last week. They include Catherine Mabuza and Joe Maswangani as MECs in two new departments created by a partial restructuring of the provincial government. Mabuza previously served in the National Council […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Colombo | Wednesday 9.15am. SRI Lanka’s Tamil Tiger guerrillas are planning to send a top leader to South Africa to seek Pretoria’s help in ending the island’s separatist war, a press report in the capital Colombo said on Wednesday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) plann to send the group’s ideologue, Anton […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Wednesday 4.15pm. MPUMALANGA Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu owes the public a detailed explanation outlining why he appointed leaders to his cabinet who are admitted liars, the presiding bishop of the Methodist Church, Mvume Dandala, said on Wednesday. Dandala said Mahlangu’s planned apology for attempts to defend new finance MEC Jacques Modipane’s breach […]
MPUMALANGA’S former environmental affairs MEC Luckson Mathebula is due to appear in court for a second bail application on Thursday after being charged with the assassination of his estranged wife. The two gunmen who murdered Rose Aletta Mnisi in front of a group of primary school children are still at large but police arrested Mathebula […]
AN acute shortage of bread looms in Zimbabwe following threats by major bakers to stop production in protest at new prices imposed by government last week. According to press reports, Eddie Cross, chairperson of the Bakers Association of Zimbabwe, said the price of bread fixed by government, of 28 US cents per loaf, would be […]
KENYA’S Andrew Musuva outdueled Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Bekele and won the Grandma’s Marathon by four seconds in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 21 seconds on Saturday. Russian Fedro Ryjov was third at 2:13:32. Elena Makolova of Belarus set a course record in winning the women’s division in 2:29:12. Russian Albina Galliamova was runner-up at 2:30:02.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.45pm AUDITOR GENERAL Henri Kluever, South Africa’s widely respected watchdog of public accounts, announced on Wednesday that he is to step down from his post at the end of the year when his seven-year contract expires. He said that the Constitution does not allow him to serve a second term […]
A CONSTANT stench of cat urine has prompted outraged residents in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal to create four privately funded air pollution testing stations in the coal mining town. The testing stations will be funded by donations from residents and local businesses and are designed to test for dust, sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide. The stench in […]
THE KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service’s annual game auction, held in Mtubatuba at the weekend, raised more than R11-million for conservation and community development in the province. The takings were R1-million less than last year’s auction, but a record price was set for the sale of a white rhino mother and calf, which sold for R272000. […]
FOR the first time in three years, Wayne Ferreira goes into a Wimbledon championships fully fit with a good chance, says his coach, Kieren Vorster. “Wayne was injured at the French Open in 1997 and 1998 and went into Wimbledon with virtually no preparation at all. If he could make the third round in 1997 […]