A FREAK storm, which swept through Alice in the Eastern Cape on Sunday afternoon, left at least one person dead and three others injured, television news reported on Monday. Over 188 households were destroyed and uprooted trees were strewn in the streets. Villagers said roofs from their houses were lifted by a violent wind and […]

ANGLO American Platinum Corporation on Monday announced an increase in headline earnings of R291,1-million or 70,3% to R705,2-million for the six months to the end of December. This comes after headline earnings of R414,1-million for the same period last year. Dividends per share rose by 69,6% to 195 cents per share.

A MEMBER of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs was granted bail in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate Court on Monday. Yacoob Jacobs and four other Pagad accused face charges with car theft and illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and two detonators in connection with an alleged plot to bomb Parliament. They were arrested en route […]

THREE as yet unnamed South Africans have had their helicopter, two large trucks and a bulldozer impounded by Mozambican police and have been charged with illegal poaching. Police detained the men during a raid on a Chimoio bush camp on February 12 after they allegedly tried to herd and capture rare sable antelope and other […]

RESULTS in Cape Town on Sunday of the World 1,3 litre Offshore Powerboat Championship at Table Bay: 1. Sweden Magnus Osterhoom (driver)/ Stefan Bohlmark (navigator) 869 points. 2. Sweden Per Oscarsson (driver)/Per Holmin (navigator) 640 points. 3. Sweden Thomas Rosen (driver)/Carin Nylen (navigator) 557 points. 4. Sweden Johan Fourong (driver)/Annika Tibblin (navigator) 467 points. 5. […]

HOPING to speed up its work, the United Nations tribunal, which is trying suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide of nearly 800000 opened a third courtroom on Monday and swore in three new judges. The new chamber, in Arusha, Tanzania, will help “bring to justice those who committed heinous crimes in Rwanda,” said tribunal spokesperson […]

ZAMBIA beat Malawi 1-0 in the opening group B match of the 11th Africa Under-20 football championship played at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Monday. The Zambians owe their victory to midfielder Stephen Kabwe, who tied the defence into a knot, and crossed from the right for substitute Lundu Ezzie to head the […]

ZIMBABWE will try and reverse a decision to strip them of the 2000 African Nations Cup when they meet African soccer supremo Issa Hayatou on March 6 in Ghana. Hayatou chaired Confederation of African Football talks in Cte d’Ivoire last month which charged Zimbabwe with making insufficient progress in building stadiums or developing media infrastructure. […]

SOUTH African Rugby Football Union chief Rian Oberholzer reminded provincial rugby coaches on Monday that unless they choose black players for the Currie Cup, Sarfu will force them to do so. Oberholzer stressed that the burden of proof lay with the provinces, since black players had not been given a fair chance so far. The […]