THE African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party on Thursday agreed to form a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal. In a joint statement the parties said that they commit themselves to a need for the formation of a coalition government between the ANC and IFP. They said they hope “to finalise the talks in due […]
THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee is considering reopening the amnesty application hearing by security policemen who killed Matthew Goniwe and three other Eastern Cape activists known as the Cradock Four in 1985, TRC spokesman Phila Nqgumba said on Thursday. This comes after George Bizos SC, who appeared for the families of the four […]
THE Lions kicked off their Currie Cup campaign with a 22-16 win over Eastern Province on Sunday, seeing off a spirited fightback. The Vodacom Cup winners scored three tries to two against the Port Elizabeth team.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Port Elizabeth | Wednesday 8.30pm. THE Springboks are not taking their two-Test series against Italy for granted, despite the visitors’ thrashing this week against a minor provincial side, captain Gary Teichmann said on Wednesday. The Boks captain told reporters in Port Elizabeth — where his team will meet Italy on Saturday for the […]
A farm school teacher in the Mondeor area was shot and killed in a classroom on Thursday. Nandi Mhlongo, 31, was conducting classes at the Oliphantsvlei farm pre-school on the Eikenhof/Lenasia Road at about 9.15am. Two men entered the classroom and demanded the whereabouts of the principal. One of the men fired two shots at […]
A GANG of robbers escaped with more than R1-million when they hit a cash transporter at Pretoria’s Centurion shopping mall on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Inspector Gideon Thessner said two armed men hijacked the Khulani Springbok Patrols van at the mall while it was occupied by a single guard, and ordered him to drive to Clubview, […]
THE National Maize Producers’ Organisation has been dissolved to make way for a new national controlling body made up of a coalition of the country’s four main grain producers’ organisations. Nampo’s demise was ratified at a congress on a farm outside Bothaville in the Northern Free State on Wednesday. The new grain body will be […]
ZIMBABWE admitted on Thursday that the village of Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo has fallen to rebel forces, but said southern African troops made a “tactical withdrawal”. Army spokesman Chancellor Diye said in a statement that just 94 men had held out at Manono, the birthplace of DRC President Laurent Kabila, against several […]
MOROCCO beat Guinea 1-0 in an African Nations’ Cup group two qualifier on Saturday night in Rabat. Morocco’s only goal, scored in the first half, wnet to Abdeljalil Hadda in the 6th minute — in front of a crowd of 70000.
SOUTH Africa’s last Olympic festival of the millenium will take place on July 4 in Johannesburg when Nocsa hosts the Coca Cola Olympic Day north of Johannesburg. The festival, which will take in 5km and 10km fun runs, with no entrance fee, takes place at Olympic House in Melrose. Sporting celebrities Olympic marathon champion Josia […]