THE Department of Agriculture said at the weekend that it will not issues permits for the movement and slaughter of baboons to an abattoir on which construction was due to begin on Monday. Department concultant Dr Hym Ebedes said that as a result, the abattoir is unlikely to get off the ground. He added that […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control and rolled his government issue Mercedes Benz. Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs.Mthembu was alone in the car and no other vehicles were involved in […]
ALAN Boesak, disgraced former anti-apartheid cleric, on Monday makes his first important appeal against his six-month jail sentence. Boesak and his legal team have until Monday afternoon to submit their final legal documentation on the plea on four counts of fraud and theft. A senior clerk at the appellate division in Cape Town, Amanda Gouws, […]
LAWRENCE Dallaglio, captain of England’s rugby side, is quoted in the British tabloid News of the World saying he used to deal in drugs, and that he and unnamed England teammates celebrated the Lions’ 1997 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa with Ecstasy and cocaine. The Rugby Football Union has issued a statement saying […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rally for Congolese Democracy, has chosen Dr Emile Ilunga as its new chairman, replacing Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba who was ousted on Sunday night. Both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America reported yesterday that Dr Ilunga, a medical doctor from […]
LIBERIAN President Charles Taylor on Saturday reinstated cabinet ministers and heads of public corporations whom he sacked last week for failing to attend a national prayer service. In a radio address, Taylor said he took the decision based on appeals “for clemency for the dismissed officials from all quarters of our society, including the religious […]
PHIL BLENKINSOP, Amstelveen | Monday 2.15pm. FRESH from their destruction of England, South Africa undertake a one-game continental tour to face winless Kenya on Wednesday with only one result possible. A defeat for the tournament favourites would be a shock measuring nine on the cricket Richter scale but the expected victory for South Africa would […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 10.30am. FORMER Springbok captain Tiann Strauss was on Monday named in Australia’s 22-man squad. Strauss became eligible to play for Australia this season after completing his three year residential term, although he was named as a replacement. David Wilson was reappointed as Wallaby rugby captain, replacing injured skipper John […]
SACHIN TENDULKAR, grieving over the death of his father, will rejoin the Indian team in time for their World Cup match against Sri Lanka on May 26, team officials confirmed here on Thursday. Manager Brijesh Patel said he was informed of Tendulkar’s return by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Tendulkar, the key […]
CLARE LOVELL, London | Sunday 12.15pm. – South Africa underlined their position as World Cup favourites when they crushed England by 122 runs in a Group A match on Saturday, dismissing them for 103 in only 41 overs at The Oval. Fast bowler Allan Donald ripped the heart out of the England batting with four […]