THE United Democratic Movement at Bushbuckridge on Thursday claims an Independent Electoral Commission official crooked the voting at nearby Cunningmoore polling station. United Democratic Movement spokesman Jerry Nkuna said the two-thirds majority achieved by the African National Congress at Cunningmoore on Wednesday was obtained fraudulently, and blamed IEC presiding officer Harries Maile. Nkuna said in […]
THE International Committee of the Red Cross will repatriate six Chadian prisoners of war held by the Ugandan army in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ugandan commander said on Thursday in Kisangani. Chadian troops who had been fighting alongside the army of President Laurent Kabila withdrew from the north of the country last month. […]
Peter Dickson Four trees planted by Govan Mbeki decades ago – before the long years on Robben Island – cast their welcome shade over the rundown house and shop in the dust bowl of Kwa- Sofutha, outside the decaying Transkei town of Idutywa. Since the windmill gave up the ghost in the 1980s and the […]
SOUTH Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen finished joint fourth in the British PGA Championship on Monday. The even was won by current holder Colin Montgomerie. Pre-tournament favourite Els struggled with his iron play on the final day on Monday and took 68 for a share of fourth place on 277. He was later joined […]
roams Justin Pearce The bakkie still rules in the Karoo. By 8am on election day, the Nissans and Isuzus of the Sutherland district begin bearing their cargo of voters to the polls – each with a white farmer at the wheel and coloured farm workers in the back. They travel along long dirt roads where […]
Drive-in movies are about to take on a whole new meaning as in-car entertainment gets under way. Ashley Norris reports Forget I-Spy! If the kids in the back of your car are restless, you’ll soon be able to entertain them with Rugrats: The Movie on digital versatile disc (DVD) in cinema-style surround sound. In the […]
Mungo Soggot The Pretoria High Court has dealt another blow to the Mpumalanga Gaming Board by refusing leave to appeal against a court order instructing them to hand over videotapes and documents of its deliberations. The decision is the latest in a series of court orders which have reversed or implicitly questioned decisions taken by […]
They know that most South Africans don’t care about Kosovo, but the Yugoslav community of Johannesburg feel strongly about what’s happening in their motherland, writes Kit Peel It seems there is no stopping the United States president. To divert the limelight from the famous “safe sex” Starr report, Bill Clinton began one of the most […]
Andrew Muchineripi in Durban Soccer The moment of truth has arrived for Bafana Bafana after a 2000 African Nations Cup qualifying campaign that has proved more difficult than many supporters expected. South Africa lead the Group 4 standings with seven points entering the penultimate round this weekend followed by Gabon with six, surprise packets Mauritius […]
David Shapshak You can’t help feeling as if someone is on the verge of saying: “Houston, we have a problem.” The main auditorium of the Pretoria showground has been commandeered by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and transformed into a hi-tech election nerve centre, complete with the buzz akin to Nasa-like rocket launches. More accustomed […]