THE expertise of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu could be called upon to help with plans to put on trial leaders of the Khmer Rouge, according to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. “We are looking at the South African example of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an interesting one, where they have the end […]

ACTIVITIES at the Lagos docks were at a standstill on Thursday, the third day running, due to a strike by licensed customs agents protesting against the continued presence of unauthorised security agencies at the waterfront. The customs agents said they will continue with the strike until the banned agencies leave the ports, as directed by […]

JAPAN’S ex-premier Ryutaro Hashimoto left Johannesburg on Saturday after a four-day visit to South Africa that an embassy official said was “very successful.” Hashimoto met Deputy President Thabo Mbeki twice during the visit, aimed at cementing ties between the countries. Hashimoto, now a senior foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, arrived in South […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 7.30pm. Ernie Els shot a four-under-par final round of 68 on Sunday to win the Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship in Johannesburg, the opening event of the European Tour, by four strokes. Els finished at 273, 15-under-par, for his third PGA title. Fellow South African Richard Kaplan was second on 277 […]

THE EXECUTIVE of the United Cricket Board of South Africa on Sunday declared that 21-year-old pace bowler Makhaya Ntini would be eligible for selection to all national teams. With the squad to play the West Indies in the upcoming one-day series scheduled to be announced at Centurion Park on Monday, speculation was rife that Ntini, […]

QUESTIONS over the bowling action of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan have resurfaced after a leading South African umpire joined in the chorus of doubters. South African official Peter van der Merwe, now in Australia working as a match referee for the tri-series, limited-overs tournament between Australia, England and Sri Lanka, said he will be […]

JOHANNESBURG youth radio station YFM was hit by robbers late on Thursday night, who assaulted staffers and stole their possessions. Ten armed men stormed the station’s studio in Troyeville at about 11.30pm, forcing late-night presenter Msizi Shembe and his producer Desmond Mashaba to open the station’s safe. When they discovered there was no cash stored […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 9.45pm. SEVERAL hundred supporters of the radical Moslem organisation Qibla on Friday brought the centre of Cape Town to a standstill with an anti-Zionist march, but avoided a feared clash with police. The march, which police had vowed to stop, went ahead after Qibla won an urgent High Court […]

RETIEF Goosen, a member of South Africa’s Alfred Dunhill Cup-winning doubles golf team, withdrew from the South African PGA Championship after the first round on Thursday. Tournament officials said Goosen has a fractured left arm, the legacy of a skiing accident in Switzerland over Christmas, and it has not healed enough for him to continue. […]

allegations Thokozani Mtshali A doctor in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, has filed a charge with the police against faceless culprits who are spreading allegations that he injected patients with HIV-infected blood. The police believe the rumours were started by people who are jealous of Dr Phillip Pretorious’s thriving private practice. Pretorious (50) has laid a charge […]