OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.15am. EASTERN Province rugby administrator Silas Nkanunu will be named the new president of the South African Rugby Football Union at Sarfu’s annual election on September 1. Nkanunu was the only nominee for the post, which has been vacant since Louis Luyt was ousted as SA rugby chief. The elections […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 10.00PM ZIMBABWEAN troops have flown into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo state television reported on Thursday. The station, which showed pictures of rifle-bearing troops descending from an aircraft at Kinshasa’s N’djili airport, did not say how many troops had arrived or whether troops from other Southern African Development Community countries […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.00PM THE United States has attacked two chemical factories on the outskirts of Khartoum in Sudan, and six “terrorist-related facilities” in Afghanistan. In a live broadcast from Martha’s Vinyard before returning to the White House, US President Bill Clinton said the attacks were not only in retaliation for the August […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.45pm LOCAL stocks surged into Wednesday morning with far stronger undertones pushing the market up in early trade. Most of the gains were eroded in the afternoon session, however, as persistent fears over the Russian economy dragged the market off its highs. Dealers said most of the morning’s bullish […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 8.30PM A STORMY debate in Parliament over the Employment Equity Bill ended when the Freedom Front walked out of the House on Thursday. The African National Congress, Inkatha Freedom Party and Pan Africanist Congress all supported the bill, which seeks to promote the position of previously disadvantaged people in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 3.00pm. THE United Nations on Wednesday night said it will watch with interest a possible South African government investigation into claims that the former government was involved in the mysterious 1961 death of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. The UN’s response comes after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Wednesday […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT in Cape Town | Wednesday 10.30pm. Only 60% of South Africa’s computer systems will be year 2000 compliant at the turn of the century if the current pace of solving the year 2000 problem (Y2K) does not pick up, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Castle in Cape Town […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT in Kimberly | Wednesday 10.00pm. RIGHTWING activist Willem Ratte and 10 accomplices were planning to “take over the government” using anti-tank weaponry, RPG7 rocket launchers and mortars they tried to steal from the Pomfret military base in 1997, the Kimberley Regional Court heard on Wednesday. In his testimony, base commander Colonel Daan van […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Gland | Wednesday 3.15pm. THE African rhino population is slowly growing, in response to intensive conservation work, the World Wide Fund for Nature announced in Gland, Switzerland on Wednesday. The WWF said the known total of all African rhinos grew from 9971 in 1995 to 11065 in 1997 “It may not seem a […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00PM. THE Transport and General Workers’ Union and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union are planning industrial action to protest against a “secret payroll” of the Airports Company of SA’s management. Nehawu spokesman Allistair Charles said the dispute extended to the failure of the comapny to resolve wage […]