THURSDAY, 5.30PM IN A move that has been taken as a sign that the dissolution of parliament and the announcement of elections is imminent, the Kenyan government on Wednesday suddenly introduced a reform Bill for debate in the legislature. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, tabled by attorney-general Amos Wako, allows the formation of a […]

WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH African Rugby Football Union CEO Rian Oberholzer on Wednesday confirmed that Sarfu has received two new nominations for both president and vice-president. Speaking in Cape Town, Oberlholzer said Border’s Mluleki George and Natal’s Keith Parkinson will oppose Louis Luyt for the presidency. Mpumalanga and Eastern Province presidents Hennie Erasmus and Silas Nkanunu […]

THURSDAY, 1.30PM The world’s third-largest oil company, Mobil Corporation, is set to launch an “aggressive marketing campaign” into lubricants in South Africa, to boost local subsidiary Mobil Oil SA. Local MD John Pototsky said on Thursday tens of millions of dollars will be invested in the South African oil market. Mobil left SA in 1989 […]

THURSDAY, 4.00PM PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela on Thursday ordered the chiefs of the police and army to to refine security measures already in place to combat crime and gang violence on the Cape Flats. The order follows a special security meeting involving security chiefs and Cabinet ministers called by the president at his Cape Town residence […]

WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM A PATHOLOGIST told an inquest into the death of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief Muziwendoda Mdluli that it was extremely unusual for a person to commit suicide by shooting himself in the middle of the forehead. Pathologist Dr Stefaans Hofmeyr said it was more common for a right-handed person to shoot himself […]

WEDNESDAY, 4.15PM The country’s first major Internet survey to enjoy the co-operation of the key players has found that the number of South African dial-up users is 50% higher than generally believed. The study also reveals that the average Internet Service Provider has doubled its customer base over the past year. The survey, based on […]

WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM PEPSICO has announced the spin-off of their restaurant interests world-wide through the formation of Tricon Global Restaurants Incorporated. Three divisions within the new organisation are geared towards the US market. A fourth arm, Tricon Restaurants International (TRI), is focused on international business, including South Africa. TRI now replaces PepsiCo Restaurants International in the […]

WEDNESDAY, 6.00PM The former military strongman of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, appeared on Wednesday to have routed government forces to take the country’s two major towns, Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. An exodus of terrified Brazzaville residents who fled across the Congo river to Kinshasa today, report that Nguesso’s final bloody assault on […]

ANOTHER RWANDA MASSACRE HUTU Interahamwe militiamen killed close to 40 Tutsi refugees in a Rwandan camp on Tuesday, setting alight tents and trapping many people in the the flames. Rwandan officials said on Wednesday that rescuers were still combing through wreckage and did not yet have a final death toll. The attackers, believed to be […]

WEDNESDAY, 5.00PM SOUTH AFRICA will have its first public hearing into ‘racism’ at schools, the government’s Human Rights Commission announced on Wednesday. Three commissioners, assisted by two education experts, will hear written and oral evidence about the explulsion of twelve youths from Springs Boys High School in Gauteng. A commission statement said twelve pupils at […]