DRC EDITOR HELD POLICE in the Democratic Republic of Congo have detained the managing editor of the daily Le Palmares, Michael Luya, for questioning, inspector Raus Chalwe said on Monday. Chalwe said Luya was detained “in connection with an inquiry” and will be freed once certain checks have been carried out, without giving further details. […]

MONDAY, 3.00PM JAILED former commander of the Vlakplaas police hit-squad Eugene de Kock was forced to take part in the 1989 Motherwell car bombing to ensure he did not testify against his superiors at the Harms commission of inquiry, his lawyer told before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Monday. De Kock, who is serving […]

MONDAY, 11.30AM MARKETERS of agricultural products have been caught unawares by a notice in the Government Gazette extending government’s regulatory powers over the marketing of several farm products. In terms of the notice, Land and Agriculture Minister Derek Hanekom acquires regulatory powers over a range of previously unregulated products including coffee, tea, poultry and sugar […]

MONDAY, 1.00PM: ZIMBABWE finished the fourth day of their test match against New Zealand on 153/3 on Sunday. This gave them a 210 lead with seven wickets in hand. Grant Flower and Gavin Rennie gave the Zimbabweans a fine start with a run a ball 75 run stand for the first wicket. Captain Alistair Campell […]

MONDAY, 8.00AM MATHOLE MOTSHEKGA, the outsider the African National Congress worked so hard to keep out of the Gauteng leadership, won the provincial chairmanship by a landslide on Sunday. In the final round of voting for the chairmanship, he beat favoured candidate Frank Chikane by 343 votes to 179. The vote ends a three-month power […]

MONDAY, 1.30PM MONDAY’S Zambia Post claims that Lusaka police chiefs sent radio messages ordering snipers to fire on opposition leader Kenneth Kaunda last month. Kaunda and fellow opposition leader Rodger Chongwe were shot and injured when police broke up an opposition rally in Kabwe on August 23. The Post says it interviewed unnamed policemen who […]

MONDAY, 1.00PM: FREE STATE collected muximum points when they beat Border 50-3 in a Currie Cup encounter at the Basil Kenyon Stadium in East London on Sunday. Free State led 28-3 at the break from four goals and a penalty. After 13 minutes, Free State were leading 21-0 through tries by hooker Naka Drotske, left […]

MONDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Amanda Coetzer lost 6-2 4-6 6-3 to world’s second-ranked player, Jana Novotna, in the final of the $450 000 Leipzig Open in Leipzig, Germany on Sunday. Coetzer qualified for the final after she ousted top-ranked Swiss sensation Martina Hingis in the semi-finals. “I’m not a machine, it rarely happens to me […]

MONDAY, 1.00PM: JOHN McEnroe won the MTN Champions tennis tournament at Sandton Square Gardens after beating top seed Johan Kriek 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 for the second time in eight days on Sunday. “My service started off a little ineffective, but it got better as the set progressed and I was starting to feel much better […]

MONDAY, 11.30AM The customs and excise department on Friday reported a balance of trade surplus of R571-million in August, after a R453-million adjustment for oil imports. Excluding the oil adjustment would have taken the surplus to R1,02-billion. Economists and analysts place the surplus in the bottom of the expected range, but added that the volatility […]