MONDAY, 11.00AM: THE SA Football Association (Safa) will meet with its marketing arm Awesome Sports International (ASI) on Monday to discuss the withdrawal of Foodcorp as the sponsor of the Four Nations Cup. “I’m in the dark about the whole thing. I hope the meeting will bring some clarity,” said Safa CEO Danny Jordaan. ASI’s […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM FEARS have been expressed that the Jewish community could become the target of Muslim groups after the Cape Town home of a prominent Jewish resident was petrol-bombed early on Monday morning. The attack, reminiscent of recent shootings and bombings of houses of alleged drug dealers by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs vigilantes, followed […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: SOUTH AFRICAN striker Philemon Masinga has joined a Italian Serie A side, Bari, from his Serie B side Sarlenitana. Masinga, who joined Sarlenitana from St Gallen of Switzerland confirmed the move “I had a three-year contract (with Sarlenitana) but I had to terminate it because of the lucrative offer that presented itself. I […]
MONDAY, 5.00PM THE Department of Health has awarded a R7-million contract to a consortium of non-governmental organisations for the “Beyond Awareness” media campaign on Aids. The consortium, led by the Society for Family Health, includes the Community Agency for Social Enquiry (Case), Dramaide, Soul City, Ulwazi Educational Radio and Siyakha Communications. The consortium was selected […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM MANAGEMENT and labour at parastatal SA Forestry Company (Safcol) have reached agreement on the company’s imminent restructuring, including that it should not be split up. Business Day on Monday quoted a document outlining areas of agreement and disagreement in the ongoing negotiations on Safcol’s privatisation, which is due go before a cabinet committee […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM The houses of three councillors were burnt down over the weekend in separate incidents on the East Rand and Mpumalanga, as part of a violent campaign against town councils that cut electricity to non-paying residents. In Tsakane township near Boksburg, residents first assembled at the local soccer stadium for a protest meeting against […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM THE Financial Services Board is to intensify investigations into the increasing number of unregistered long-term life assurers who are operating in SA illegally. FSB and Registrar of Insurance executive officer Rick Cottrell said on Friday the board had received numerous complaints since the July relaxation of exchange control regulations of unregistered life assurers […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: The draw for the Iwisa Charity Soccer Spectacular will be made by Premier Soccer League officials at the Sunnyside Park hotel on Tuesday. Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Moroka Swallows and Mamelodi Sundowns have qualified for the draw. The four teams qualified by registering the most votes in a telephonic and postal vote system […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM THE Office for Serious Economic Offences is investigating 36 criminal cases involving R12-billion, a figure described by Oseo director Jan Swamepoel as “a drop in the ocean” compared with the total number of commercial crime cases reported to the police. Swanepoel added that Oseo has been seriously undermined by shortage of resources, and […]
MONDAY, 8.00AM A FORMER Western Cape security policeman seeking amnesty for torturing Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres on Monday demonstrated the “wet bag” technique to a truth commission hearing. Many of Jeff Benzien’s former victims looked on as he demonstrated the technique at African National Congress MP Tony Yengeni’s request. Benzien had in the past used […]