WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM A CAPE Town schoolgirl has been awarded R70 000 in damages for emotional anguish suffered at the hands of her mother’s lover, who raped her repeatedly from the age of nine to 12. The girl sued the rapist in a civil case after he was jailed for seven years in 1995 for the […]
WEDNESDAY, 2.30PM THE National Party is to press ahead with its plan to take the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to court for a ruling on its accusations that the TRC has has been biased in its dealings with the party, NP justice representative Sheila Camerer said on Tuesday. Camerer’s statement comes in the wake of […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: THE South African Springbok side broke their 1995 record winning score of 60-8 against Samoa when they trounced Tonga 74-10 in their one-off Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday night. South Africa ploughed through the Tongans right from the start, notching up 12 points in the first eight minutes, and finishing […]
ECSTASY CHARGE DROPPED A CHARGE of possession of the designer drug ecstasy against Dr Johannes Koekemoer, 54, was withdrawn in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court last week. Koekemoer was arrested in February, allegedly in possession of 56 ecstasy tablets. The charge was apparently withdrawn at the request of the attorney-general. Koekemoer was arrested during police follow-up […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM: THE South African men’s hockey team drew 3-3 with Italy in their international match at the Trefontane Stadium in Rome on Monday. The South Africans started off strongly, scoring two goals in the first quarter — one from Greg Nicol in the 10th minute, and the next from Mike Cullen three minutes later. […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM JOHANNESBURG Consolidated Investments on Monday psotponed for the third time retrenchments at its Randfontein Estate Gold Mine to allow the National Union of Mineworkers time to complete a report on the proposed axing of 4 100 jobs. At the same time as it announced the new postponement, the company warned the NUM that […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM: THE South African Rugby Football Union on Monday announced the Emerging Springbok team to play the British Lions in Wellington on June 17. The side, made up of the strongest young players from the provinces, will begin training on Sunday in Cape Town. Emerging Springboks: MJ Smith, Keon Kayser, Percy Montgomery, McNeil Hendricks, […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM SOUTH African Airways, the star Transnet subsidiary up for privatisation, has liabilites totalling R6-billion, and may even be technically insolvent, with liabilities exceeding assets by R600-million, which will get in the way of any potential privatisation of the state airline. SAA holding company parastatal Transnet has a R17-billion pension fund deficit, which may […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM SIERRA Leone’s new military leaders, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, have offered to relinquish power on payment of an undisclosed sum of money, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday. However, a junta representative has dismissed the claim as a “blatant lie” and an attempt “to confuse people”. The […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: THE National Sports Council has retracted the statement it made on Sunday criticising the draft Sport and Recreation Bill as unconstitutional. The Council said on Monday the Bill has its support in principle, but the way in which it has been drafted is unacceptable. NSC president Mluleki George said the council’s executive committee […]