TUESDAY, 9.00AM: THE British Lions management met with the South African Rugby Football Union’s general manager of refereeing and the chairman of the SA Referees’ Society on Monday to settle issues of refereeing before the 12-match tour begins. “What I don’t want to do is find out we’ve got problems on the field. What I […]
MINE VIOLENCE LOOMS THE National Union of Mineworkers has called on police to prevent violence between its own members and a militant rival group called Workers Mouthpiece at the Amplats mine in Rustenburg. The NUM accused mine management of collaborating with the “small gang”, resulting in assaults on its branch leaders. SWAZI PAPER THREATENED THE […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: NEARLY 13 700 runners have entered the 1997 Comrades Marathon, to be run on June 16 from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal. A record 203 of the runners are foreigners, from neighbouring African states, America, Britain, Austria, Australia, Japan, Cuba and The Gambia. Comrades Marathon Association chairman Adrian Stowell said the response from […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM THE Reserve Bank’s foreign exchange control division may be used to fight rampant money laundering as government progressively lifts foreign exchange control restrictions. It is believed that discussions have taken place on the possibility of using the Bank’s exchange control division to police money laundering activities once restrictions are lifted. Registrar of Banks […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM The national executive committee of the African National Congress on Monday decided that Bushbuckridge should stay in Northern Province, a move which is bound to anger residents pushing for the area to be incorporated in Mpumalanga. In a statement released after the decision was taken, the ANC, referring to recent rioting in the […]
TUESDAY, 10.30AM JOHANNESBURG Consolidated Investments’ discussions on a potential merger with international mining giant Lonrho are under threat after local mining houses Avmin and Gencor took an active interest in acquiring a stake in Lonrho. Avmin has declined to comment on the report, and Gencor’s directors are overseas. It is believed Avmin is about to […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM: THE British Lions landed in South Africa in Johannesburg on Sunday, for an eight-week tour against the provinces and the national side, their first SA tour in 17 years. South African Rugby Football Union president Louis Luyt suggested in his welcoming speech that in future, the British side tour South Africa more frequently, […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM THE Gauteng housing department is reviewing proposals by the mineral and energy affairs department that suggest savings of billions of rands a year could be achieved by using “passive solar” designs for low-cost housing. Energy department figures suggest that R1-billion could be saved annually in health and energy costs if only half of […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela and foreign affairs minister Alfred Nzo arrived in Zimbabwe today for a three-day state visit, to be met at the Harare International Airport by President Robert Mugabe, vice-president Joshua Nkomo, and almost the entire cabinet and diplomatic corps. Mugabe praised Mandela’s role in the Great Lakes crisis, and said he […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM: KAIZER CHIEFS scoredd a 5-1 victory over Michau Warriors at Johannesburg Stadium on Sunday, despite losing their captain Neil Tovey to injury. Chiefs played aggressively from the start, and demolished Warriors’ defence. Four of the five goals came from Mark Williams, in top form with hopes to rejoin the Bafana Bafana side, for […]