WEDNESDAY, 8.00AM The entire youth executive of the Gauteng National Party resigned last night to join up with their former leader Roelf Meyer, who quit the party at the weekend. Youth leader Paulo Andrade said Meyer was the “last enlightened visionary thinker” in the party. Meyer’s dismissal a week ago as leader of an NP […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.00AM: NEWLY appointed South African Football Association director of coaching, Horst Kriete of Germany, said on Tuesday he thinks victory is possible for underdogs Bafana Bafana in the match against England at Old Trafford this Saturday. He said the South African team, currently placed 25th in the world rankings, has “a psychological advantage because […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM The sanctions committee of the UN Security Council says Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi violated UN sanctions by flying in a flotilla of aircraft to Niger and Nigeria two weeks ago. Kadhafi also announced that he was flying to South Africa, but then returned home without explanation. Niger and Nigeria have denied knowingly violating […]
WEDNESDAY, 4.00PM THE Bushbuckridge Border Committee on Wednesday rejected “with contempt” the decision by the national executive commitee of the African National Congress that the area remain part of the Northern Province. Residents of Bushbuckridge have been attempting for some years to have the area incorporated in Mpumalanga, leading in recent weeks to several violent […]
WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM NELSON MANDELA heads a guest list of eight heads of state and 700 other political and business leaders from 45 countries in Harare for talks on regional economic integration. Organised by the SADC and the Swiss-based World Economic Forum, the massive conference aims to discuss ways to make the region more attractive to […]
WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday reported that negotiations to establish a transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are proving to be more complex than anticipated. Mbeki told the National Assembly that he is nonetheless confident that there will be an announcement on the authority in the next few days. […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM The latest Global Competitiveness Report compiled by the World Economic Forum shows South Africa at 44th of the 53 countries listed, one place lower down the list than last year’s rating. New entry to the list, the Slovak Republic, entered at 35th position, which pushed SA down. There were three other newcomers to […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.30AM The government on Tuesday released its plans for the long-awaited National Development Agency and gave details about the transformation of the Industrial Development Trust into a development implementation agnecy. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said Cabinet had recently adopted the recommendations of the National Development Agency advisory committee, including that the […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM: TIMES of Swaziland manager Paul Loffler has been summoned to the royal court today for what he suspects will a “thorough bollocking” for his newspaper’s story that King Mswati owed the Mbabane City Council $6 400 in unpaid rates. Loffler said he was likely to face between 30 and 40 of the King’s […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.00AM: SOUTH AFRICAN golfing hero Ernie Els will break his commitment to the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan for the second year running, to represent South Africa in the World Cup of Golf at Kiawah Island in the United States. Els won the 1996 World Cup in partnership with Wayne Westner in Somerset West, […]