THURSDAY, 8.30AM The giant South African mining house Gencor will transform itself into an internationally diversified mining group, splitting into two separate companies, one based in London, it was announced yesterday. The gold and platinum mining interests will remain with Gencor itself, which will remain listed on the JSE. All other interests, including mining of […]
MP’s SISTER MURDERED The mutilated body of Letitia Lindt, sister of Pan Africanist Congress MP Patricia de Lille, was discovered near Kuilsriver late on Monday. De Lille said on Tuesday: “Her mutilated body was found on a farm near Wallacedene squatter camp … she is the latest victim of barbaric acts of criminals who have […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM FOLLOWING the outcry by the medical aid industry about a proposed dispensing fee to be charged by pharmacists, United SA Pharmacies, which represents half of SA’s pharmacists, on Tuesday announced that from July 28, most of SA’s 1 750 pharmacies will sell prescription medicines on a cost plus R17,10 flat fee basis. Responding […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM GENCOR is on the verge of increasing its share of world nickel production through a partnership deal with Australian producer Queensland Nickel. If the deal goes through, it will result in the formation of the third largest nickel producer in the world with an annual output of between 50 000 and 60 000 […]
WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: THE Castle Premier Soccer League awards ceremony was held in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. League leaders Manning Rangers, who were awarded R500 000 for their performance, were given a further R50 000 for being the most impoved team of the season. Umtata Bush Bucks star Wilfred Mugeyi walked away with the most honours […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM THE Medical Association of South Africa on Wednesday admitted it had closed ranks to protect doctors implicated in human rights abuses and conceded it had been complacent in opposing apartheid policies and had practised racial discrimination by allowing black and white patients to be treated separately. Presenting Masa’s submission to the Truth and […]
WEDNESDAY, 4.30PM SIERRA Leonean coup leader Major Johnny Paul Koroma on Tuesday installed himself as the country’s president, and pladged to work towards national reconciliation and the eventual restoration of democracy. “We are committed to bringing this country to lasting peace and then eventually to returning the country to a democratically elected government,” Koroma said […]
TUESDAY, 4.00PM THE Harare summit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on Wednesday narrowly outvoted a South African proposal to resume trade in rhino horn. With 60 votes for the proposal and 32 against, South Africa was three votes short of the required two-thirds majority, in a show of hands vote after […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.45PM: THE British Lions made mincemeat of the Emerging Springboks on Tuesday, beating them 51-22 in Wellington. But Lions coach Ian McGeechan was still not impressed with his team. He said there was a spell when they looked “bloody awful” and that they were showed up at times by the good rugby played by […]
TUESDAY, 2.30PM LABOUR federation the Congress of SA Trade Unions on Tuesday called for an end to negotiations in the National Economic Development and Labour Council on the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill, and proposed that the Bill be sent straigh to Parliament for a decision on disputed areas of the Bill. In a press […]