TUESDAY, 4.00PM SOUTHERN African nations calling for a lifting of the ban on the ivory trade at the summit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Harare have tabled a last-minute compromise proposal in which Western donors will buy out all national ivory stockpiles to fund elephant conservation in Africa. South African […]
MONDAY, 4.30PM STEVE Biko’s widow Ntsiki and brother Khaya listened impassively on Tuesday as a doctor apologised to them for the failure of his colleagues to treat the activist’s head injuries before his death in police custody in 1977. Presenting to a special truth commission hearing on the medical profession’s role in apartheid human rights […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON DAYS before Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz returns from Beijing with newly signed agreements on SAA flying rights and diplomatic relations, the trade and industry department has announced stiff new protection quotas on imported shoes, especially those from China. The restrictions, which apply to all non-World Trade Organsiation members, are to be gazetted within […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: SIX South African hockey players who played in the four-nations trophy tournament against England in Amsterdam on Sunday have been approached by Dutch club recruiters this week. Top Dutch clubs Bloemendall and HGC — currently the European champions — have shown interest in SA’s Greg Clark and top goalscorer Greg Nicol. SCHS Eindhoven […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: THE International Labour Organisation in Geneva has found four African countries — Nigeria, Swaziland and Morocco and Sudan — guilty of violating trade union and freedom of association rights. A formal motion of condemnation will be passed at the ILO’s annual conference on Thursday this week. Swaziland has been singled out for suspending […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON AT least half of SA’s pharmacies, represented by United SA Pharmaceuticals, have precipitated a furore by announcing they will introduce a R20,90 dispensing fee, raising the ire of medical aid schemes, who believe the move will lead to a 17% increase in average medicine costs, and lead to patients paying cash for prescription […]
TUESDAY, 4.30PM The special Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing into the role of the medical profession in apartheid human rights abuses on Tuesday heard that asbestos mining companies suppressed the findings of scientific research in the 1960s into the health risks of exposure to asbestos. The claim was made as part of the submission by […]
MONDAY, 1.30PM THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission has warned 24 medical doctors that they may be implicated in gross human rights abuses at its two-day hearing this week on the medical profession’s role in supporting apartheid. The doctors are named in a 200-page submission to be presented to the commission by the Health and Human […]
MONDAY, 8.30AM A TEAM of South African financial experts, including representatives from the Reserve Bank, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Development Bank, and foreign affairs, will fly to Congo-Kinshasa this week as the first part of a South African aid package to the new government. Deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad said: “The new […]
MONDAY, 10.00AM: The last day of the 1997 Castle Premiership League season saw Kaizer Chiefs consolidate their second position on the log, with a 1-0 win over Amazulu at Johannesburg Stadium on Sunday. This gave Chiefs the points they needed to pull out ahead of arch-rivals Orlando Pirates, who were neck-and-neck with Chiefs at 63 […]