THURSDAY, 4.00PM MPUMALANGA safety and security MEC Steve Mabona finally appeared before the Moldenhauer Commission into fake drivers licences, quoting biblical phrases and insisting that the special treatment given to parliamentary Deputy Speaker Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile was reasonable. Mabona, who failed to appear last week due to “stress”, said the deputy speaker deserved to be transported […]
THURSDAY, 10.00AM: BAFANA BAFANA will lose some key stars for the friendly against England at Old Trafford on May 24, becuse the Premier Soccer League title race interferes with the international. Bafana Bafana will have no members from the top two teams in the Premier League, Kaizer Chiefs and Manning Rangers, who have pulled their […]
FRIDAY, 8.00AM NELSON MANDELA has sent President Mobutu Sese Seko a proposal that he hand over power to a transitional authority, and given him until Monday to respond. Mandela said he was confident of a resolution of the Zaire war, after two hours of talks with rebel leader Laurent Kabila in Cape Town. Neither Kabila […]
WEDNESDAY, 9.30AM: INJURY has taken its toll on the Northern Transvaal side, facing a key Super 12 match against Free State at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. Scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen will stand in as captain in place of Ruben Kruger, and Jannie Brooks will replace Adriaan Richter, who was injured at last weekend’s […]
TUESDAY, 8.30AM THE European Union will today launch an information technology programme designed to encourage partnerships between European and South African technology businesses, to draw university expertise into business and to assist small technology businesses. Called Esprit, the programme provides EU money to fund European members participating in joint projects. BUSINESS BRIEFS SA FINANCIAL OVERVIEW […]
WEDNESDAY, 6.00PM FORMER president FW De Klerk said he was shocked to learn that torture was widely used by South African police under his government: “I deny there was toleration of any such practice,” he told the Truth Commission on Wednesday. TRC investigations director Glen Goosen told De Klerk that the commission had evidence of […]
WEDNESDAY, 9.00AM: UNITED Cricket Board MD Ali Bacher announced yesterday the UCB will donate 20% of all ticket sales last summer to disadvantaged sports. The sum, over R4-million, will be divided between the board’s development programme, the Sports Trust, and towards improving cricket facillities in disadvantaged areas. Bacher said over a million people had bought […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM ZAMBIA has switched sides on the ivory trade ban, announcing that it will support the continued ban to prevent opening the “floodgates of senseless elephant slaughter”. For the past eight years, Zambia has urged a lifting of the ban, along with Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana, which are all vociferous proponents of a renewed […]
WEDNESDAY, 10.00AM: ORLANDO Pirates kept their third spot in the Premier Soccer League log just one point behind Kaizer Chiefs, when they beat Vaal Professionals 1-0 in their clash at the Iscor stadium near Sebokeng Tuesday night. There was no score at half-time, and the only goal came in the 61st minute, from Bucs’ striker […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.00PM SOME 1 200 soldiers were on standby during the 1994 Zulu march on Johannesburg, but police chose not to use them because soldiers are trained to fight, not to control crowds. Police Senior-Superintendent Kobus Peche told the Shell House inquest in Johannesburg on Wednesday, “Soldiers use live ammunition and not rubber bullets and […]