FRIDAY, 11.00AM: THE British Lions management has named the side to face Northerns at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, including SA-born player Mike Catt, who replaces injured Paul Grayson. Catt said he believes the Lions can beat the Springboks, and spoke of the team’s ”tough mental approach”. Lions squad: Tim Simpson, John Bentley, Alan Tait, Jeremy […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM BUSINESS leaders have rejected the two week deadline imposed on them by Cosatu, saying they will not make decisions under duress to meet unilaterial deadlines. Cosatu leader Sam Shilowa delivered the ultimatum yesterday to the offices of Business South Africa. Adrian Du Plessis, chief negotiator for Business South Africa, accused Cosatu of reneging […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM THE Boerevolk Werkersunie announced on Thursday that it was launched last weekend to withstand what it called the destructive effects of affirmative action. In a statement issued in Pretoria, the union said it hopes to attract one million members, who will be served by 150 full-time officials in 120 offices being set up […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM: THE British Lions beat Mpumalanga 64-14 in Witbank on Wednesday, but the victory was marred by an ugly incident which left Scots lock Doddie Weir badly injured. Weir was raked by Mpumalanga lock Marius Bosman, and sustained heavy bruising and bad injuries to his knees. Lions coach Ian McGeechan wanted to cite Bosman […]
GIBBONS QUITS RADIO 702 news editor Chris Gibbons has quit after 17 years, following a management and format shake-up which gives greater emphasis to entertainment. Chief executive Stan Katz said research indicated that listeners no longer want “doom and gloom, particularly as regards crime”. Gibbons is one of the country’s best-known radio journalists.
THURSDAY, 10.00AM: HOLLAND trounced a young and fresh-faced South African side 2-1 in the Nelson Mandela Inauguration Cup match at FNB Stadium near Johannesburg on Wednesday night. Bafana Bafana trotted out several new recruits to the national side, including goalkeeper Brian Baloyi, and the team played defensively, but former European champions Holland were too skillful […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM: THE Zambian soccer side didn’t arrive on their scheduled flight into South Africa on Wednesday night — instead the plane from Zambia was full of cabinet ministers, members of parliament and soccer fans. Officials from the South African Football Association (Safa) were unimpressed, as they had turned out at Johannesburg International Airport to […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM NEW car sales in May crashed 21% to 19 375 units against May 1996 sales as the effects of high interest rates and a slowdown in the economy began to show. Latest figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA show new car sales for the five months to May fell […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM FORMER apartheid police minister Adriaan Vlok said on Thursday that he will testify at the special truth commission hearing on the State Security Council next week. Vlok said he is prepared to assist the commission “as far as possible” in its inquiry into SSC activities between 1985 and 1987. He added that he […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM THE Ikageng share scheme to attract small black investors to Johnnic has received an “overwhelming response”, and at least 75% of the offer had been subscribed by last week, according to Ikageng Trust chairman Hazel Ralefeta. The scheme, launched in April by Johnnic’s new controlling shareholder the National Empowerment Consortium, involved a public […]