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 […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM POLICE and troops were deployed in Bushbuckridge on Thursday morning following more violence in the area on Wednesday, when residents petrol bombed two trucks, one of which was completely destroyed, and one of the drivers was admitted to hospital with burn wounds. Police suggested that the latest incidents may be the work of […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM A BOLD new plan to deal with Transnet’s huge pension fund deficit without bleeding taxpayers has been handed to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel for consideration, Business Day reports. The report containing the proposals is the culmination of the work of a committee chaired by consultant Charles Stride which was appointed to propose solutions […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM The leaders of the military coup in Sierra Leone will be prepared to step down in favour of an elected civilian government in 18 months’ time, chief of defence staff Brigadier Sam Koroma said on Thursday. ”Our side said we are prepared to do this in 18 months’ time, but warned that Kabbah’s […]