TUESDAY, 3.00PM MOST South Africans believe that women have no role in combat and should be accompanied by men in dangerous areas, a poll of 2 200 people by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Institute for Security Studies has revealed. Almost two thirds of respondents said women should not be allowed to join […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: THE SA squad for the May 24 friendly against England at Old Trafford was named yesterday, and Leeds United central defender Lucas Radebe is in the captain’s shoes. Radebe, who led Bafana Bafana in the World Cup qualifier against Zaire last month, is likely to lead the team in the World Cup finals […]
TUESDAY, 3.00PM A LONG-AWAITED report on contamination by three million kilograms of toxic mercury waste stored in KwaZulu-Natal by Thor Chemicals, has blamed ‘a disturbingly careless” attitude by the company, and negligence by the National Party government. Leakage from the stored mercury has contaminated ground water in the area, according to the report of the […]
TUESDAY, 5.00PM A LEVEL two nuclear incident at the Koeberg nuclear power station on Friday, exposing Eskom workers to excessive doses of radiation, was caused by an instrument malfunction, the Council for Nuclear Safety said today which added that it was the second such incident in two months, and that “we will closely monitor Eskom’s […]
TUESDAY, 8.30AM The new Telkom board, announced yesterday, includes five representatives from Telekom Malaysia and SBC Communications in the US, the two new foreign equity partners. Also appointed to the board were two worker representatives, Elias Mosunkutu of the Post and Telecommunications Workers Union and Colin Smith of the Alliance of Telkom Unions. The new […]
TUESDAY, 3.00PM ANC deputy president Thabo Mbeki acknowledged today that “thing had gone wrong” when township self defence units were given arms from ANC caches in the early nineties. Mbeki, leading Truth Commission evidence for the ANC for the second day, had been challenged by commissioner Hanif Vally on whether the ANC had been irresponsible […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: GAUTENG’S Malcolm Lange was in 10th position at the end of the second day of the Tour of Japan cycle race in Suzuka yesterday. Lange, 24, is riding for the Nippon Hado Italian Invitation team, made up of three Italian and two Japanese cyclists. After the 147km circuit race, Lange said yesterday, “It […]
MONDAY, 4.30PM FIRST National Bank will launch an online banking service, to be called First Online, at this week’s Computer Faire in Johannesburg. Sevices including account balances and statements, account payments, inter-account transfers and cheque book requests will be available, protected with 128 bit encryption technology. “First Online uses the most secure encryption technology that […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM RUMOURS of a forthcoming National Party split grew stronger today with the rescheduling for tonight of a meeting between Roelf Meyer and the Gauteng NP executive. The meeting was originally planned for Friday, one day before a crucial meeting of the province’s party caucus. Meyer is expected to resign from the party at […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: A FURIOUS Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Assocation has threatened legal action and accused Health Minister Nkosasana Zuma of “nationalising the industry” in a new Bill designed to lower the price of medicine. The Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Bill, introduced last week in Parliament, would encourage the use of generic drugs, allow parallel importation […]