THURSDAY, 11.00AM ALTHOUGH a country’s airspace is sovereign, organisations are looking into ways to improve air safety over Africa, according to Transport Minister Mac Maharaj. Under consideration is a meeting convened by SAA of all airlines flying north-south routes over Africa, in which each airline would “adopt” a country whose procedures were suspect, “taking responsiblity […]
THURSDAY, 4.00PM: TWO pupils have lodged assault charges after being injured in racial clashes at Elandspoort High School in Pretoria West (see below). Police are investigating attacks on a white boy, Chris Janse van Rensburg, and a black girl, Gina Mokabe — Van Rensburg’s nose was broken and Mokabe’s ear was torn after she was […]
THURSDAY, 10.30AM: The older hands have been left out of the Gauteng Lions team to face the Natal Sharks in the Super 12 match on Saturday night. After a trail of injuries claimed the Springboks on the team, young players have been put in the side to face Natal. “We decided it would be better […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM MINING HOUSE Gold Fields SA announced last night that it is in talks with black empowerment group New Africa Investment Limited, backed by Rembrandt, to buy 34% control of the company, split equally between them. The complex deal, which also involves the related company Driefontein Consolidated, is expected to take several months. Goldfields […]
THURSDAY, 8.30AM THE European Investment Bank yesterday gave South Africa a soft loan of R2 billion to finance infrastructure: and the European Union announced that it will provide another R2 billion in grants over the next three years to development projects. The Investment Bank money will be released in parcels over three years to finance […]
THURSDAY, 12.00NOON: WESTERN Province triumphed in the Nite Series rugby final against Boland, when they won 36-25 at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday night. Province led 19-10 at half time, and then kept the lead despite a concerted effort by Boland in the second half. Province had five tries from Pieter Rossouw, Robbie Fleck, […]
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 […]