THE judge hearing the murder and fraud trial of apartheid scientist Wouter Basson has refused to stand down, describing a prosecutor’s claims that he is biased as “absurd”. Judge Willie Hartzenberg said in the Pretoria High Court there are no grounds for the state’s claim that he had pre-judged the case. Delivering judgment on an […]

THE Amaglug-glug squad for the Olympic qualifier against Cameroon has been announced by the South African Football Association. The squad is: Emille Baron, Wayne Roberts, Nkhipitheni Matombo, Fabian McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, Matthew Booth, Aaron Mokoena, David Kannemeyer, Patrick Mbuthu, Stanton Fredericks, Jabu Pule, Steve Lekoelea, Abram Nteo, Benni McCarthy, Daniel Matshau, Nkosinathi Nhleko, Siyabonga Nomvete, […]

DIAMOND Trading Company (DTC), the company responsible for sales within the De Beers Central Selling Organisation, said on Wednesday it will rebalance its price book. This will mean an overall increase in rough diamond prices across all categories sold by the DTC. DTC said a strong demand and some reduction in supply of the lower […]

TEN people died and 22 others were seriously wounded when an anti-tank landmine exploded under their vehicle on a road in central Angola, state television reported on Thursday. The mine exploded on Wednesday under a lorry carrying passengers and merchandise along the road between Catabola and Camacupa, 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Luanda. Most […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.45am. THE South African Rugby Football Union is expected to unveil a plan to increase black representation in Super 12 rugby by contracting the country’s top 120 players. A document called ”Vision 2003” is being prepared that will formalise quotas of five non-white players in each of South Africa’s four […]

THE Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board on Wednesday awarded a casino licence to the sole applicant for a licence in the Overberg region, the Caledon Casino Bid Company. The board emphasised that despite the fact that only Caledon had applied for the only casino operator licence in the Overberg region, it had been found […]

LESOTHO’S King Letsie III marries a commoner on Friday in a ceremony expected to draw fellow African royals, heads of state and tens of thousands of blanket-clad subjects from throughout his country. The 35-year-old king has said that Karabo Motsoeneng, 23, who has been living and studying in South Africa for several years, will be […]

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi launched the Malawi Revenue Authority on Tuesday. The revenue collection body has been formed from the ashes of the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Income, which hitherto collected government revenue. With the current annual income generation of nine billion kwacha (about $205-million), he said the country needs […]