DUDU Nkosi, the lover of alleged cash-heist kingpin Collin Chauke, was finally granted bail by Nelspruit’s Regional Court on Wednesday after spending more than ten months in jail. Nkosi was however unable to pay the R2000 bail and was remanded to police custody until March 8 or until she can raise the money. Nkosi faces […]

THE head of Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling junta, General Robert Guei, attended late on Wednesday a memorial service for the 169 victims of the crash of a Kenya Airways’ aircraft on January 30. A total of 169 people died when the Airbus plunged into the sea close to Abidjan, two minutes after take-off. Aside from Guei, […]

A CONSORTIUM led by German firm Detecon beat two rival groups on Wednesday to win a 51% stake in Uganda’s state-owned telecommunications company. Detecon, which was partnered by Swiss-based Telcel and South Africa’s Ikwezi group, put in a winning bid of $33,5-million to buy the majority holding in Uganda Telecommunications Ltd. Under the conditions of […]

JOHN Wayne’s just not what he used to be. When the modern-day version, an awaiting-trial prisoner being held in the Richard’s Bay police holding cells, tried to make a daring escape with seven other prisoners on Wednesday night, he failed to live up to the tough reputation of his namesake of Western movie fame. John […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.30pm. TORRENTIAL rains continued unabated in the northern areas of South Africa for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, leaving at least 38 people dead and thousands homeless. Northern Province formally applied for disaster status on Thursday following confirmation it will not be able to fund repairs. Damage to government […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.25pm. LANCE Klusener, South Africa’s star all-rounder, has been handed a four match ban, suspended for three months, after he was involved in verbal confrontation with Zimbabwean Guy Whittall. Klusener and Whittall had words after the latter’s dismissal in a triangular series match at St George’s Park on Sunday. International […]

THE national lottery, which kicks off in the first week of next month, will deliver an estimated R24-billion in prizes over the seven-year period of the initial contract, the Business Day reports. Lotteries board chairman Joe Foster told Parliament on Wednesday that the lottery will potentially have a R50-billion turnover in the first seven years. […]

NIGERIA’S government has raised new conditions for releasing funds needed to restart the troubled Alscon aluminium smelter, company officials said on Thursday. Alscon officials said the government has tied the release of $150 million for running the plant to an assurance from foreign minority shareholders that they will complete the 193000 ton per year project […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 11.40am. THE government will take what steps it can to improve the domestic economy, including facilitating lower interest rates, cutting taxes and improving savings, Trade Minister Alec Erwin said on Wednesday. ”We will continue the complex process of managing the interest rate down so as to increase investment, particularly […]