THE Inkatha Freedom Party said on Friday night that it expects at least 5000 members to attend its annual marchin Johannesburg on Saturday to commemorate the Shell House shooting of 1994. Police said they will maintain tight security for the duration of the march. During a pre-election march in 1994 a clash erupted outside Shell […]
SOUTH African Sweliwile Hanns says he is confident of defending his title against competitors from 15 other countries in the world sheep-shearing championships in Bloemontein on Saturday. Hanns, who uses hand-shears and has been a professional shearer since 1982, came third in the world championships in New Zealand in 1997 and won the title in […]
THE West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second and final test against Zimbabwe starting in Kingston, Jamaica, on Friday. On Monday, the Windies dragged themselves off the floor to score a remarkable 35-run victory in the inaugural test between the two sides. Zimbabwe, chasing a target of 99, were bowled out […]
SOUTH Africa’s Bradford Vaughan, a two-time winner on the Vodacom Tour, has a one shot lead after the first round of the Zambian Open at the Lusaka Golf Club. Vaughan, the elder of two brothers competing for the R500000 on offer this week, shot a magnificent six under-par 67, to lead by a stroke from […]
TELECOMS firm Ikwezi has pulled out of a consortium that won a bid to buy a majority stake in state-owned Uganda Telecommunications Limited (UTL), government officials said on Friday. They did not say why Ikwezi pulled out of the consortium and company officials were not immediately available for comment. But the head of Uganda’s privatisation […]
UGANDAN security officials have exhumed at least 40 bodies from two graves in a compound of the doomsday cult of which hundreds of members burnt to death last week. Security officials in the area found one grave in which they discovered 20 bodies, mainly women and children. They then found a second bigger grave in […]
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki’s office has denied that Mbeki has gone soft on Aids, insisting that he is committed to help curb the spread of the disease. But Mbeki’s spokesman Parks Mankahlana said the president will continue to seek views on the problem from any sector of society. The comment follows widespread criticism of Mbeki after […]
FOREIGN minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is due to meet Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Friday to discuss his upcoming visit to South Africa. Dlamini-Zuma is currently in Beijing for bilateral talks. The four day visit begins on April 24th and is the first to South Africa by a Chinese head of state. It is part of […]
IMPERIAL Motor Holdings announced on Friday that it is to start importing Hyundai motor vehicles and that a number of Hyundai dealerships will begin operating from the first of April. The new vehicles will be imported and distributed by Associated Motor Holdings, a subsidiary of Imperial Holdings. Imperial spokesman Alan Ross said that all remaining […]
WARATAHS centre Tim Horan admitted on Thursday that he risks aggravating a troublesome foot injury by resuming for the Queensland Reds in Saturday night’s must-win Super 12 rugby match against the Waikato Chiefs. “You could set yourself back obviously if I hurt it again, there’s always a risk in that, but there’s a risk in […]