POLICE are offering a reward for information leading to the conviction of a white man who last week shot dead three black people and wounded four others on a crowded Pretoria bus on January 12. Police spokesman Gideon Thessner would not disclose the amount of the reward on offer. A 24-hour police telephone hotline had […]

TELFORD VICE, Centurion | Wednesday 5.00pm. HANSIE Cronje may have lost the final Test of the series and seen his 14-match unbeaten run come to an end, but South Africa’s captain was unrepentant at the contrived finish yesterday and threatened to quit if the International Cricket Council intervenes. ”If the ICC are unhappy then I […]

DAKAR-CAIRO Rally placings after the 13th stage from Waha to Khofra in Libya including a 610km timed special section on Wednesday: Cars: 1. Stephane Peterhansel (France) Mega Desert four hours 25 minutes 13 seconds 2. Jean-Louis Schlesser (France) Buggy (4:26:18) 3. Jose Maria Servia (Spain) Buggy (4:28:32) 4. Jean-Pierre Fontenay (France) Mitsubishi (4:28:34) 5. Jutta […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00pm SHARES in gold mining firm JCI Gold extended their recent steep losses on Wednesday in the wake of a share buying scandal involving its executive deputy chairman Brett Kebble. By mid-morning the stock was down 7,14% to 390 cents on volume of 43000 shares. JCI’s share price has fallen […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 5.00pm DAIMLERCHRYSLER South Africa is set to halt production of Honda vehicles from mid-year to make room for increased output of its Mercedes-Benz C-class models, the Business Day reported on Wednesday. The company, a subsidiary of US-German automaker DaimlerChrysler, said it would issue a statement shortly and declined further comment. […]

THE rate of consumer inflation averaged 5,2% in 1999, its lowest level since 1969 when it stood at 3%, slowing from 6,9% in 1998, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Stats SA said in a statement that the average rate for core inflation over 1999 was 7,9%, which was slightly higher than 1998’s 7,5% average. […]

FORMER foreign minister Alfred Nzo, who died last Thursday, will be buried in Johannesburg on Saturday. Memorial services will be held in Pretoria and Johannesburg on Wednesday. Nzo’s funeral service will be held at 9.00am on Saturday at the Rhema Church in Randburg, followed by the burial at West Park cemetery, African National Congress spokesman […]

ALL of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) memmbers want to extend the cartel’s lower production quotas beyond March 20, the Kuwaiti oil minister, Sheikh Saud Nasser al-Sabah, said on Saturday. Sheikh Saud also told the official KUNA news agency that the Opec summit initially planned for the end of March in Caracas has […]

Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan’s 17-year civil war have started in earnest after lengthy opening consultations, officials said. The talks opened in the Kenyan capital on Saturday but delegates from the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, the main rebel group, only sat down for face-to-face talks late on Monday.