A BOMB exploded on Wednesday outside the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, injuring two people. The bomb was placed at the entrance of the court, a member of the city’s rescue services said. He was unable to provide further details. Cape Town has been plagued by a series of bombings which police have blamed […]

JOHANNESBURG businessman Jonathan “Jonty” Bruce Sandler appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on Monday on charges of indecent assault. Sandler, 49, is accused of indecently assaulting a security guard at the Himeville Arms Hotel near Underberg on September 10 last year. Sandler, a multi-millionaire, is a co-founder and former executive director of New Africa Investments […]

SOUTH frica’s economic freedom rating has improved from 5,9 in 1990 to 7,3 in 1997 on a scale of 10 according to the Economic Freedom of the World annual report. The Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa director Eustace Davie said on Monday South Africa was ranked 47th out of 123 countries analysed in the […]

THE Natal Rugby Union plans to host a tribute match for former South African international and skipper Gary Teichmann in Durban on June 3. Teichmann, however, will turn out in the match in the kit of his new Welsh club Newport as they clash with Natal. “This is an opportunity to honour his service and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Niamey | Wednesday 12.50pm. THE Dakar rally, suspended on Tuesday after terrorist threats, will restart on Tuesday, January 18, race organisers said. All the teams and equipment will be transferred by air from Niamey to Sabbah and Waw el Kebir airports in Libya from January 12 to 17 and racing will resume Tuesday. […]

ZANZIBAR President Salmin Amour on Wednesday pardoned the Arab sultan who ruled the semi-autonomous Indian Ocean islands of Zanzibar and Pemba before being overthrown in a bloody revolution in 1964. “In the spirit of civility and reconciliation, I am pleased to announce that I have pardoned King (Sultan) Jamshid bin Abdallah bin Khalfan, who ran […]

ZIMBABWE’S annualised inflation rate fell for the second straight month in December, to 56,9%, according to official statistics made available Tuesday. The latest bulletin of the government’s Central Statistical Office (CSO) shows that inflation dropped from a record of 70,4% in October to 61,2% in November and shed another 4,3 percentage points in December. The […]

SOUTH Africa’s Olympic champion Josiah Thugwane is one of seven leading athletes to join a strong men’s field for April’s London Marathon. Organisers said on Tuesday that reigning champion Abdelkader El Mouaziz of Morocco, Italy’s European champion Stefano Baldini and Portugal’s twice winner Antonio Pinto had also agreed to take part. World record holder Khalid […]