Disgraced cricketer Makhaya Ntini on Wednesday began his appeal against the rape conviction and six-year prison sentence that ended his international career. A packed public gallery came to support him in the Grahamstown High Court. The young pace bowler was accompanied by his fiancee and representatives from the Border Cricket Board. Ntini’s legal team was […]

A BANK account of Correctional Services Commissioner Khulekani Sitole has been frozen following the start of an investigation into allegations that he abused department finances, SABC radio reports. The report said the First National Bank in Vrede in the Free State decided to freeze Sitole’s account after the branch manager read news reports that Parliament […]

FOLLOWING reports that another nuclear power station is being planned at Koeberg, outside Cape Town, a group of individuals and organisations have banded together to revitalise the Koeberg Alert campaign which was active during the 1980s. Electricity giant, Eskom, which is seeking approval from government for the construction of an experimental $100-million ‘pocket nuclear’ power […]

SCANDINAVIAN hotel group Radisson on Monday indicated it will expand into South Africa, building ten major hotels in the country over the next three years, SABC television news reported on Monday. This emerged at the two-day SA Investment Conference which opened in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Monday. The multi million rand joint venture is […]

PRIME Minister Tony Blair, actor Hugh Grant and singer Chris de Burgh are just some of the personalities lined up to pitch England’s 2006 World Cup bid to officials of world soccer’s governing body. England is pulling out all the stops for the six-day visit of a Fifa inspection team led by American Alan Rothenburg, […]

ARCHIBISHOP Desmond Tutu is to be admitted to hospital in Atlanta in the United States on Thursday for tests to determine new treatment for prostate cancer, he said in a statement on Tuesday. Recent tests in Atlanta have indicated that his prostate cancer, first diagnosed and treated in 1997, has recurred. “I understand this is […]

THE Umtata City Council, in a tough bid to recover R1,4-million in outstanding debts from the Bisho government, has cut electricity to government offices, schools and the University of Transkei (Unitra). Telecommunications giant Telkom also had its power cut for failing to pay a R450000 electricity bill. Council representative Sonwabo Mapoza added that water supply […]

ABOUT 600 leaders of chemical, energy and mine workers’ unions from around the world will meet in South Africa next month for a congress to be opened by President Thabo Mbeki. The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) congress will be held in the east coast city of Durban from […]

ZIMBABWE’s government will present its annual budget on Thursday to a restive population desperate for a solution to the country’s worst economic crisis since independence two decades ago. The country is struggling with record inflation of 69,7%, interest rates above 60%, formal sector unemployment at 50% and an unstable currency. Its public health system is […]

UNFASHIONABLE mid-table club Mbale Heroes won the Uganda FA Cup for the first time since 1976 when they defeated Lyantonde FC 3-0 on penalties after a goalless final. Mbale will represent Uganda in the 2000 African Cup Winners Cup having ended a stranglehold on domestic competitions by Kampala clubs SC Villa, Express and KCC.