COMMUNICATIONS Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Monday she will block the awarding of a third cellular licence if evidence of bid tampering comes to light. But Matsepe-Casaburri added that despite two probes over allegations of corruption in the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Satra), the evaluation of bids for the lucrative licence is on schedule. […]

A NORTHERN Province Zionist priest allegedly castrated a five-year-old boy while the child was still alive. Jan Skosana, 33, of Winterveldt in the North-West Province, made a brief appearance on a murder charge in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Skosana was arrested on Sunday, allegedly with the genitals in a plastic bag, when security […]

ARRIVE Alive road safety campaign said on tuesday that at least 72 road deaths have been reported on South African roads since the start of the holidays on December 1. Figures indicate that road deaths in the North West province are still the highest with 25 fatalities, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 12 and Mpumalanga with […]

THE Post Office posted operating losses of R224-million for the 1999 financial year on Friday, but said that it hopes to break even by 2001. Announcing the results chairman Max Maisela, announced said that the loss takes into account a loss of R158-million for the former TBVC states Post Offices, which were incorporated into the […]

SOUTH Africa’s economy will rebound next year after posting a modest increase in 1999, while both consumer and core inflation rates are expected to edge lower, according to Reuters’ latest monthly economic poll. The monthly survey of 20 South African and London-based analysts published on Thursday also forecasts the rand to depreciate by only 5% […]

SOUTH Africa is reviewing a request from Ethiopia to extradite former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, the department of foreign affairs said on Monday. The South African government received a formal request on Friday night, foreign affairs spokesman Dan Ngwepe said. “The relevant government departments and agencies will review this request in the coming days.” The […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 10.00pm. THE Dalai Lama on Tuesday said South Africa should use it’s economic links with Beijing to work towards changing the Chinese government’s attitude towards human rights. “It is important to have good relations with China but in the meantime on certain issues such as civil rights and democracy […]

SWAZILAND’S government Broadcasting and Information Services (SBIS) has banned the kingdom’s largest labour union organisation, the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, from broadcasting any announcements or other information unless they have been approved by the police, African Eye News Service reports. SBIS director Tars Makama told the roughly 200000 strong union federation at the weekend […]

THE South African Women’s Cricket Association (SAWCA) announced on Tuesday that they will wearing the Protea national emblem when representing the country in the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand next year. The squad previously competed under the banner of the United Cricket Board. Three training camps will be held in preparation for the tournament […]