ARRIVE Alive road safety campaign said on tuesday that at least 61 road deaths have been reported on South African roads since the start of the holidays on December 1. Figures indicate that the highest death toll was reported in the North West, where 23 people have died in road accidents. The Free State reported […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.20pm PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday the government wants to speed up the restructuring of state assets and will first focus its attention on the biggest state-owned companies to that end. ”We agreed that while the restructuring and disposal of non-core entities will proceed apace, we will […]

MIKE COLLETT, Tokyo | Tuesday 1.00pm. CRICITCS of South Africa’s bid to stage the 2006 World Cup are making too much fuss over the country’s crime statistics, campaign officials said on Tuesday. Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the South African bid, told reporters: ”Our opponents are clutching at straws in their efforts to undermine our […]

FORMER West Indies test fast bowler Sylvester Clarke collapsed and died at his home in Barbados at the weekend. Clarke, who would have celebrated his 45th birthday later this month, was the third former West Indian Test player to die in the past month. Fellow fast bowler Malcolm Marshall died of cancer last month at […]

FIVE female teachers were dismissed on Thursday for forcing 16 pupils to simulate sex in front of a class three years ago, a government official said. The five, from a primary school in the village of Waterval in eastern Mpumalanga, in 1996 forced boys and girls aged between eight and 12 to perform sexual acts […]

PULP and paper firm Sappi said on Thursday it expected a significant improvement in earnings in 2000 as pulp prices rise and demand for paper increases. The company also said it has no intention of moving its primary market listing to New York from Johannesburg. Speculation has increased that it will seek such a move […]

THE fixtures for the South African Sevens Championship to be played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on the weekend have been announced. Friday: 2pm: Fiji v Japan 2.20: Canada v Namibia 2.40: Argentina v Georgia 3pm: New Zealand v Zimbabwe 3.20: France v Tonga 3.40: Australia v Morocco 4pm: Samoa v Uruguay 4.20: […]

THE manager of the Rovic diamond mine near Dealesville in the Free State pleaded guilty in the Virginia Regional Court on Wednesday to culpable homicide in relation to the mudslide in November 1996 that killed 20 people. Beeld reports that Pieter Smith, 56, admitted he had been negligent by not properly investigating a sagging in […]

A HIGH-ranking Bank of Athens official and two other people were arrested in Johannesburg on Wednesday for allegedly defrauding South African banks of millions of rands — and possibly billions — SABC television news reported. The arrests come after more than two years of intensive investigations into white collar crime by a special team of […]