ALLEGED mafioso Vito Palazzolo has turned the tables on the Western Cape police and laid a charge of defamation of character against police management for a report last year that named him as head of the Western Cape mafia. The Cape Times reports that Palazzolo has filed a civil action in the Cape High Court, […]

BRITAIN’s Princess Anne landed in Botswana on Tuesday on the first leg of a three-nation African goodwill tour. Wearing a green suit buttoned high at the neck, Princess Anne was met by Foreign Affairs Minister Mompati Merafhe and British High Commissioner John Wilde. Merafhe stood in for President Festus Mogae who is at a summit […]

SOUTH Africa and Kuwait are eager to boost their military cooperation, Defence Minister Patrick Lekota said on Monday, shortly before the end of a three-day visit to the emirate. He said the two countries are convinced of the need to draw up and sign such a cooperation agreement, the official KUNA news agency reported. Lekota […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.00pm. THE international Sevens event to be held in Stellenbosch on December 10 and 11 as part of the new IRB Sevens World Series will provide a significant boost to the game in South Africa, says Sarfu CEO Rian Oberholzer. Oberholzer says the tournament will make a major contribution […]

STANBIC is expected to address a meeting of shareholders and analysts in Midrand on Wednesday, at which he is expected to provide more information on Stanbic’s counter-proposals to the Nedcor takeover bid. On Tuesday the Insurance and Banking Staff Association said it suports the hostile takeover bid. Ibsa is a predominantly a Nedcor staff association. […]

STANBIC is expected to address a meeting of shareholders and analysts in Midrand on Thursday morning, to address the Nedcor takeover bid head-on. Stanbic’s Gareth Richards said the two hour presentation will be a considered response to Nedcor’s move, providing in-depth analysis while highlighting the risks of the merger. The bank believes Nedcor has significantly […]

SEVEN South Africans and three Zimbabweans have been reported dead and one other person missing after a taxi was swept off a bridge over the Limpopo river 15 kilometres from Beitbrige on the Zimbabwe side. Northern Province police spokesman Captain Aliwei Mushavhanamadi said the taxi, which was bound from South Africa to Zambia, was swept […]

TWO teenagers were seriously wounded when a gunman thought to be a member of the Americans gang opened fire on two rival gangsters in Manenberg on the Cape Flats on Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Superintendent Nina Kirsten said the lone gunman walked into the courtyard of a block of flats in Manenberg and opened fire. Mogammat […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.45pm. THE richest national football competition in Africa has been reduced to a farce this year by a series of off-the-field events. When Free State Stars defeated Jomo Cosmos 3-0 on aggregate in the League Cup quarter-finals they could hardly have imagined what drama would follow. Cosmos claimed Stars fielded […]

THE United States has invited African energy ministers to a conference next month where it hopes to draft a coordinated strategy for energy development on the continent while promoting US businesses there, US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said in Washington on Monday. Already 35 of 54 African ministers have agreed to attend the gathering December […]