OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 3.00PM. GENERAL Siphiwe Nyanda, the former MK Transvaal commander and current chief of the SA National Defence Force, was the mastermind behind the 1987 Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court bombing, former MK member Solly Shoke told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty committee on Wednesday. Four policemen died and 14 other people […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Wednesday 9.00PM. A SUSPECT wanted in connection with a body found in a shallow grave near Richmond has died in while being pursued by police in a high-speed car chase. Police wished to question farmer Neville Garrod, 59, and his son Ian Wayne Garrod, after the body of their domestic worker, […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.30pm. SOUTH Africa’s gold and foreign exchange reserves fell 2,4%, R800-million,to R32,60-billion in July from R33,40-billion in June, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday. The Bank released preliminary reserves figures in advance of more detailed data on its holdings of gold and foreign currencies, scheduled for August 11. ING […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.00AM. FORMER Orlando Pirates midfield star Clifford “Tough” Moleka was killed in a car accident near Johannesburg International Airport on Monday morning. Moleka, who was on loan to Nyanga Seven Stars, was on his way to the airport to return to Cape Town when he swerved to avoid a truck […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kigali | Tuesday 10.00PM. THE Democratic Republic of Congo government in Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of “invading” DRC, and has subsequently said on national television that it is preparing a “vigorous riposte” against Rwanda for attacking its territory. A United Nations source in Kinshasa has also said that Rwandan forces were seen crossing […]
SIZWE samaYENDE in Nelspruit | Monday 3.30pm SOUTH Africa’s second largest primary tobacco company, with an initial market capitalisation of R100-million and representing 35% of total production in the country, opened for business on Monday. Lowveld Golden Leaf was formally incorporated on July 28 but opened its offices in the Mpumalanga capital of Nelspruit on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 9.00PM. AN Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit commander on Tuesday described to the amnesty committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission how he watched as two men were killed by a bomb he set outside Ellis Park rugby stadium in 1988. Lester Dumakude (45), now a lieutenant-colonel in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 3.30PM. PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will meet with the head of Formula One racing Bernie Ecclestone on August 19 to discuss the future of a South African grand prix in view of the government’s proposed crackdown on tobacco sponsorship. Sports Minister Steve Tshwete said that the meeting is “quite critical”. […]
Sarah Bullen, Johannesburg | Monday 6.00pm LOCAL stock had a rough, abysmally quiet day on Monday as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange followed international markets lower. Weaker undertones dragged all indices down, with the all share index losing 1,89%, 133 points, to 6887. Key international tones, said Barnard, Jacobs, Mellett dealer Kevin Brady, were a negative […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Addis Abbaba | Tuesday 7.00pm CITING security reasons, Ethiopia has expelled 500 more Eritreans in ongoing tit-for-tat hostility bewteen the two countries. However a ceasefire has continued to hold along their disputed shared border, where fighting first broke out in May. The Organisation of African Unity is persisting with efforts to mediate the […]