MONDAY, 11.00AM THE National Party has complied a report on government corruption over the past three years, and concluded that between R13-billion and R20-billion has been lost at central and provincial levels, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. Most of that money — between R7,9-billion and R10,6-billion — has been lost to maladministration; the […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S Des Terblanche won the $200 000 Sabah Masters golf tournament at Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia on Sunday. Terblanche beat third round leader Thammanoon Sriroj of Thailand at the third hole of a sudden-death play-off. Terblanche closed with 6-under 66 to force the play-off. He birdied the 513m par-5 18th hole four […]
FRIDAY, 11.30AM: INVESTMENT Bank SBC Warburg has refused to publicly disclose the number of Sentrachem shares it has bought recently, after the SA Press Association lost two copies of an announcement to that effect last week. SBC Warburg is advising US-based Dow Chemical Company on its proposed R2-billion buy-out of troubled local chemicals giant Sentrachem. […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: BAFANA BAFANA and Mamelodi Sundowns midfield strongman Linda Buthelezi is out of the squad to face Congo in the World Cup qualifying match on Saturday after injuring his right leg in the Premier League game against Orlando Pirates on Saturday. Buthelezi was given his marching orders by referee Des Goslett after he tackled […]
MONDAY, 3.30PM HEAVY fighting was reported over the weekend between Angolan government troops and separatist forces in the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda. Fighting is concentrated in Tandu-Zinze, Buko-Zawu and Belize, in the north of the province, the private pro-government Correio da Semana reported on Monday, adding that the separatists were using long-range weapons. The Angolan […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM The long-awaited amnesty application by Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the men convicted of murdering former SA Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993, got under way on Monday in the Pretoria City Hall. While a small crowd of SA Communist Party supporters carrying a banner reading, “No amnesty to Hani killers”, demonstrated […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: JOHAN ROUX steered Gauteng Lions to a 46-37 victory over Griqualand West in their Bankfin Currie Cup match at Ellis Park on Sunday. Roux kicked 21 points for Lions. Gauteng Lions’ coach Dawie Snyman was very satisfied with the team’s perfomance even though they played without Louis van Rensburg. “We were disrupted with […]
Marion Edmunds The Department of Public Works is spending R22-million on a revamp of the Union Buildings in Pretoria -including a new R1,4-million garden centre to house the tools of the hundred or so small- and medium-sized businesses which tend the flower beds of the expansive gardens. According to a representative, the enterprises need a […]
neglect of women Joanne Fedler Since South Africa put August 9 on its books as a day in which the whole population can take a day off, go on a picnic, a frolic in the park or host a braaivleis, there have been many achievements. The South African government has been very busy since 1994. […]
Hazel Friedman Today’s trendoids no longer wear their hearts on their sleeves. They’d prefer to sport a logo or two: on their sleeves, around their wrists, even on their jocks. Once upon a time a name was like a coat of arms – an emblem of exclusivity. But no longer is the logo the obligatory […]