MONDAY, 2.00PM: NORTHERN Transvaal captain Adriaan Richter has come out in support of the team’s coach John Williams, who is under fire from rugby officials in Pretoria. This follows Northern Transvaal’s 34-36 defeat by Northern Free State. Northerns have lost all three of their cup matches. This was made worse by Williams’ failure to attend […]
MONDAY, 3.30PM FOLLOWING Denel’s interdict against the Mail & Guardian preventing the newspaper from naming a middle eastern client of the parastatal arms manufacturer, Sunday newspaper reports say Denel is involved in a deal to sellscores of G5 and G6 155mm howitzers to Kuwait. Denel has confirmed that it is marketing its weapons in Kuwait. […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM NATIONAL Intelligence Agency operative and former Umkhonto we Sizwe cadre Gabriel Mthembu, accused of torturing detainees in the ANC’s notorious Quatro detention camp, is willing to co-operate with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the ANC said on Monday. Mthembu was accused in a TRC hearing last week of torturing Chief Timothy Seremane — […]
MONDAY, 5.30PM A PERFORMANCE report by the auditor general has revealed that the SA National Defence Force wasted millions of rands buying unnecessary aircraft components and spare parts that became obsolete. The report, one of five carried out on national government departments in 1995/96, found stock worth an estimated R820-million had been kept in storage […]
MONDAY, 2.00PM: ANGOLA have qualified for the African Nations Cup finals in Burkina Faso next year after beating Zimbabwe 2-1 on Sunday in Luanda, Angola. Angola have six points and are in second place in Group 1, two points ahead of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe were seeking to qualify for the first time for the prestigious competition. […]
NP THREATENS DEFECTORS THE National Party has threatened legal action against the eight Pretoria city councillors who recently defected to Roelf Meyer’s New Movement Process if they do not vacate their council seats. Each of the councillors will receive a written ultimatum to this end in the next few days, NP Pretoria regional chairman Fanus […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM MARKET analysts believe European Commission approval is imminent for Johannesburg Consolidated Investments’ purchase of Anglo American’s 26,8% stake in multinational Lonrho, after JCI chairman Mzi Khumalo met EC representatives last week to discuss the takeover. Meanwhile, on Friday Khumalo announced JCI’s disposal of its 8,7% stake in British company Johnson Mathey to SBC […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM MINE management at Tweefontein Colliery has begun large-scale dismissals of workers believed to have been involved in the mob murder of mine manager Fanie Venter at the colliery’s Waterpan section near Ogies in Mpumalanga last Wednesday. The National Union of Mineworkers has charged management with dismissing workers without disciplinary inquiries or any undertaking […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela and Nigerian military dictator General Sani Abacha will personally resolve the latest diplomatic row between the two countries, presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana said on Monday.
MONDAY, 2.00PM: SOUTH African Football Association (Safa) CEO Danny Jordaan announced on Sunday night that the planned training camp for Bafana Bafana in Cape Town has been cancelled. National coach Clive Barker was planning to take a squad of 20 home-based players for training at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town on August 3-8. […]