THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH Africa were restricted to 174 for nine by New Zealand in their one-day cricket international at the Bellerive Oval in Australia on Thursday. Tight bowling and good fielding by the Kiwis made things difficult for the visitors. South Africa started brightly, but two dismissals from direct-hit run-outs spelled danger for Hansie Cronje’s […]

All the players participating in the Nelson Mandela Tribute tennis tournament said they are here for a very serious reason and that is to do well in the tournament.

THURSDAY, 6.00PM: The security policemen who beat Black Conscious Movement leader Steve Biko to death twenty years ago did so because they had heard that he had beaten up a policeman some months before, George Bizos, advocate for the Biko family, said on Thursday. In his final summing up before the Truth Commission, Bizos called […]

REGISTER OF RECONCILIATION Everyone will soon have a chance to express their feelings to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, even those too shy to appear before the commission itself. The commission has come up with a “register of reconciliation” which will be opened at the TRC’s regional offices next Monday, giving everyone an opportunity to […]

THURSDAY, 4.00PM: ONE of the central leaders of this week’s trade union strikes in Zimbabwe was attacked and severely wounded by a group of men — and women — wielding an axe. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary-general, Morgan Tsvangirayi, was rushed to hospital unconscious on Thursday, with a deep gash on his forehead, after […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: THE European Commission on Wednesday finally gave conditional approval to JCI’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American’s 26% stake in British multinational Lonrho, setting the stage for Lonrho’s bid to take over the troubled SA mining house. One of the conditions set is a repetition of last April’s demand by the commission that Anglo […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.00PM: SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange took a hammering from futures-related deals on Wednesday, pushing down all major indices. At the close the all gold index had edged down 2,2 points to 674,3, the industrial index had shed 84,8 points to 7 350,7 — a two-year low — and the financial index was […]

THURSDAY, 3.00PM: The head of Pretoria Local Prison faces suspension after accusations by two awaiting trial prisoners that he sold a smuggled a gun to inmates for R100 000. Deputy Director Johannes Makgoba, one of the high-level team investigating recent prison escapes, has been given until Friday to respond to the allegations against him or […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: SOUTH African golfing star and defending champion Ernie Els was two strokes behind leaders Nick Faldo and Jesper Parnevik at 69 after the first round of the $350 000 Johnnie Walker Super Tour in Cimanggis, Jakarta in Indonesia on Wednesday. Faldo and Parnevik shot 5-under-par 67s to share the first-round lead. “I did […]