WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: M-NET on Tuesday announced the acquisition of exclusive television rights of all international rugby matches played in England including the Five Nations tournament and the World Cup in Wales. But SABC viewers are not likely to be left in the cold as negotiations with M-Net are at an advanced stage. “In fact, we […]
WEDNESDAY, 4.00PM THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission will within the week press criminal charges against three former Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB) operatives who refused to co-operate with its investigative unit, TRC acting deputy chairman Dumisa Ntsebeza said on Wednesday. CCB managing director Joe Verster, operative Abraham “Slang” Van Zyl and regional director Wouter Basson, appeared […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: OLYMPIC silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng ran his slowest time of 1min 52,66 to advance to the semifinals at the World Students Games in Sicily, Italy on Tuesday. Sepeng, who came from second last to win the the race, said the race was easy and he didn’t work hard. “I thought I mustn’t bump […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: ORLANDO Pirates midfield maestro Tebogo Moloi has been transfer listed. Moloi immediately expressed his desire to join Pirates’ rival team Kaizer Cheifs. Pirates CEO Irvin Khoza said he decided to put Moloi on transfer list after a weekend newspaper quoted him saying he was not happy at Pirates. He said the club will […]
MONDAY, 12.00NOON: THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange may follow the lead of Old Mutual and Sanlam insurers by demutualising, with listing a possibility, according to JSE president Russell Loubser. Loubser said he had first suggested the move when he took over his position in January, but it had been regarded as a heresy. However, recent announcements […]
TUESDAY, 12.00NOON: THE SA Callback Association together with 10 local callback operations on Monday served papers on the SA Telecommunications Regulatory Authority alleging that by banning callback services, Satra acted beyond its powers. The case is scheduled to be heard next week in the Witwatersrand division of the High Court. The SA Callback Association claims […]
TUESDAY, 3.30PM NINETEEN-year-old Daniel Coetzee was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years’ imprisonment for his part in the Christmas Eve Worcester double bombing, in which a woman and three children were killed and more than 50 people injured when two bombs exploded among Christmas shoppers in the Western Cape town. Coetzee was on Monday convicted […]
TUESDAY, 5.30PM AS paramilitary police patrolled the Zambain capital Lusaka and provincial towns on Tuesday amid continuing nationwide protests at the weekend shooting of former president Kenneth Kaunda, the Zambian government appointed a commission to investigate the shooting incident. Making the announcement, Vice-President Godfrey Miyanda again denied the government had ordered the shooting of Kaunda […]
TUESDAY, 1.00PM NATIONAL Party leader FW de Klerk is to formally announce his resignation as party leader and his departure from politics on Tuesday. Cape Town Afrikaans daily Die Burger reported on Tuesday morning that De Klerk informed his nine provincial leaders of his decision on Monday afternoon. The National Party’s executive federal council has […]
TUESDAY, 1.30PM: NORTHERN Transvaal will be without four of their seven Springboks — Krynauw Otto, Danie van Schalkwyk, Andre Snyman and Ruben Kruger — because of injuries, when they face Gauteng Lions in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Loftus Versveld Stadium on Saturday. Scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen, flank Schutte Bekker and prop Marius […]