MONDAY, 1.00PM: SPRINGBOK centre Jappie Mulder was on Sunday ruled out of the Tri-Nations tour of Australia because of injuries. Mulder was injured in the first Test match against the British Lions. He has been advised to rest for two weeks and is expected to come back against the Wallabies on August 23 at Loftus […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM AS peace talks between rival Congolese factions continued in the absence of President Pascal Lissouba in the Gabonese capital of Libreville on Monday, Congo’s constitutional council announced that elections set for July 27 had been postponed and Lissouba’s mandate extended. The delegation representing Lissouba’s rival and predecessor Denis Sassou Nguesso turned up for […]
DENEL SUES THREE PAPERS ARMS manufacturer Denel is suing the three Sunday newspapers in the Independent Group for an article revealing details of an R7-billion weapons export deal to an unnamed Middle East country. Denel had earlier attempted to stop publication with an urgent court interdict. Denel has not denied the deal, but objects to […]
MONDAY, 4.00PM ZIMBABWEAN war veterans, who stormed the country’s parliament last week to demand pension pay-outs from a government war veterans’ fund, at the weekend mobbed cabinet ministers who were to address them, forcing the ministers to flee for their safety. President Robert Mugabe’s government called a series of meetings with veterans around the country […]
MONDAY, 4.30PM NONOGENARIAN former Malawian president Hastings Kamuzu Banda on Sunday announced his retirement from politics. The move is largely symbolic, as Banda, who is believed to have been senile for years, has not played an active role in politics since he relinquished power in the country’s first multiparty elections in 1994. Since then he […]
MONDAY, 5.30PM: CHARLES TAYLOR, a former Liberian warlord and leader of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), has taken an early lead following Saturday’s presidential elections. According to preliminary results released on Sunday night by the independent electoral commission’s chairman, Henry Andrews, the NPP polled 62,38% of the total 29 483 votes so far declared from […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM INVESTMENT companies belonging to the Congress of SA Trade Unions and its affiliates, together with a black doctors’ organisation, have clinched a R220-million stake in Netcare’s R920-million acquisition of private hospital group Clinic Holdings. The deal, in which Netcare acquired Barney Hurwitz’s controlling stake in Clinic Holdings, which owns 17 hospitals and Hurwitz’s […]
MONDAY, 1.00PM: ORLANDO PIRATES are the new Iwisa Charity Soccer Spectacular champions after beating defending champions Kaizer Chiefs on penalty shootouts on Saturday. Chiefs went down 10-9 to Pirates. A total of 30 penalties were taken. Pirates qualified for the final after beating Moroka Swallows 6-5 on penalties after their game ended 1-1 at full […]
MONDAY, 8.30AM PRESS reports on Monday morning confirm that labour minister Tito Mboweni plans to quit (see below). Questioned by reporters, Mboweni did not deny plans to move, but said he would not join the “Great Trek” to the private sector. It is believed that he is hoping to head the ANC’s economic policy unit. […]
MONDAY, 11.00AM BLACK empowerment group Worldwide African Investment Holdings has wrapped up a surprise R400-million deal to acquire control of the R1,4-billion-a-year petrol retailer Zenex Oil. Worldwide on Friday confirmed that it had, together with a consortium including Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank and Zenex management, bought Zenex Oil from Zenex Trust. Worldwide already owns […]