MONDAY, 3.30PM GAYE DERBY-LEWIS, wife of the man who planned the murder of ANC leader Chris Hani, says a written admission she made while in detention was forced upon her by police and was untrue. She told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Monday she had changed her statement five times under police pressure, while […]

MONDAY, 11.30PM THE African National Congress on Monday accused the former National Party government of knowing about of the secret burial of African National Congress cadres. The accusation follows the discovery of secret graves in Barberton and Piet Retief in Mpumalanga last week. ANC spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa on Monday said that to date over 160 […]

MONDAY, 10.00PM CYRIL MBATHA, one of two men convicted for the murder of Soweto doctor Abu-Baker Asvat, tried to reconcile the three different version of his story of the killing of Dr Abu-Baker Asvat before the truth commission on Monday. Mbatha claimed his first version of events was contained in his confession used in his […]

Nicky Barker The Campaign for St Lucia was reactivated at a meeting in Durban last Sunday, amid fears that Richards Bay Minerals may be reconsidering mining in the area. In the early 1990s, the campaign co- ordinated the largest single petition ever compiled in this country, leading to the scrapping of plans to mine titanium. […]

Swapna Prabhakaran Imagine a condom that can be washed after sex and hung out to dry with your stockings. Imagine being able to re-use that condom the next time you have sex, and the next. This is what the reproductive health research unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is investigating. They’re looking at the possibility […]

FRIDAY, 4.00PM: The soldier who removed the landmine intended to blow up Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s armoured Mercedes Benz (see below) said it was not powerful enough to penetrate the car’s armour. Lance Corporal John Manunure told the treason trial of opposition leader Ndabaningi Sithole that the claymore mine was an anti-personnel mine. While it […]

FRIDAY, 2.20PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S last wickets fell quickly on Friday afternoon, taking the team to 468 all out, with Pat Symcox reaching 54. Western Australia have started off strongly, with 117 for 1 wicket at close of play on the second day. FRIDAY, 9.35AM: South Africa cruised to 440/7 at lunch on the second day […]

FRIDAY, 10.30AM: AFTER three years in the drafting, government on Thursday released new competition policy guidelines that will see a new watchdog body set up to investigate abuses by powerful corporations. Presenting the new policy guidelines to the National Economic Develpment and Labour Council, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said it is hoped the […]