BRITISH POLICE ARRIVE TO HELP THREE senior British police chiefs have spent the past three weeks in South Africa as consultants to the SA police, and have recommended that the quality of policing is more important than the number of policemen. They have also advised that “getting the public involved” is the vital secret. They […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM CENTRAL bank governors of Southern African Development Community member states are working to develop a database of monetary and financial statistics for publication on the internet, according to SA Reserve Bank deputy governor Timothy Tahane. Tahane said the project is one of several being pursued jointly by the 12 SADC members in a […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: SOUTH AFRICA is ranked 22 internationally and second in Africa after Zambia in the latest Fifa rankings issued on Wednesday. Brazil became the first team to log over 70 points. (ranking end of 1996 in brackets) 1 Brazil(1) 71.85 points; 2 Spain (8) 63. 38; 3 Denmark (6) 62.35; 4 Romania (16) 60.90; […]
THURSDAY, 3.00PM THE Bushbuckridge Committee on Wednesday decided to sever all ties with the Northern Province government. The decision was taken after a meeting between the committee and Northern Province officials. In terms of the decision, no Northern Province officials will be allowed to address public meetings in the area and circulars put out by […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM TELECOMS parastatal has scrapped a controversial R100-million tender for the creation of a national valu-added network after information technology companies argued that the terms of the tender favoured a particular vendor. Telkom denied the allegations and the Competition Board investigated the claims. but made little progress because no suppliers would risk criticising Telkom, […]
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: ZAMBIA, Mozambique and Namibia all share the points at the top of the table in the Cosafa Cup soccer tournament after their opening matches. Zambia, who were pre-tournament favourites were held to a 2-2 draw by Tanzania at the weekend. Namibia, who are a suprise at the tournament, boast a record of a […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela continued his South-East Asian tour on Thursday by receiving an honorary doctorate from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, where students sang "Happy Birthday" to him ahead of his 79th birthday on Friday.
THURSDAY, 1.00PM: ORLANDO PIRATES have signed up Bloemfontein Celtics defender Willem Jackson. He says he left Celtic for the Buccaneers to get the recognition he deserves and to be noticed by national coach Clive Barker. “Pirates are a big side and playing for them will obviously help me get noticed, especially by national coach Clive […]
THURSDAY, 4.30PM WINNIE Madikizela Mandela earlier this week complained to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through her lawyers about her teatment by the commission in the course of its investigations into the kidnap and murder of teen activist Stompie Seipei. Madikizela-Mandela’s lawyers on Wednesday published their letter to the TRC, prompting the commission to in […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.00NOON THE Zambian government will appeal on Thursday against a court decision last year to release two editors who had been jailed indefinitely for “contempt of parliament”. Attorney-general George Chilupe will appeal against the release of Zambia Post editor-in-chief Fred M’membe and former managing editor Bright Mwape, who were detained on March 4, 1996 […]