TUESDAY, 1.30PM EDUCATION Minister Sibusiso Bengu on Monday announced a new schools language policy which allows pupils to choose their preferred language of tuition while avoiding forcing schools to cater to more than one language group and moving away from compulsory study of black languages. The potentially controversial new policy will allow single-language schools where […]
TUESDAY, 11.30AM A FORENSIC audit of wine and spirits co-operative KWV ordered by Land and Agriculture Minister Derek Hanekom has held that certain of KWV’s assets “are of a public nature”. Hanekom’s legal adviser Stephen Goldblatt said the audit, by Fisher, Hoffmann abd Sithole, had not quantified the extent of “public ownership”, but a report […]
TUESDAY, 4.30PM FORMER head of the erstwhile National Intrelligence Service Niel Barnard told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Tuesday that several people currently occupying prominent leadership positions in SA had supplied information to the apartheid intelligence agency during the 1980s. Barnard, now Director-General of the Western Cape, was subpoenaed to by the TRC to […]
PRESIDENT Mandela, on a state visit to Indonesia, said on Tuesday that the SA government would sell arms to Indonesia for external defensive purposes "without hesitation", and will not put pressure on the Indonesian government over its occupation of East Timor.
PORNOGRAPHER CLEARED SA Hustler publisher Joe Theron on Monday had all charges against himself and two employees withdrawn by Southwark Crown Court when the prosecution failed to produce any evidence. Theron stood accused of importing obscene material into the UK in violation of the country’s Obscene Publications Act of 1959 and the Customs Consolidation Act […]
TUESDAY, 10.45AM: The fighting in Sierra Leone, following the coup d’etat there, has forced the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to shift the Sierra Leonean national team’s two remaining matches in the African Cup of Nations Cup qualifiers to Mali. Sierra Leone needs to win both games to qualify for the finals in Burkina Faso […]
TUESDAY, 11.00AM: ERNIE ELS, David Frost, Retief Goosen and Gary Player were the only South Africans who did not have to qualify for the British Open. Apart from them, only one South African — Wayne Westner — won one of the 52 places available for 480 would-be qualifiers. Another 11 South Africans failed to make […]
TUESDAY, 5.00PM VIOLENT confrontations between students and Kenyan riot police which reignited in Nairobi on Monday continued on Tuesday. Cars were damaged and road signs ripped down, but no injuries were reported. Students from Kenya Polytechnic clashed with riot police outside the High Court building where 14 of their colleagues were due to appear in […]
MONDAY, 11.45AM: FRANK POOE clocked an amazing 1:02:24 to win the PG Bison Central Gauteng half marathon on Saturday. Controversy erupted when it was suggested the course was 400m short, although it had been certified by the Central Gauteng referees association. Pooe’s win came as no suprise, but the time he registered led observers to […]
MONDAY, 11.30AM: SOUTH AFRICA’s under-23 squad went down 2-0 to their Australian counterparts in Canberra, Australia on Saturday, in the first of their two friendly international encounters. Coach Mich D’Avray said he was very impressed with the way his charges performed even though they lost. D’Avray and the squad are in Australia on a two-week […]