THURSDAY, 10.30AM NATIONAL Sorghum Breweries chairman and CEO Mohale Mahanyele resigned his positions on Wednesday. Following a long board meeting, Mahanyele “elected to resign” because he does not want to be seen as an “impediment” to the growth of the company. He said he will join an investment company as chairman. The company said he […]
THURSDAY, 3.30PM DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday announced the names of the five-member Independent Electoral Commission to oversee the 1999 general election. The commissioners, who will serve on a part-time basis, are: Brigilia Bam, Judge Johann Kriegler, NF Mpulwana, Fanie van der Merwe and Professor Herbert Vilikazi. Presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana said the chair […]
THURSDAY, 8.00AM ROELF MEYER, who on Monday announced a formal deal with Bantu Holomisa to form a joint party, may be close to making a similar deal with Tony Leon’s Democratic Party. Leon was quick this week to welcome the proposed new party, and to say that his own discussions with the two men — […]
THURSDAY, 10.00AM: FOUR of the country’s provincial rugby clubs want a special meeting with the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) to object to a proposal by the Sarfu chief executive last Friday. The union presidents of Natal, Free State and Western Province met in Durban on Wednesday to discuss Rian Oberholzer’s proposal that next […]
THURSDAY, 3.30PM AZANIAN People’s Liberation Army cadre Gcinikhaya Makoma, who was jailed for 23 years for his part in the 1993 St James Church massacre, on Thursday told for the first time how he opened fire indiscriminately on congregants as they attended a Sunday evening service, leaving 11 dead and 58 injured. Makoma pleaded not […]
THURSDAY, 2.00PM SOLDIERS are attempting to form an army trade union, called the SA National Defence Union, and may go to court to force the military to lift its ban on union activities. The union claims that army officers have barred members from organising for the union or wearing union T-shirts, and have insisted that […]
THURSDAY, 11.00AM: MICHAEL CHEESEMAN of Gauteng leads in the KWV Berg River Canoe marathon, after the first stage between Paarl and Zonquasdrift on Wesnesday. Cheeseman opened up a comfortable lead of three miutes fourteen seconds gap ahead of Western Province paddlers. Cheeseman, 29, finished at 4:16:59, followed by Pual Marais of Cape Town with 3:13. […]
THURSDAY, 3.30PM POLICE on Thursday said Wednesday night’s killing of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs national secretary Sharief Khan was not gang-related. The statement came amid fears that Khan’s murder was the beginning of a war between Cape Flats gangsters and the vigilante movement, in revenge for Pagad’s lynching last year of gangster Rashied Staggie. […]
NO PEACE IN BRAZZAVILLE HEAVY weapons fire continued in the Congolese capital Brazzaville on Thursday. On Wednesday, the head of the national mediation committee, Brazzaville mayor Bernard Kolelas, indefinitely postponed political talks to seek a negotiated solution to the crisis after former strongman Denis Sassou Nguesso refused to attend. According to Sassou Nguesso’s spokesman Francois […]
THURSDAY, 10.45AM: THE South African Broadcasting Corporation has bought the rights to broadcast all matches involving South Africa in the 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso. The SABC bought the rights from M-Net. SABC Topsport GM Edward Griffiths said that Bafana Bafana supporters will be able to see their heroes defend their title. […]