WEDNESDAY, 12.30PM: FORMER Pakistani Test opener Aamir Sohail has been included in the 13-man Pakistani squad to do duty in the third Test against South Africa at Faisalabad on Friday. PAKISTANI SQUAD: Saeed Anwar (captain), Ali Naqvi, Aamir Sohail, Ejaz Ahmed, Muhammad Wasseem, Inzamam-ul Haq, Moin Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Azhar Mahmood, Mushtaq Ahmed, […]

WEDNESDAY, 4.00PM MORE than 700 of Johannesburg’s street vendors took to the streets on Wednesday to demand government action to halt the influx of foreigners, whom they blame for crime the decline in trade. Amid chants in Zulu of “Chase the Kwere Kwere out” and “Down with the foreigner, up with the South Africans,” the […]

WEDNESDAY, 8.30AM: DESPITE intense lobbying by international drug companies threatening to withdraw from South Africa, a controversial health Bill that allows the government to “parallel” import cheaper drugs from abroad was passed by Parliament on Tuesday. Health committee chairman Dr Abe Nkomo said a number of European countries and Japan allow parallel importing, but “it […]

WEDNESDAY, 3.30PM: PLANS for a national trade unions strike on October 27 and 28 were called off on Wednesday, after the Congress of South African Trade Unions met its tripartite alliance partners for discussions on the controversial Basic Conditions of Employment Bill on Tuesday night. The meeting, which continued through the night, was attended by […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.30AM: HOUSING Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyale told Parliament on Tuesday that a clause has been inserted in the Housing Bill giving her powers to set national standards and policy for housing development. Mthembi-Mahanyale said the standards so set will be binding on the construction industry, adding that the government cannot allow the poor to fall […]

WEDNESDAY, 11.00AM: NEW laws cracking down on insider trading may be tabled in Parliament within six months, following Tuesday’s release of the King commission report into insider trading. A preliminary draft of the report was circulated in May, although the final report contains some notable differneces. Bith reports propose a new insider trading Act embracing […]

WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM THE General Council of the Bar submitted a 211-page document to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Wednesday, prior to the TRC’s special hearings on the apartheid era judiciary, which begin on Saturday. The document outlines the failings of the SA judiciary and details the moral dilemma of judges who had to find […]

TUESDAY, 6.00PM SHARES on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, especially financials, leapt ahead on Tuesday, buoyed by rejuvenated overseas markets and positive domestic news. Only the falling bullion price cast a blot on the day, dragging gold shares down. At the close the all gold index had slipped 9,1 points to 1 009,6 as the bullion […]

TUESDAY, 1.00PM: MANNING Rangers have been drawn against Kaizer Chiefs, and Orlando Pirates will meet Mamelodi Sundowns in the Rothmans Cup semi-final. The first leg of the semi-finals will be played on the weekend of November 1 and 2, with the second leg played on the weekend of the November 14 and 15. The draw […]

TUESDAY, 11.30AM: The second cricket Test between South Africa and Pakistan at Sheikupura was officially called off and declared a draw on Tuesday leaving the teams level in the three-match series. Meanwhile, heavy unseasonal rain in Pakistan may also disrupt the third and final Test in Faisalabad starting on Friday. South Africa have outplayed Pakistan […]