THE role of former apartheid president PW Botha in bloody cross-border police raids is likely to come under the spotlight in the next few days as a truth commission hearing into a 1985 ambush in Lesotho enters its second week. Former police death squad leader Eugene de Kock is due to testify before the Truth […]
SOUTH Africa and Brazil have completed preparatory talks on trade cooperation that could lead to a free trade agreement between countries of southern Africa and South America “in a matter of years”, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Thursday. Addressing the media after a meeting with visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia, […]
RESCUE teams were on Saturday night still searching for the survivors or the wreckage of the Cessna 414 which went missing in Botswana on Wednesday. Civil Aviation said thick vegetation after heavy rains was hampering the search. A Johannesburg-based courier company, Skynet Worldwide Express, on Friday confirmed that one of its senior executives was on […]
NIGERIA’S share index slid on poor sentiment for a second week and dealers said share prices would not be helped by an ethnic and religious crisis which has cost hundreds of lives. Food company Cadbury dropped almost 16% lower but conglomerate, whose share price has recently been in the doldrums, made a gain of more […]
THE Weather Bureau predicts more rain for southern parts of Mozambique and north-eastern parts of South Africa for Sunday afternoon. In a statement on Saturday the Weather Bureau also warned that the previously weakened cyclone Gloria had intensified and moved into the Mozambique Channel by Saturday afternoon, after having crossed over southern Madagascar.
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki held talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday with his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the official news agency WAM reported. It said the two leaders discussed cooperation between their countries, without giving details. South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have boosted trade and air links since the end […]
KENYA’S shares dipped 0,63% during the week as despondent investors ignored some good corporate results. Brokers said that both foreign and institutional investors are steering clear of the market, unhappy about the prospects for economic recovery this year.
FORMER All Black captain Graham Mourie took his Hurricanes back to his home province on Saturday and they turned on a sublime show to beat the Queensland Reds 43-25. It could have been more, but the Reds put on a gutsy performance despite being 12-0 down in five minutes, 19-3 in 13 and losing 33-13 […]
GHANA’S Stock Exchange’s all-share index was marginally higher after posting its biggest gain of the year on Wednesday. However, brokers say the general outlook remains bearish. With national elections planned this year, foreign investors are adopting a wait-and-see attitude while locals are investing in Treasury bills, currently paying over 34%.
A FARMWORKER died and another was hospitalised after they were whipped by other farmworkers for allegedly stealing tomatoes, South African police said on Saturday. Police spokeswoman Sergeant Erica Roos said the two workers, both Mozambicans, were taken by colleagues on Friday into a storeroom on a farm near Brits, a rural town in South Africa’s […]
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Thursday that it will, for a third year in a row boycott’s Parliament’s hearings on the budget, describing the current hearings as “a waste of taxpayers’ money.” “It serves no logical purpose to participate in budget hearings when the elected representatives cannot amend or oversee the […]
THE Northern Free State Griffons went down 39-15 to to the North-West Leopards in their niggly Vodacom Cup match at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday night. The Leopards were on top among the forwards, but handling among both sides was disappointing. The Leopard scored three tries, with both wingers crossing the line. Julian Ruiters […]
WESTERN province showed their good form this season by trouncing Free State 47-20 at Newlands in their Vodacom Cup clash. Province scored seven tries through right wing Gus Theron, prop Faan Rautenbach, centre De Wet Barry, scrumhalf Cassie Carstens, flank Mark Willard, lock Thys Stoltz and hooker Pieter Dixon. Province were leading 27-15 at half-time. […]
HELLENIC could not put an end to Wits University’s recent good run of form and were pipped 1-0 in their tough Castle Premier League match at Investec Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday night.Chicco Lawrence scored the only goal, a dubious one at that, when he slammed home a penalty on his second attempt.
KWAZULU-Natal seamers Ross Veenstra put on an impressive virtuoso display to dismiss Zander de Bruyn, Nic Pothas and Dean Laing with successive deliveries in the final over of a vital Standard Bank limited-overs match against Gauteng. KwaZulu-Natal went on to win the match by seven wickets after scoring 201/3 in reply to Gauteng’s 197/8. Veenstra’s […]
GRIQUALAND-West were outclassed by eight wickets at Centurion on Friday as Northerns scored 282/2, with stand-in skipper Gerald dros scoring 105 not-out. Griquas did not match the standard of play and ended their innings on 181/6, beaten by superior bowling, fielding and batting.
THERE has been yet another bus crash. Four people died and 46 were injured after a bus overturned and rolled outside Aliwal North on Friday. Police said three passengers died at the scene and another person died later at Aliwal North Hospital. The bus, which was travelling from Johannesburg to Umtata, overturned after the right […]
A CESSNA 414 light aircraft carrying five people, including South Africans, has been missing over Botswana since Wednesday. Three Botswana Defence Force and two civilian aircraft have been searching for the plane since it failed to arrive at its destination, the northern town of Maun, on Wednesday. The eight-seater light twin-engine aircraft, carrying five passengers, […]
PRESIDENT Fredrick Chiluba has retired police chief Francis Ndhlovu, who has been accused of torturing coup plot suspects and failing to curb rising crime. The state-run Times of Zambia said Chiluba had replaced Ndhlovu as inspector general of police with his deputy, Silas Ngangula. Last month, a group of human rights organisations staged a demonstration […]
FORMER Agriculture Minister Derick Hanekom and his wife, Patricia, were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for supplying classified information and arms to the African National Congress during the liberation struggle. The commission’s amnesty committee said in a statement on Friday that the Hanekoms were granted amnesty for passing on classified information […]
The National Chamber Orchestra is set to follow the National Symphony Orchestra into oblivion Belinda Beresford The legacy of Lucas Mangope is haunting Shadrack Bokaba, one of South Africa’s few black orchestral violinists. Bokaba had been due to audition for a place at the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in January. Unluckily his audition was on […]
THE Northern Free State Griffons will meet the North-West Leopards in a Vodacom Cup match at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday. The Griffons’ team for the encounter is: Griffons team: Edrick Fredericks; Phillip Galant, J B van den Berg, Rouan Nel, Malcolm Malan; Ehan Helmand, Charl Blom; Jaco Gouws, Kevin Rabie (capt), Pfaf Kruger, […]
THE European Union on Thursday said critics of the West’s response to the flood disaster in Mozambique have it wrong, as the EU had quickly committed millions of dollars in relief funding. Michael Laidler, EU ambassador to South Africa, insists the European Commission donated around 800000 dollars for immediate relief for flood victims within four […]
DAWIE du Toit is struggling with injury and will be replaced at fullback by centre Piet Matthys when the Gauteng Falcons play Griquas in a Vodacom Cup match at the Bosman Stadium on Saturday. Matthys’ place in the midfield is taken by Eugene Meyer, who has been released from Super 12 duty to play. The […]
SOUTH-Western Districts’ Eagles play the Sharks at home in George on Saturday in a match that prmises thrills-aplenty. The Eagles have named their team for the encounter. Eagles team: Manie du Toit, Wayne Munn, Rudi Keil, Jacques Juries, Dominic Malan, John Cooper, Johan Kapp (Cap), Lodewyk Hattingh, Denzil Frans, Drickus Hancke, Dean Twigg, Vaatjie Nell, […]
DEFENCE chiefs from the 14-nation Southern African Development Community began a two-day meeting in Harare on Thursday to review the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zimbabwe’s Defence Minister Moven Mahachi told the opening session that the meeting will map out strategies on the best way forward in the search for permanent peace in […]
SENEGALESE President Abdou Diouf, of the Socialist Party, has won the first round of the presidential election with 41,33% of the vote, according to official, but provisional, figures released on Thursday. His main opposition rival Abdoulaye Wade garnered 30,97% of Sunday’s vote. According to the provisional figures, published by Dakar’s Court of Appeal, incumbent president […]
KAIZER Chiefs have reached the quarter-finals of the Bobsave Superbowl after beating Cape Town City 3-1 at the Johannesburg Stadium. Chiefs midfielder Thabo Mooki scored two late goals to sink the visitors. The home side didn’t have it all their way against the Coastal Stream minnows, and it was only in the last quarter that […]
BOLAND play Eastern Province in Wellington on Saturday and have announced their team. Boland team: Warren Pietersen, John Daniels, Marius Joubert, Riaan van Jaarsveld, Hyron Thyse, Pieter O’Neill, Martin Stander, Sean Furter, Allen Williams, Quinn Hough, Julian Barnard, Heino Senekal, Niel du Toit, Dale Sandton and Carel van der Merwe. Substitutes: Matt Botha, Daniel le […]
The innovative recording label MELT2000 is proving to be a home for new musical talent Claire Bezuidenhout Robert Trunz sits with his hi-tech Nokia mini office gadget retrieving e-mails, sending MP3s, surfing the Net, answering calls from hopeful musicians and drinking ice cold water. He is one of a few people who can handle 18 […]
LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Harare | Friday 7.00pm MORE white-owned farms in Zimbabwe were invaded by thousands of independence war veterans on Friday after President Robert Mugabe appeared to give them the go-ahead, farm leaders say. “New farms have been invaded, making a total of 142 — double the number yesterday,” said David Hasluck, director of the […]
CHICKEN fast food chain Nandos has withdrawn its latest television advert after protests by blind people led to a hearing at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) offices. The advert depicted a guide dog deliberately lead its blind owner into a pole to get at her take-away chicken. The ASA will announce its verdict on Wednesday.