HOUT Bay police officer Inspector Andre Ferreira will apply for bail on Monday afternoon at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested by the Independent Complaints Directorate last Thursday in connection with charges of murder, perjury and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Ferreira two weeks ago shot dead a suspect after […]
LAWRENCE Dallaglio, captain of England’s rugby side, is quoted in the British tabloid News of the World saying he used to deal in drugs, and that he and unnamed England teammates celebrated the Lions’ 1997 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa with Ecstasy and cocaine. The Rugby Football Union has issued a statement saying […]
THE Malawian meets in the capital Lilongwe on Friday to amend the constitution in order to pave way for a new date for the rescheduled presidential and parliamentary elections. A bill has already been discussed and approved by cabinet, giving a symbolic official stamp to the extraordinary parliament sitting which president Bakili Muluzi and speaker […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control and rolled his government issue Mercedes Benz. Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs.Mthembu was alone in the car and no other vehicles were involved in […]
MPUMALANGA transport MEC Jackson Mthembu narrowly escaped death on Sunday morning when he lost control of his government issue Mercedes Benz and rolled the vehicle while on his way home.Police spokesman Sergeant Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that the vehicle was badly damaged when it hit two separate traffic signs on the Beatlaan Road in […]
A HIGH-LEVEL political row has broken out in Austria over the death of a Nigerian deportee, who suffocated to death on a plane on which he was held bound and gagged. Austrian President Thomas Klestil has called for a full inquiry into the death of Marcus Omafumo, who had worked abroad in Germany for many […]
BOTSWANA’S first independent radio station has been granted a licence, breaking a 33-year government monopoly on broadcasting, the station’s general manager said on Thursday. Radio Yarona FM will broadcast within a radius of about 40km of the capital Gaborone, is expected to be on air within four months, and hopes to draw 50000 listeners, said […]
MANCHESTER United, the English Premiership club chasing multiple European football honours, has followed Ajax Amsterdam by signing up with a Cape Town club. United, known by the Old Trafford faithful as “The Reds”, have signed a deal with FC Fortune making the Cape club their official youth soccer player development representative in southern Africa. The […]
THE Zimbabwean government denied on Thursday that it needs an extra Z$1,2-billion ($31-million) to finance its military operations in the Congo where it is backing President Laurent Kabila against rebel forces. Defence Minister Moven Mahachi dismissed a report in the weekly independent newspaper Financial Gazette that he submitted a request to President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet […]
ALAN Boesak, disgraced former anti-apartheid cleric, on Monday makes his first important appeal against his six-month jail sentence. Boesak and his legal team have until Monday afternoon to submit their final legal documentation on the plea on four counts of fraud and theft. A senior clerk at the appellate division in Cape Town, Amanda Gouws, […]
BBC executives fear their 70 years of exclusive rights to the Wimbledon tennis championships might end in July in the face of a multi-million pound assault from Rupert Murdoch. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is considering bids from the Murdoch-owned BSkyB television and Talk Radio, in which he has a 20% stake. […]
ZAMBIAN fuel production is expected to be shut down for several weeks while urgent repairs are carried out after fire damaged the nation’s only oil refinery, officials said on Thursday. The shut-down is likely to affect copper production, Zambia’s main hard currency earner. The Energy Ministry said it will import processed fuel and may have […]
THE Sea Fisheries Officials at Gansbaai in the Southern Cape on Monday warned the public not to eat potentially poisonous shell fish which has washed out onto the beaches. SABC radio news reports that Sea Fisheries spokesman Stanley Dramat said it is unclear what caused the washout of shell fish, which included starfish, abalone and […]
AFRICAN National Congress Women’s League stalwart Adelaide Tambo underwent a two-hour surgical operation at Johannesburg’s Milpark hospital on Monday morning after being injured in a car accident over the weekend. Tambo, widow of late ANC president Oliver Tambo, was rushed to hospital by ambulance after an allegedly drunk driver collided with her car in Sharpeville […]
LONDON’S The Sunday Times claims it has evidence that Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi played a direct part in ordering the 1998 Lockerbie bombing of a PanAm jet. The paper said it is unable to publish full details of its evidence after Treasury Solicitors said that unless certain information is removed from the report, they will […]
LIBERIAN President Charles Taylor on Saturday reinstated cabinet ministers and heads of public corporations whom he sacked last week for failing to attend a national prayer service. In a radio address, Taylor said he took the decision based on appeals “for clemency for the dismissed officials from all quarters of our society, including the religious […]
A DELEGATION from armaments parastatal Denel will be represented on this week’s high-powered trade visit to Libya. However, CEO Max Sisulu said at the weekend that Denel is not planning to sell weapons to Libya. He said: “We are not going there to sell arms, we are going there to sell South Africa.” Sisulu noted […]
THE Department of Home Affairs has announced it will open its offices around the country every day until the election next Wednesday to allow registered voters to collect identity documents. The department said in a statement that all its offices will be open from 8am to 4pm from Monday until June 2.
CATHY O’DOWD and Ian Woodall will reach the peak of Mount Everest on Saturday, if all goes well, Punt Geselsradio reported on Monday. O’Dowd and Woodall will leave for Camp 1 on Tuesday, where they will rest for a day. On Thursday they will try to reach the second camp and on Friday the third […]
A BODYGUARD from the Eastern Cape premier Makhenkesi Stofile’s office was on the weekend caught by traffic police on his way from Durban to Umtata allegedly travelling at 190km/h in an official Mercedes Benz. He was one of 5 000 people caught speeding by the KwaZulu-Natal Traffic Inspectorate this weekend. An Audi driver was allegedly […]
THREE Americans, members of an evangelical Christian group alleged to be mercenaries, go on trial in Harare’s high court on July 12 on charges of plotting terrorism and sabotage acts against the government, court officials said on Friday. Harare magistrate Jefta Makasa ordered prison authorities to bring them before him again on June 4 when […]
THE African National Congress and the Gauteng division of the Inkatha Freedom Party resolved to postpone the opening of the Thokoza Monument until after the June 2 elections. The move was taken to “ensure peace and foster reconciliation”. Campaign duties prevent the presidents of the parties being present before the poll, and their participation will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm DEPUTY President Thabo Mbeki wants the Truth Commission to change its rules on amnesty to allow groups like his African National Congress to be granted blanket amnesty. Mbeki said in an interview with the Sunday Times that the rules should be changed so that members of political parties and […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Rally for Congolese Democracy, has chosen Dr Emile Ilunga as its new chairman, replacing Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba who was ousted on Sunday night. Both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America reported yesterday that Dr Ilunga, a medical doctor from […]
JAPAN will join international observers to monitor South Africa’s general elections on June 2 by sending six people, the foreign ministry said on Friday. The six will monitor polling stations and ballot counting, a foreign ministry official said. South Africa has asked for some 500 international monitors, the ministry said. In February, the Japanese government […]
PRESIDENTIAL and legislative elections in Malawi have been postponed from May 25 to June 15, the electoral commission announced on Monday. Chief elections officer Roosevelt Gondwe said the new date was reached on Sunday night following an amendment to the law by an emergency parliamentary session on Friday. The election date has thus been moved […]
A SIERRA Leonean newspaper editor was released over the weekend after being held for three days on suspicion of collaborating with rebels. Jonathan Leigh of the daily Independent Observer had been picked up by Ecomog, the Nigerian-led intervention force responsible for security in Sierra Leone. Leigh said that he has been instructed to “report back […]
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Nigerian prophet who in March predicted that Nigeria’s president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo will not be sworn in as president said he still stands by his words. “I am sure of what I saw, heard and I stand by it,” Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly told Monday’s edition of the independent newspaper The […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.15pm. A REPORT on an audit of Portnet’s conculkting contracts has cleared the harbours parastatal of any crime, but found that Portnet management had “no clear guideline or policy to be followed in the appointment of consultants”. Following the release of the audit report on Friday, Portnet MD Rob Childs […]
SACHIN TENDULKAR, grieving over the death of his father, will rejoin the Indian team in time for their World Cup match against Sri Lanka on May 26, team officials confirmed here on Thursday. Manager Brijesh Patel said he was informed of Tendulkar’s return by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Tendulkar, the key […]
STORMERS and probable Springbok lock Hottie Louw will miss Tests against Italy due to back problems. A slipped disc will be re-evaluated in two weeks, leaving the Stormers and the Boks without the promising lock. Louw’s performances in the Super 12 put him on the shortlist for Nick Mallet’s Bok side, and he will be […]
MONTHLY African rankings from football’s world governing body Fifa were released on Wednesday, showing South Africa second on the continent. Meanwhile Fifa rankings of all international football teams give Bafana Bafana a boost from 27th to 24th. At the new level, Trott’s boys are level with Slovakia and the US. The African rankings: 1 Morocco, […]