OWN CORRESPONDENT, Goma | Wednesday 11.15PM. THE government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled the passports of up to 20 former members of President Laurent Kabila’s regime because they have gone over to the rebels, DRC state radio has reported. Former foreign minister Bizima Karaha and former army chief Deogratias Buguera were among […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Maseru | Thursday 3.00pm. RENEWED protests in Lesotho on Thursday developed into running gun battles in which nine people were injured. Early on Thursday anti-government protesters blocked the roads in the capital Maseru in order to prevent hundreds of people from going to work. The anti-govenrment protesters were confronted by government loyalists. Police […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Abuja | Thursday 10.00pm. MORE than 100 political leaders from southern Nigeria met in Lagos on Wednesday to reaffirm their commitment to the radical restructuring of the country’s federation. They are calling for a devolution of power to the south and the splitting of the army into regional units. The meeting was held […]
SARAH BULLEN in Johannesburg | Tuesday 5.30pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange went in to a tailspin on Tuesday, losing 5,12% of its value as R1,7-billion volume changed hands — most flooding out of the market. “The selling just did not stop,” a dealer said. By early afternoon the JSE all share index had lost 4,87% […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 9.30AM. BAFANA Bafana skipper Lucas Radebe was on Tuesday named as the captain of the English Premier League club Leeds United for the 1998/99 season, taking over from Scottish international midfielder David Hopkin. Leeds manager George Graham’s vote of confidence in the 29-year-old defender comes less than two weeks after […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00am. THE Reserve Bank is sticking to its laissez-faire policy of leaving the rand to find its own level, having not intervened to protect the currency during its latest difficulties this week, Reserve Bank GM Bertus van Zyl said on Tuesday. Van Zyl confirmed that the Bank has not intervened […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nairobi | Wednesday 10.30pm. KENYAN authorities have arrested a number of people in connection with the devastating car bomb attack on the United States embassy in Nairobi, President Daniel arap Moi said on Wednesday. The announcement followed the declaration by rescue workers that the search for survivors was over. “A number of persons […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 9.00pm. PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat has accused Israel of bringing the Middle East to the brink of “violence, anarchy, war and destruction” and called on the United States, the European Union and the international community to help break the Middle-East deadlock. Adressing a a joint sitting of the South […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 10.00AM. SOUTH Africa will return to Headingley to face a Counties Select XI in a limited-overs warm-up match ahead of Friday’s opening triangular shoot-out against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge. The South Africans will be fielding a near international strength side, with only Allan Donald not making the line-up. His […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.00PM. TEMPORARY United nations special envoy to Angola Lakhdar Brahimi has left the country saying that the risk of all-out war had receded. “I have no guarantees,” he told reporters on departure, “but I think there is no longer a risk of all-out war this week or the week after. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 2.00PM. THE dispute over a new deputy judge president for KwaZulu Natal is likely to flare up again with the nomination of three white candidates and only one black candidate. The Judicial Services Commission is set to release the nominations list for various positions on the judiciary around the country, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.00PM. AMAZULU were the surprise victors over Orlando Pirates in their Premier Soccer League match played at the King’s Park Rugby Stadium on Monday, beating the League giants 2-1. Pirates had the possessional advantage in the match, but could not make make use of it as AmaZulu applied the pressure. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 11.50AM. THE South African A cricket side on tour in Sri Lanka recorded a 1-0 series victory over Sri Lanka A on Monday when the third unofficial Test was abandoned as a draw. Sri Lanka A scored 181 in their first innings, and in their follow-up innings managed to score […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 12.15PM. THE Democratic Republic of Congo government says it has launched counterattacks against Tutsi rebels in the east and south-west of the country. It has vowed to drive “the Rwandans” all the way back to Kigali. Information Minister Didier Mumengi said army loyalists were advancing on rebel positions in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Durban | Monday 12.15PM. UNITED Democratic Movement national secretary Sifiso Nkabinde has denied that a man arrested during violence in Richmond at the weekend is one of his bodyguards. He conceded, however, that the man, who was arrested for being in possession of 85 rounds of ammunition normally used only by police and […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.30PM. DEPUTY President Tabo Mbeki has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of buying time to implement his own programmes rather than working towards peace in the Middle East. Speaking after a meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Cape Town, he said it was surprising that Netanyahu had not […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 9.00PM. THE SABC and M-Net have obtained an urgent High Court interdict to prevent Hustler magazine from distributing a pornographic video after nudist Beau Brummel revealed it contained footage of various TV celebrities interviewing him, the Sunday Times reports. Brummel said that segements of footage of Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Dali Tambo […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.35AM. SOUTH African cricket skipper Hansie Cronje is to submit a full report on the standard of umpiring in the recent Test series in England, which South Africa lost 2-1, to the United Cricket Board. UCB President Ali Bacher has asked Cronje to submit a written report to the UCB […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 11.00AM. THE management of Sasol Limited’s Middlebult Colliery may be charged with culpable homicide after the Secunda magistrate’s court ruled this week that it could have prevented an underground explosion that killed 53 miners five years ago. The ruling brought an end to one of South Africa’s longest running inquests […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 9.00PM. HOPES of finding further survivors in the rubble remaining after the massive bomb blast which shook Nairobi on Friday are fading. The death toll now stands at 164, with 4000 injured. Forty people are still missing, including 12 young women from the secretarial college in Ufundi House, the building […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00PM. THE Natal Sharks squandered a huge possessional advantage in their Currie Cup match against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday, playing out to a 11-10 loss. The Sharks had the advantage in all aspects of the game, but lost the ball on numerous occasions through handling errors […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.15PM. FOUR people died on the farm Bosrug, near George in the Cape on Sunday when a lone gunman shot them, poured petrol over them and set them alight. The attacker is believed to be former farm employee seeking revenge. He demanded ransom money and held a woman hostage […]
ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Monday 1.30PM. SOUTH Africa have lost the series-deciding fifth cricket Test against England at Headingley by 23 runs, thereby giving England their first five-Test series win in 12 years. Allan Donald was the first South African wicket to fall in the morning when he was dismissed caught behind by Alec Stewart […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.00PM. TANZANIAN police have arrested three groups of suspects in relation to the bombing of the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam on Friday, the Tanzanian government has announced. Police have not yet given further details about the arrests. Ten people died and some 60 were injured in the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 12.15PM. THH embattled Democratic Republic of Congo leader, Laurent Kabila, has claimed that Ugandan troops and tanks have invaded the east of his country. Kabila has repeated his threats against Rwanda, saying Rwandan Tutsis, backed by Congolese Tutsis and now Ugandans, are seeking to carve a “Tutsi empire” from eastern […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 3.00PM. South Africa were in a spot of bother on the third day of the series deciding fifth Test against England at Headingley on Saturday, as the English bats tightened their grip on the match. Allan Donald started the day well, dismissing Mike Atherton for a single run, but the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Saturday 9.00PM. ONE hundred and eight people are now confirmed dead and some 4000 estimated injured in the bomb blast which devastated the United States Embassy and flattened a neighbouring building in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday morning. Rescue workers say that 154 people have been reported missing, and expect the death […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.30PM. CHEMICAL Workers’ Industrial Union leaders and employers in the petroleum industry will meet on Friday in an attempt to end the nationwide strike by 47000 CWIU members. The CWIU said on Thursday it has communicated its readiness to meet employers for negotiations with the employers’ national co-ordinator, Fanie Ernst. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 6.00PM. LOCAL industrial and all-share market movers were at the forefront of the overall market’s fall today on the back of futures-related and foreign selling. The all share index fell 58,6 points to end trade on 6721,8, while the industrial index dropped 66,0 points to close on 7816,9. The financial […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 9.00PM. DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila has vowed to push the conflict in his country into Rwanda. In what amounts to a declaration of war, Kabila said on Thursday: “The war will be taken to where it came from [Rwanda]. We will defend ourselves. The Rwandans will not […]
Gill Moodie The government has taken the first steps towards unravelling the mess that is its information technology (IT) – and the good news for taxpayers is that government services are likely to become cheaper and faster as a result. The master plan, unveiled recently by the Department of Public Service and Administration, kicks off […]
Zwelithini-ka Mvelase Frankly, if South Africans respected and preserved what’s theirs, with as much jealousy as Americans do, there would be enough greats to fill volumes. Whether those names were crooks or saints, wouldn’t matter a dime. This flits past my mind as I sit sipping gin with die ouens and – boom! – we […]