South Africa

Lotto Payouts
The winning numbers for the Lotto draw last night were: 5 14 30 36 38 42 Bonus Number: 11 Total sales for the weekR28 239 690 Total prize poolR12,707,860 Confirmed prize payouts are: DivisionsNo of Winners Rand Amount 1Jackpot (Match 6)02...

Boeremag suspects' bid for bail delayed
PRETORIA -- A new bail application by three men accused of plotting a violent overthrow of the government was again delayed in the regional court here yesterday for further medical tests on one of the accused, Michael Teshert du Toit. The case, p...

Officers prepare for busy roads
PRETORIA -- Law enforcers will be out in full force from next week to ensure Easter long-weekend traffic runs as smoothly as possible, the Arrive Alive campaign said yesterday. Traffic officials would conduct random roadblocks, cracking down on o...

14-strong task team to map BEE strategy
CAPE TOWN -- Johnnic chairman and former ANC secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa, and Standard Bank group chairman Derek Cooper, have been appointed by Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin to a 14-person task team on black economic empowerment (BE...

Anger over full prisons
CAPE TOWN -- Correctional Services commissioner Linda Mti yesterday threatened to demand payment from police and the Department of Justice for the cost of holding awaiting-trial prisoners in the country's jails. He told Parliament's standing comm...

De Klerk: doctor explains himself
CAPE TOWN -- State pathologist Deon Knobel was confronted in the Cape High Court yesterday over not having stated in his post-mortem report he had found no sperm during the autopsy on murdered former first lady Marike de Klerk. Knobel was being c...

Govt no to daily lotto
CAPE TOWN -- Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin confirmed yesterday the government had rejected a proposal from national lottery operator Uthingo for the daily lotto game, Keno. Replying to questions in Parliament, he said the decision had b...

Joburg residents owe council R4bn in rates
JOHANNESBURG -- Local residents owe the metropolitan council about R4 billion in unpaid rates, the city's finance, strategy and economic development chairman, Kenny Fihla, said yesterday. He told reporters the culture of non-payment for services ...

Lekota: SANDF attitudes have improved
CAPE TOWN -- Military culture and attitudes in the SANDF have improved considerably since the days when incidents such as the Tempe massacre occurred in 1999, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said yesterday. Briefing the National Assembly's defenc...

Liquor Bill seeks to promote diversity of ownership
CAPE TOWN -- Draft legislation that seeks to regulate the manufacture, distribution and sales of liquor and to set minimum national standards for the industry was tabled in Parliament yesterday. The controversial Liquor Bill, an earlier version o...

Mbeki hosts Great Lakes leaders
CRITICAL MEETING: President Thabo Mbeki, centre, with (from left) President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda before t...

NNP wanted Malatsi to be MP, court hears
CAPE TOWN -- The New National Party was prepared to make ousted Deputy Social Services Minister David Malatsi an MP despite his involvement in the Roodefontein furore. This emerged in the high court yesterday when Malatsi's application to be give...

Power supply problems loom in SA - official
CAPE TOWN -- South Africa has been in the fortunate position of being able to generate more electricity than what it uses for the past two decades, but this could soon change, MPs heard yesterday. Briefing members of Parliament's minerals and ene...

R2,4m for Baviaanskloof Reserve
CAPE TOWN -- The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism had secured R2,4 million in donor funding for a five-year development and management plan for the Baviaanskloof Reserve, minister Valli Moosa has told the National Assembly. Replyin...

Sars tests on SA patient negative
JOHANNESBURG -- A Pretoria businessman is being treated as a possible case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) even though initial tests for the virus have come back negative. The director of the Institute of Communicable Diseases, Dr Bar...

Survey shows govt depts' areas of failure
CAPE TOWN -- It is obvious that there is a definite gap between the expectations of citizens and the performance of government departments, the New National Party said yesterday. This knowledge should be a clear indication that the public service...

Jali told of grim life in Gauteng prisons
JOHANNESBURG -- Gauteng has the highest number of prisoners in the country and the majority of them are hardened criminals. This was said during the Jali Commission hearings being held here. To avert the overcrowding which stood at 93 percent, G...