OWN CORRESPONDENT, Luanda | Monday 6.30pm. ANGOLAN rebel movement Unita on Monday announced that it is to sever all contact with the United States, Russian and Portugese observers monitoring the crumbling peace process under the auspices of the United Nations. In a written statement issued from Unita’s central highland stronghold Bailundo, the movement said the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.45pm. THE European Investment Bank on Monday granted the first private South African company a R229-million loan. The loan, granted on the strength of a new new guarantee facility provided by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, is viewed as a breakthrough for the private sector as the EIB does […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dakar | Sunday 9.45pm. NIGERIA won 23 medals, including 11 golds, earning the tag of being the best athletic team on the continent at the 11th African athletics championships which ended in Dakar on Saturday. South Africa placed second with a haul of 11 medals, including seven golds. The Kenyan team did not […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 9.45pm. BOLAND played stunning rugby to beat an uncharacteristically out of form Griqualand West side 17-13 in a Bankfin Currie Cup match played in Wellington on Sunday. A penalty in injury time of the first half gave Griquas a 8-7 lead, which they increased to 13-7 five minutes into the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cabinda | Monday 10.30PM THE Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday accused South Africa of “behind-curtains manoeuvres”. DRC justice minister Mwenze Kongolo, in SA to represent DRC President Laurent Kabila at the Southern African Development Community summit called by President Nelson Mandela at the weekend, told reporters in Pretoria that a signal from […]
ROB DAVIES, Johannesburg | Monday 3.00pm. THE proposed issuing of 20 whale-watching licences to boat-based opearators by the environmental affairs and tourism department in order to capitalise on the tourism value of southern right whales off the Southern African coast has caused a stir in environmental circles. Environmentalists like Nan Rice director of Save the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Friday 9.30pm. CAPE Town magistrate Johan Venter, presiding over the inquest over the 1996 lynching of Hard Livings gang co-leader Rashaad Staggie on Friday warned the media against prejudicing or pre-empting inquest findings. Venter’s statement was in reaction to negative media reaction to an announcement by Advocate Willie Viljoen on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 9.00PM THE majority of the African National Congress’ majority will drop in the 1999 general election, according to a survey conducted in July. Survey company MarkData said on Friday the that poll indicated that 57% of voters would favour the ANC/SA Communist Party alliance — a 5,5% drop from the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday 9.45pm. DYNAMOS of Zimbabwe maintained their impressive home record against Nigerian clubs with a 3-0 victory over Eagle Cement in an African Champions League Group A match in Harare on Sunday. The win takes Dynamos to the top of their pool on goal difference from Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, George | Friday 2.00PM UNREPENTENT former president PW Botha, found guilty in the George Regional Court on Friday of ignoring a Truth and Reconciliation Commission subpoena, has been sentenced to a fine of R10000 or 12 months in jail. Another 12 months was suspended for five years. Botha’s lawyers immediately said he intends […]