Yearly Archives: 1999

TWO West African men who dreamed of a new life in Europe, in exchange for helping load a cargo vessel with timber in the Ivory Coast, ended up on a raft in raging shark-infested seas off the Eastern Cape coast before miraculously paddling to shore — and an Alexandria police cell — over the weekend. […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Nelspruit | Thursday 8.45pm. THE ANC has accused Public Protector Selby Baqwa of violating his powers, wasting tax money and acting subjectively during his probe into Mpumalanga’s “lies scandal”. Accusing Baqwa of acting without a mandate and of dangerously undermining the credibility of his office, ANC speaker after speaker rose to reject the […]

AMPLATS reached an agreement with the National Employees Trade Union on Wednesday on wages and conditions of employment for the 1999/2000 period, ending a strike begun on Tuesday. The core of the agreement is an 8% increase in wages, but other details of conditions of employment were not specified in the company’s statement.

Afrikaans singer and actor G Korsten died in his Wilderness home in the Western Cape on Wednesday when he shot himself in the right temple. Police spokesman Sergeant David Mosola said Korsten, (70) got up to make his wife a cup of tea. The singer apparently took a 7.65mm pistol, walked into the kitchen and […]

JOHN Eales has been confirmed as captain of the Australian team to face Romania in their opening World Cup match in Belfast on Sunday. Eales has fully recovered from a shoulder injury, and finds himself back in the Wallaby starting line-up for the first time this year. Eales will be partnered in the second row […]

African National Congress MP Duma Nkosi was shot and seriously injured during what police suspect to be an attempted hijacking in Johannesburg on Wednesday night. Nkosi, the chairman of Parliament’s minerals and energy portfolio committee, and his wife were sitting in their car outside a house in Senoaone at 6.10pm when four gunmen approached them […]

RHODES University social science student Likhaye Ngqezana, at the tender age of 23, was elected the youngest mayor in Grahamstown’s 180 year history at Monday night’s monthly city council meeting. Ngqezana, who is in his final year of study and has served on the council for only three months, was the sole nominee for mayor. […]

THE Dutch parliament has cancelled its annual 15 million dollar aid programme for Zimbabwe because of human rights violations and other factors. The alleged torture of journalists, a lack of good governance and Zimbabwe’s military intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo are among issues which led to aid being cut, said embassy spokesman Emiel […]

JOHANNESBURG soccer giants Kaizer Chiefs were found not guilty by a Premier Soccer League disciplinary comittee after failing to turn up for a Castle Premier League fixture against Hellenic at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg last Tuesday. Chiefs refused to play the match, saying that the fixture, which was initially scheduled to be played on […]

THE branding and tattooing of small stock will be compulsory throughout South Africa from October 1, Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza said on Thursday. She said the Livestock Brands Act will be brought into force in the only areas that have so far been exempt — KwaZulu-Natal and 27 magisterial districts of Northern Province. Owners in […]