Yearly Archives: 1999

MPUMALANGA Premier Mathews Phosa said on Friday that sensitive data has been removed from a computer in his office. He said the matter has been reported to the police for investigation after files on the computer was deleted. Phosa’s spokesperson, James Gibb, said the data was stolen during the past week. “The computer is linked […]

THE government seems to recognise that victims of gross human rights violations are entitled to reparation, but clarity is needed as to what this will be, TRC reparations and rehabilitation committee chairperson Hlengiwe Mkhize said on Thursday. Mkhize said she will oppose any statement that there be no individual recommendations, because that would compromise victims. […]

ORGANISERS of Nigeria’s weekend presidential vote urged vigilance on Friday as the country prepared to choose a new political leader. The Independent National Electoral Commission urged a high turnout in Saturday’s ballot as voters choose between former military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo and former finance minister Olu Falae for president. Continuing campaigning up to the last […]

A COURT martial in Lesotho on Friday heard how soldiers took the commander of the Lesotho Army, Lieutenant-General Makhula Modisakeng, to a radio station last September and forced him to announce that he had dismissed senior officers. Modisakeng was also forced to announce that he had resigned, the prosecution said. Forty-one soldiers pleaded not guilty […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 4.00pm. INDUSTRIAL action at Johannesburg airport disrupted flights on Friday causing delays for as long as three hours, senior officials said. Airport Company of South Africa (Acsa) spokesperson Rory Mackey said industrial action by workers at handling firm Swiss Port started at 8.45am and is causing disruptions at major airports […]

THE two-year-old son of Public Services Minister Zola Skweyiya has been killed after being run down by a car in the driveway of the family’s Pretoria home. Fikile Skweyiya-Mazibuko, whose mother, Thuthu Mazibuko, is ambassador-designate to Paris, died in hospital on Thursday night after sustaining serious head injuries, The Star newspaper reported on Friday. There […]

With strong support from traditional leaders, the UDM is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Cape, reports Chiara Carter Five chiefs have made themselves available for nomination by the United Democratic Movement – a move likely to bolster support for the party which appears poised to become the official opposition in […]

Brenda Fassie is back in Soweto this weekend to thank her countless faithful fans for their support registered through massive sales of Memeza, her hot new album. Fassie has had a long relationship with this teeming city. For many years she’s traversed the length and breadth of the vast township, lauded by young and old. […]

Shirley Kossick FRIEDA AND MIN by Pamela Jooste (Doubleday) Second novels are notoriously difficult to write, especially when the first one has been a popular and critical success. Pamela Jooste need not have worried, however, as Frieda and Min, though not as consistently appealing as Dance with a Poor Man’s Daughter, has a good story […]

Nhlanhla Hlongwane Thursday night at Yeoville’s House of Tandoor is reggae night and, until the wee hours, it’s the place to be. The house has a rotating pool of DJ crews who fling the full spectrum of reggae and hip-hop. The two main crews in Johannesburg that deal with reggae are the Sounds of Edutainment, […]