Yearly Archives: 1999

PRESIDENT Cassam Uteem threatened on Wednesday to impose a curfew on Mauritius after three people were killed in three days of riots sparked by the suspicious death of a popular singer. Reggae musician Kaya died on Sunday while in police custody, sparking violence in the poor Roche Bois area of the capital, Port Louis. The […]

ZIMBABWE’S food manufacturers, choking from galloping production costs, have warned that they will ignore the gentleman’s agreement with the government not to hike prices of their products without government’s approval. They said their decision to take unilateral action stems from the tripartite negotiating forum grouping labour, business and the government to discuss price increases taking […]

POLICE on Wednesday fired teargas to disperse rioting students at the University of Durban-Westville in KwaZulu-Natal. The police were called in when campus security staff found themselves unable to handle aggrieved former students demanding they be allowed to re-register for studies this year. The university said it will not re-admit students who have displayed a […]

ABOUT 2000 children between the ages of five and 14 have gone missing since junta rebels invaded the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on January 6, the social welfare ministry said on Thursday. “Based on statistics, we believe that many of the children have been abducted by the rebels when they were chased out by [the […]

THE Unibank National Netball Team lost its first Test match against England while en route to Jamaica for a three-Test series later this week. South Africa led until the third quarter when heightened pressure by England forced them to lose their composure. Coach Bennie Saayman blamed erratic passing for his team losing the quarter 47-42. […]

A ZIMBABWEAN high court has ordered Defence Minister Moven Mahachi on Wednesday to appear on Friday to face charges of contempt of court after he ignored three court orders to release Standard editor, Mark Chavunduka, from detention. Chavunduka and a senior reporter, Ray Choto, are facing charges of contravening section 50 of the colonial Law […]

GHANAIAN President Jerry Rawlings offered citizenship in the West African nation to African American descendants of African slaves on Wednesday while on a state visit to the US. “My continent is the mother, not of all continents, but humanity today,” Rawlings said at a news conference. “There is no reason why I would deny my […]

THE Mozambican Justice Ministry has confirmed that at least 25 inmates of the main prison in the northern city of Nampula died last year because they were not provided with speedy medical care. Citing the assistant national director of prisons, Joao Ajuda, the Maputo-based Noticias newspaper said that after an enquiry the Nampula prison director, […]

FORMER correctional services minister Sipo Mzimela was on Wednesday expelled from the Inkatha Freedom Party, which means he also loses his seat in Parliament. A party disciplinary hearing in Cape Town found him guilty of bringing the party into disrepute. The hearing follows several clashes between Mzimela and party leadership, some of them over his […]

THE South African National Defence Force has launched a top-level investigation into allegations that its fighter planes and helicopters regularly violate Mozambican air space. SANDF army chief Siphiwe Nyanda said in Maputo on Wednesday that the inquiry has been launched at the request of his Mozambican counterparts. A Mozambican military spokesperson said earlier that SANDF […]