Yearly Archives: 1999

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 […]

GHANA became the first country to qualify for the world football U-20 youth tournament on Wednesday when it trounced Angola 5-0 in the Africa U-20 youth football tournament in Accra. The result means Ghana, in group A, qualifies for the semi-finals with a maximum six points. Four teams from the tournament besides Nigeria, who are […]

A HAND GRENADE exploded outside the Eerste Rivier home of People Against Gangsterism And Drugs member Ebrahim Jeneker on Wednesday night. Windows were shattered by the blast, but no-one was injured according to Western Cape police. Jeneker’s is one of over 30 houses that were searched in police raids on Sunday. The police are trying […]

SOUTH Africa’s 146000 prisoners will not be allowed to vote in the upcoming general election. The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application by the South African Prison Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) to allow prisoners to register to vote in the poll, expected in late May. Cabinet decided last year that prisoners will […]

LONG-distance queen Frith van der Merwe is undecided on whether she will run in this year’s Comrades Marathon and will make a decision after the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town at the Easter weekend. Van der Merwe, who will compete in the Buffalo Marathon in East London at the weekend, would like to aim […]

EASTERN Cape transport and public works MEC Thobile Mhlahlo was on Tuesday arrested by Umtata High Court Judge Stefaans Visser, for contempt of court. Mhlahlo and his secretary were ordered in November 1998 to explain to the court why 35 former civil servants were not paid voluntary severance packages. Visser said then that the former […]

DAVID SHAPSHAK, Johannesburg | Wednesday 12.30pm. CATS’ coach Andre Markgraaff named his Super 12 squad of 22 on Tuesday, instead of his starting 15 despite warnings from rugby administrators to name the squad 48 hours before the clash with ACT Brumbies on Friday. Rian Oberholzer, chief executive of the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu), […]

PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma is to meet his South African counterpart Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Wednesday. Neither the Namibian State House nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would say what the meeting was about. “We are all in the dark about this day trip,” a foreign affairs official said. However, a well-placed source indicated that […]