Yearly Archives: 1999

NAMIBIAN copper mining company Tsumeb Corporation Limited was yanked back from the brink of sale on Thursday when creditors were informed that the sale had to be postponed. Joint provisional liquidator Ian McLaren yesterday directed a letter to all known creditors of TCL to tell them that it had not been possible to proceed with […]

MILITARY allies of Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila on Saturday claimed to have beaten back a rebel offensive and killed or captured 400 troops, including some white mercenaries. The Southern African Development Community task force headquarters in the capital Kinshasa said in a statement quoted by Zimbabwe’s government media that “attempts by the […]

ELECTIONS will go ahead, regardless of how many people register to vote, newly appointed Independent Electoral Commission chairwoman Brigalia Bam said on Saturday. Bam said that although the IEC is aiming to register 70% of the country’s 25 million eligible voters, the elections will not be postponed if the target is not reached. About 56,1% […]

PREMIERSHIP team Seven Stars’ boss Rob Moore has alleged that Safa is trying to block the amalgamation deal between Stars, Cape Town Spurs and Ajax Amsterdam. Moore claims Safa has discussed the merger, and Spurs representative to a recent Premier Soccer League board meeting, John Comitis, produced minutes of a Safa meeting showing the merger […]

THE Finnish Parliament has approved the writing off of bilateral development credit to Zambia. The Finnish head of delegation, Kari Alanko, said at bilateral consultations between Zambia and Finland which began in Lusaka on Thursday that the write-off will amount to 45-million Finnish markka. The debt relief comes on the condition that Zambia makes available […]

THE communication minister for Congo (Brazzaville), Francois Ibovi, announced on Thursday the confiscation of unregistered sawmills using logs stolen alongside the Congo River. About 12712m of timber worth 1,073-billion CFA francs were stolen from logging companies in northern part of the country between June 1997 and April 1998. The Congolese government has established surveillance brigades […]

ZIMBABWE’S Standard newspaper editor, Mark Chavunduka, and his chief writer, Ray Choto, will appear at the magistrates court on Monday to face charges of contravening section 50 of the Law and Order Maintenance Act. The two journalists were illegally detained and tortured by state agents before being released and brought to the court on 21 […]

SOUTH AFRICA has dropped reformed bad boy, Alfred Phiri, for an African Nations Cup qualifier against Gabon on February 27 in Mabopane. Turkish-based Phiri celebrated his return from a three-match ban after being sent off in the World Cup finals last year with the winner in a 2-1 Castle Cup Southern Africa championship victory over […]

HIGHWAY robbers took away more than one million dollars worth of gold when they ambushed a bullion van transporting the precious metal to Accra, Ghana its owner, Resolute Amansie Limited said on Thursday. The head of the company’s risks management unit, William Usmer, said the gold weighing 170kg was being conveyed from the company’s mine […]

OLYMPIC marathoner Abel Mokibe made his long-awaited return to road racing when he won the Pick ‘n Pay marathon in Bedfordview on Sunday. Mokibe finished only nine seconds outside of the incentive time clocking 2:23:09. He started the race with the intention of running an easy qualifier but the lack of commitment up front forced […]