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/ 17 February 1999
NIGERIAN presidential candidate Olusegun Obasanjo late on Tuesday named a northeastern politician, Abubakar Atiku, as his running mate in February 27 elections.Obasanjo, a former military ruler from the southwest of Nigeria, is facing a man from the same region, former finance minister Olu Falae, in the polls. Falae on Tuesday named a northwestern politician, and […]
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/ 17 February 1999
UNITED States engineering company, Fluor Daniel, launched a $1,3-million feasibility study into a second Mozambican aluminum smelter in the coastal city of Beira on Tuesday. The proposed smelter would produce up to 250000 tons of aluminum per year from its Savane site, 25km north of Beira. Mozambican national energy director Casimiro Fransisco said the 10-month […]
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/ 17 February 1999
NON-residents were net buyers of R293,4-million worth of South African bonds on Monday after buying only R49,3-million worth on Friday, according to the latest Bond Exchange data.
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/ 17 February 1999
AFTER waiting for 25 years, Burundi has decided to develop the rich Musongati nickel deposit in the southern part of country by entrusting its exploitation to a Canadian-Australian company. With reserves of about 18-million tons of nickel laterite, the Burundian deposit is said to be among the three largest in the world, behind those of […]
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/ 17 February 1999
THE world’s largest gold producer, Anglogold, arranged a $350-million syndicated term loan facility in London on Friday. The unsecured loan will pay for the acquisition of Minorco’s gold assets around the world. The firm reports that the syndication was well oversubscribed, and that this was the largest facility to be raised for a South African […]
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/ 17 February 1999
POLICE arrested eight men on Tuesday in connection with Friday’s robbery of a group of 19 United States tourists at a preschool in Mamelodi, Pretoria. Mamelodi police spokesperson Captain Elias Mawela said the men were arrested between 3am and 6am on Tuesday morning. He said the police have so far recovered a cellphone, a camera, […]
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/ 17 February 1999
ZIMBABWE’S tobacco output for the current season will remain above 180-million kg despite heavy rains in key growing districts, the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association said on Tuesday. With about one-third of the crop harvested, the ZTA estimated production at 182,41-million kg. At the start of the harvest in January it forecast 185-million kg. Last year’s output […]
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/ 16 February 1999
President Nelson Mandela will hold talks with visiting Zambian President Frederick Chiluba on Wednesday.
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/ 16 February 1999
A 34-year-old German special forces paratrooper, Jobst Norbert, died on Valentine’s day near Nylstroom when his parachute failed to open properly and he fell 11000 feet to his death while his wife watched. Norbert’s 27-year-old wife, Gute, had to be treated for severe shock. Norbert, who had over 100 jumps to his name, was rushed […]
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/ 16 February 1999
SENIOR United Nations envoy to Angola Issa Diallo is to deliver a report this week to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Angola’s civil war and worsening humanitarian plight. The agenda for their meeting is likely to include UN plans to withdraw from Angola and the Diallo’s recent closed-door meeting with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos […]