Yearly Archives: 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 […]

ZAMBIA is the sixth biggest military spender in the 14-member South African Development Community, the 1998 SADC regional human development report has revealed. The SADC report, which was released in the Zambian capital Lusaka on Friday, shows that Zambia spent nearly 60% of its combined health and education expenditure from 1990 to 1991 on the […]

CHOLERA has killed 42 people in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, over the past month, health officials said on Tuesday.Local government officials have banned street vending of food and alerted hotels and restaurants to the threat.”We are putting in place preventive measures and have hired companies to work on drainage,” said council spokesperson Daniel Musoka.The water-borne […]

THE Free State Cheetahs beat glamour Super 12 outfit the Cats 36-28 in their opening trial match in Bloemfontein on Friday night. The half-time score was 19-14 to Free State. The Cheetahs got home by three goals and three tries to the Cats’ four goals. The Cats lacked any type of defence and the Free […]

HOTEL group Sun International reports a 7% drop in annual revenue to R1,23-billion in 1998. Gaming revenues dropped 11%, offset to an extent by hospitality revenues, which were 5% up on the previous year. Economists said the results indicate the knock Sun International has taken as a result of a number of casino licences being […]

POLLEN Ndlanya’s suspension proved the vital ingredient for Kaizer Chiefs as stand-in striker Thabang Lebese scored the two goals to overcome traditional Foes Orlando Pirates 2-1 on Saturday. The 27-year-old midfielder was retreaded to the front line for the PSL derby, slotted the goals in the 25th and 51st minute with help from stalwart Doctor […]

AGRICULTURE Minister Derek Hanekom on Monday warned farmers in Mpumalanga and Northern Province to vaccinate their animals and wear rubber gloves when handling carcasses after the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the Kruger National Park. Rift Valley Fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that usually results in in abortions or neo-natal mortalities in sheep, […]

A MAN was stoned to death in Carletonville after he ran over a two-year-old boy in his car. Police spokesperson Herman Esterhuizen said the driver hit the boy on Satuday, killing him instantly. A crowd gathered around the car, throwing stones at it. The driver got out of his car and was stoned by the […]

FOUR people were killed late Sunday and 35 wounded, several of them foreigners, when two bombs exploded in a nightclub and restaurant district of Uganda’s capital Kampala, police said on Monday.A senior security source said the bombs were the work of an urban terrorist wing of the Allied Democratic Forces rebels. The wounded included an […]

MINING concern Lonmin, previously Lonrho, plans to improve the liquidity of Duiker Mining over the next three years as part of the holding company’s ongoing restructuring. As well as rebuilding the listed coal mining firm’s liquidity, Lonmin is also considering expanding Lonplats, the group’s platinum firm. Lonplats saw record profits last year. While permission has […]