Yearly Archives: 1999

A NEW political alliance seeking to oust President Bakili Muluzi at elections on May 18 was formally launched at a weekend rally, with a pledge to end hunger in Malawi. The alliance is between the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of the late former dictator Kamuzu Banda and the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), which has strong […]

THE JSE Securities Regulation Code could effectively prevent life assurer Fedsure, pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram and empowerment investment group Sekunjalo from making another offer for South African Druggists shares until next February. Business Report on Sunday reported that the code will also prevent them from making another bid — acting on their own, as a […]

KING Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain arrived in Cape Town late on Sunday at the start of a four-day official visit to South Africa. The royal couple were met at Cape Town airport by Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo and Western Cape provincial premier Gerald Morkel. They are are accompanied by Spanish Foreign Minister […]

ALFRED LIBOMBO, Maputo | Monday 1.00pm. A PILOT binational agreement to promote the free movement of people and goods between Mozambique and South Africa has become bogged down in bureaucratic red tape and budget cuts, Mozambique’s national roads director, Lucas Nhamizinga, said on Monday. Confirming that the 1997 agreement has still not been implemented, Nhamizinga […]

SOARING temperatures have forced organizers of the Safari Rally to shorten the first and second legs of the competition through the hilly countryside to the southwest of Nairobi. With only 10 days to go before the start of the Safari, considered one of the toughest in the world championship circuit, temperatures have reached nearly 29C […]

BRITAIN’S “Black Widow” murder case could be at end with the arrest in Johannesburg of two men named in court as the hitmen hired to kill British private detective Barry Trigwell. The Sunday Times reports that Paul Petrus Rus (36) and Lorenz Sundkvidst (44) were arrested on Friday night after the government received an official […]

A BUILDER single-handedly fought off three lions this week in the town of Marloth Park, which is in a game reserve near Malelane in Mpumalanga. Speaking from hospital on Saturday, Thomas Hlatswayo (22) said he was cycling along a road at on Wednesday night when he spotted three lions. Hlatswayo was carrying firewood tied in […]

BELGIAN Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene will arrive 24 hours later than he was expected in South Africa — meaning he will miss a concert of Belgian singer Helmut Lotti in Johannesburg on Sunday. Dehaene was unable to leave Brussels on Saturday evening as scheduled because of a technical problem with the military plane on which […]

THE Nigerian government has agreed to plans to dredge the river Niger, from the coast to the federal capital, Abuja, opening it up to major river boat traffic. The project will cost 8,3-billion naira (about $10-million), said Major-General Mohammed Buhari, chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund and a former military ruler of Nigeria. Contracts are […]

THE Democratic Party on Sunday announced that the leader and chairperson of the Freedom Front caucus in the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council have defected defected to join its ranks. Caucus leader Philip de Wet and chairperson Wickus Theron, who announced the move at a DP fundraiser on Saturday night, automatically lose their seats.