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/ 11 February 1999
TWO nominations for the vacant post of chair of the Independent Electoral Commission were forwarded to Parliament on Wednesday. Lands Claims Court Judge Antonie Gildenhuys and Johannesburg High Court Judge Ismail Hussain were nominated by a selection panel comprising Constitutional Court President Judge Arthur Chaskalson, Public Protector Selby Baqwa and the chairs of the Human […]
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/ 11 February 1999
THE Human Rights Commission released the terms of reference for its investigation of racism in the South African media on Thursday. The full terms of reference will be published in this Friday’s Government Gazette and on the SAHRC website. In a statement the commission said it is finalising the appointment of the project’s co-ordinator and […]
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/ 11 February 1999
SUDANESE civilians may be tried by military courts for crimes involving firearms, explosives, espionage, and military secrets, a source cited by the official Suna news agency said in Khartoum on Thursday. “If the army commander-in-chief and state prosecutor agree, civilians suspected of these crimes may be judged by the armed forces tribunal, responsible for the […]
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/ 11 February 1999
FUGITIVE German billionaire Jurgen Harksen collapsed at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after being refused bail. Harksen was admitted to hospital under police guard with a suspected heart attack. Cape Town Magistrate Mike Wagener, who earlier this week ordered Harksen’s extradition to Germany on tax evasion charges, on Wednesday refused him bail and […]
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/ 11 February 1999
ZIMBABWE’S short-term money market rates spiked higher on Wednesday in their first large reaction to the central bank’s weekend rates hike. However, localised student unrest at the university campus on Wednesday had no effect on trade, dealers said. The Reserve Bank lifted its benchmark bank rate on Saturday by 2,5 percentage points to 45% and, […]
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/ 11 February 1999
AFRICA’S two Waynes are out of the Dubai Open tennis championship. Wayne Ferreira was sent home on Tuesday by Francisco Clavet of Spain, losing 13-11 in a third set tiebreaker. The South African was beaten 3-6 6-2 7-6 by the world number 29 on the second day of the $1-million tournament. Zimbabwe’s Wayne Black was […]
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/ 11 February 1999
POLICE have arrested four members of a suspected murder gang which terrified Northern Province residents at a popular meeting place for amorous couples 20km south of Pietersburg. The lovers’ lane gang is believed to have shot and killed three men and a woman during their six-week reign of terror at Lebowakgomo. A second woman was […]
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/ 11 February 1999
THE Camel White Water Challenge will be held in South Africa this year and not in Uganda, it was announced on Wednesday. The Ugandan government refused permission over concerns that the event’s publicity would create a lobby against a proposed dam development, organiser Tony Hansen said. Special permission was granted by the National Parks Board […]
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/ 11 February 1999
A COALITION of eight opposition parties in Niger has taken the lead in weekend municipal elections, according to preliminary and partial results released in the capital Niamey on Thursday by the National Independent Electoral Commission (Ceni). The coalition, which has fared better in Niger’s main cities, has captured 318 municipal seats out out 570 districts, […]
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/ 11 February 1999
BUSINESSMEN in Lesotho are outarged at South Africa’s sudden suspension of special travel concessions allowing multiple entry for business purposes without having to stand in long queues at border post. South African home affairs suspended the six-month concessions, granted to people who travel regularly for business or study, without warning. Lesotho Chamber of Commerce and […]