Yearly Archives: 1999

A CAPE Town magistrate ruled on Friday that subpoenas issued to media organisations in the inquest into the lynching of gangster Rashaad Staggie are valid. Media groups, editors and journalists were subpoenaed to give evidence about the lynching of the Hard Livings gang co-leader allegedly by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs vigilantes in August 1996. […]

South African banks last year earned R8,7-billion from bank charges. One bank increased its charges by up to 67% last month. Surely South African regulators should follow the United Kingdom’s example in cracking down on high bank charges. Phillip Inman reports from London British high street banks are under the cosh once again. After years […]

President Nelson Mandela’s former home in Soweto was among 29 edifices declared national monuments on Thursday.

THE Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa, James Bartelman, was beaten and robbed of R1000 at a Sea Point hotel on Friday morning. Police said Bartelman (60) suffered a fracture to his nose after being assaulted with a stun device. The attack ended his plans to attend the opening of Parliament and he is returning […]

SEVENTH-seeded Amanda Coetzer will face world number one Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals of Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Friday. The South African came back from a 2-5 down in the final set to beat qualifier Els Callens of Belgium 2-6 6-1 7-5. Another South African, Mariaan de Swardt, was beaten by […]

Visiting Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima held talks on Thursday with President Nelson Mandela.

SHAREHOLDER countries of African regional airline Air Afrique will meet in February to discuss privatisation, which raises implications for air rights in Africa, sources close to the organisers say. Leaders of the 11 Francophone African states are to discuss a replacement for managing director Sir Harry Tirvengadum, who quit unexpectedly on Saturday, but sources said […]

SIX employees of a South African meat distributor froze to death after being locked in the back of a refrigerated truck during a robbery in Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg, on Thursday. Police said robbers held up the men at the Houtkop Meat storage premises and locked them in the truck before driving off with a […]

ECONOMIC and bilateral issues will top the agenda at meetings in Cape Town between a high-level Austrian delegation, the government and representatives of the private sector. At the helm of the visiting delegation is the Austrian head of state, Chancellor Viktor Klima. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad said on Wednesday that he is hoping the […]