Yearly Archives: 1999

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the umbrella body for major manufacturers in the country, said the private sector will hike food prices this week as the government has failed to provide a date to approve the increases. CZI official Eddie Cross said talks between government and the private sector ended in a stalemate last […]

BRYAN PEARSON, Cape Town | Thursday 5.10pm. OPERATION Good Hope, a police operation to crack down on urban terrorism in Cape Town, moved into full swing on Thursday as six members of vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs were charged in court, another five were arrested and a number of houses raided. Heavily armed […]

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 […]

ZIMBABWE’S national state oil procurement company is riddled with corruption, says early results of an inquiry into the firm. A cabinet minister announced the findings in Harare on Wednesday, saying the company had prejudiced more than $35-million over the last five years in flawed contracts. Outstanding debts also amount to more than $400-million. Transport and […]

THE Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday that more than half of the country’s potential voters have registered. The IEC said after completing tallying the figures from last weekend’s registration drive that 13500074, or 50,07% of the country’s 26960217 potential voters had registered by the end of last weekend. Mpumalanga has registered the greatest proportion […]

VETERAN newsman and former Cape Times and Sunday Express editor, JC Koos Viviers, died after a battle with cancer on Wednesday. Viviers (61) started his career as a journalist at the Rand Daily Mail in 1955. In 1981 he was appointed editor of the Eastern Province Herald in Port Elizabeth, and editor-in-chief of the Herald, […]