Yearly Archives: 1999

RONNIE ELLIOTT, Pretoria | Wednesday 8.30pm “PEOPLE’s poet” Mzwakhe Mbuli denied on Wednesday that he was involved in a robbery at the First National Bank in Waverley in Pretoria on October 28 1997, implying he was framed. Mbuli, Happy Shikwambane and Ben Masiso are on trial in the Pretoria Regional Court in connection with the […]

THE United States will trigger Moslem wrath and pay a “heavy price” if the ailing spiritual guide of Egypt’s main armed Moslem fundamentalist group dies in his US prison cell, according to his American lawyer Ramsey Clark. Clark, a former US attorney general, was referring to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman (61), blind spiritual guide to […]

COMMERCIALISATION of the Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) will not attract enough capital to rationalise operations, Zambia National Farmers Union’s president Ajay Vashee said on Tuesday. Vashee said commercialisation of Zamtel will not attract enough capital to extend its network to all farmers. “Similarly the contribution of $210-million to Zambia Electricity Supply Company should mean more […]

SOUTH African golf star Ernie Els, ranked world number five in the latest rankings, heads the European Tour money list after the Heineken Classic in Australia. Els has earned 169045. over the past year. FIFA WARNING COUNTRIES bidding to host the 2006 World Cup have been warned by FIFA that they will be struck off […]

THE Red Cross in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, is assessing damage caused by Tuesday night’s floods near the town. At least 15 shacks were washed away in Copesville and there was severe damage at Bulwer, Edendale and Mountain Rise after a heavy downpour. Two people are believed to have drowned trying to cross a flooded bridge.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has set up a special court to arbitrate disputes related to economic development and market integration. Comesa secretariat member Onyango Matata said the Comesa Court of Justice, launched in September last year, the Lusaka-based court will be empowered to place sanctions on countries reneging on agreement […]

EMBATTLED South African soccer chief Joe Ndhlela refused to confirm on Tuesday suggestions that he could be relegated to the role of a clerk in the Premier Soccer League administration. The City Press newspaper reported the PSL chief executive faced the sack if he refused to accept a six-month contract, which restricts his powers of […]

OLD Mutual Fund Managers — UK-based unit trust arm of Old Mutual International — was last week fined 20000 by an investment regulatory body for failing to correctly price the assets of four unit trusts under its management. Business Report reports that the British Investment Management Regulatory Organisation said the breaches occurred between July 1 […]

THE N1 highway south of Warmbaths in Northern Province was closed on Wednesday morning after 800 bags of highly explosive, powdered Xanthnate fell on to the road. Police spokesperson Captain Blackie Swart said waste disposal experts were called into remove the powder before it rained. People within a one-kilometre radius were evacuated. The powder — […]

MPUMALANGA highway patrol has crashed and written off one of ten new hi-tech patrol vehicles — only 48 hours after receiving them. The patrol vehicles, which cost the province R1,2-million, are being punted as the most technologically advanced in the country with radar, computer tracking systems and surveillance cameras. The equipment however failed to prevent […]