Yearly Archives: 1999

THE ARBITRATION ruling in the dispute between Govin Reddy and the SABC has been delayed for over one month, The Star reports on Thursday. Closing arguments from both parties are due on March 5. Paul Pretorius, the arbitrator in the case was expected to rule February 1, but will now only do so on March […]

THE WORLD Bank is expected on Thursday to release a $170-million credit to Zambia for various programmes. Finance minister Edith Nawakwi revealed on Wednesday that the World Bank agreed to extend to Zambia the credit worth $170-million. Nawakwi said the Private Sector Reform and Export Promotion (PSREP) credit will be released in three tranches, the […]

SWAZILAND’S former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), David Sibandze, has resigned from his post as head of Swaziland’s Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA). In a statement released on Wednesday, Sibandze said: “Pursuant to my resignation from the IOC, I felt that it would not be in the best interest of SOCGA to […]

AT least 10 new recruits in the Mozambican customs service have been fired for alleged corruption. The move follows the discovery of malpractice at Namaacha border post on the Mozambique-Swaziland frontier. The Mozambican government has employed Brisitsh customs officials to recruit and train personnel in an effort to improve the customs service. The customs department […]

THE Nigerian government has ordered all civil servants over age 60 to retire in a first move aimed at cutting back on the vast public service sector, officials said on Wednesday. In a directive sent out to all ministries, secretary to the government Gidado Idriss ordered officials to require all over 60s to retire “voluntarily” […]

MORE than 400 members of the Paper, Print, Wood and Allied Workers Union have been locked out at National Magazine Printers in Cape Town after the union staged a go-slow. The go-slow was in response to what the union calls futile wage negotiations and began on Wednesday afternoon, SABC Radio reported on Thursday. A spokesperson […]

THE Border Vodacom rugby tour to Australia is off as not enough funds have been raised through lottery sales. However, the prizes still hold and the draw for them will still take place. Border coach Gert Smal said on Wednesday that ticket sales had not gone as well as expected forcing the cancellation.

A HUGE fire broke out on Thursday in an oil pipeline running to Cairo in a desert area south of the Egyptian capital, police said. The fire was started by a blast in an underground section of the Mostorod pipeline at 2.30pm in the Zahraa al-Maadi area. The cause of the blast is not certain, […]

JUDGE Willem Heath’s special anti-corruption unit should probe the unlawful and improper use of public funds by former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) councillors, Public Protector Selby Baqwa said in a statement on Wednesday. The recommendation is contained in Baqwa’s Special Report on the Affairs of the IBA, which will be tabled in Parliament soon. His […]

President Nelson Mandela arrived in Baden Baden, Germany.