Yearly Archives: 1999

FRANKLIN Sonn, flamboyant former ambassador to the United States, has been appointed to the board of directors of both Absa Group and Absa Bank, it was announced on Friday. Absa chairman Danie Cronje said in a statement that Absa is “delighted to have a man of such stature and vision serving on our board”.

NIGERIA’S second largest political group, the centre-right All Peoples Party (APP), is split over plans for an electoral pact in next month’s presidential elections. The leaders of the APP, which took nine of Nigeria’s 36 states in state-level elections on January 9, agreed earlier this month to team up for the poll, presenting a joint […]

MILO, the six-month-old Jack Russell puppy who underwent open heart surgery on Thursday, is showing an improvement, the University of Cape Town’s medical school said on Friday. Milo, who has a rare congenital condition which causes defects in all four chambers of his heart, was in a critical condition on Friday morning. University spokesperson Paddy […]

THE blockbuster restructuring of Anglo American Corporation faces another key test on Thursday when shareholders in Anglo’s industrial subsidiary consider a share swap offer. The scheme meeting for Anglo American Industrial Corp (Amic) is one of Anglo American’s last major hurdles as it tries to consolidate its operations and move its domicile to London. Shareholders […]

AN officer of Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation pleaded guilty in a Masvingo court on Thursday to assaulting six newspaper staffers on Wednesday. Antony Jacob Gono pleaded guilty to six charges of common assault. He was refused bail and remanded for sentencing on Friday. Gono allegedly entered the newpaper offices and assaulted the staffers after accusing […]

THE Pretoria Regional Court on Friday ruled that people’s poet Mzwakhe Mbuli will remain in Pretoria Central Prison following an application by Mbuli that he be moved because his fans will not leave him alone. Mbuli’s lawyer, Wessie Wessels, requested that his client be moved to a police station to isolate him from the attention […]

FORMER African Nations Cup champions Cameroon were held to a draw with Eritrea this weekend in a second-round qualifying match for the 2000 finals. Cameroon were held 0-0 in Asmara while Nigeria defeated Burundi 2-0 in Abeokuta and Senegal and Burkina Faso drew 1-1 in Dakar. Frenchman Pierre le Chantre selected only European-based professionals for […]

DETAINED managing director of the Zimbabwean Standard, Clive Wilson is to appear in the Harare high court on Monday. Wilson was arrested on Friday. Commonwealth human rights lawyers were denied access to Wilson at the weekend. “A 10-member delegation of human rights advocates from across the Commonwealth failed to gain access to Clive Wilson,” the […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is to make a state visit to the Netherlands.

THE funeral of slain United Democratic Movement secretary general, Sifiso Nkabinde, will be held in Richmond next Sunday, the party’s Eastern Cape spokesperson Mabandla Gogo said on Sunday. A memorial service will be held in Umtata on Thursday, he said as he appealed for calm and restraint among UDM supporters. “His death must be accepted […]