Yearly Archives: 1999

SHEPHERD “Mzimba” Kiviet will replace Stanley Christodoulou at the helm of the South African National Boxing Control Commission, according to the body’s outgoing chairman, Peter Ngatane. Christodoulou resigned just before Sports Minister Steve Tshwete fired the commission’s executive committee on Christmas Eve. Kiviet will run the commission until February 1, when an interim commission will […]

POLICE have arrested suspects in two serial killer cases. Gauteng police commissioner Sharma Maharaj and Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi announced the breakthrough on Tuesday, saying a suspect who was arrested in Orlando, Soweto, on rape and hijacking charges has been linked to 14 of the Nasrec serial killings. Maharaj added that Pretoria police […]

FORMER Japanese premier Ryutaro Hashimoto flew into Johannesburg on Wednesday at the start of a four-day visit that will focus on establishing a partnership between his country and South Africa. Hashimoto, who became a senior foreign adviser to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi after resigning in July, arrived in the country from Kenya where he was […]

THE diplomatic missions of Britain and the United States in the Ugandan capital were closed to the public Monday after anonymous callers made bomb threats. Workers, mainly guards, at the building housing both missions on the main street leading to the Ugandan parliament said they had only been told that the offices would remain closed […]

GAVIN RELLY, former chairman of Anglo American, has died aged 72 after a short illness. Relly was chairman of Anglo American from 1983 to 1990, succeeding Harry Oppenheimer. Among his notable accomplishments was his decision in 1985 to lead a delegation of business leaders to Lusaka to meet with the ANC, in defiance of the […]

FORMER Anglo American Corporation of South Africa chairman Gavin Relly died on Sunday after a short illness, the company said in a statement on Monday. Relly, who was 72, was chairman of South Africa’s largest company and the world’s largest bullion producer from 1983 to 1990. He succeeded Harry Oppenheimer and led Anglo through the […]

THE three-day cricket match between Boland and West Indies ended in a draw on the final day on Tuesday. Scores: West Indies 220 and 307, Boland 135 and 123-5. Scoreboard at the close of play. West Indies first innings 220 (S.Williams 55) Boland first innings 135 (R.Lewis 4-45) West Indies second innings 307 (overnight 94-4) […]

FORMER Western Cape premier Hernus Kriel, who had a heart attack at his holiday home in Kleinmond in the Western Cape on Saturday, is recovering in the Panorama Heart Clinic in Cape Town. Kriel (57) is reportedly feeling much better. SAAF TO MARION’S RESCUE THE South African Air Force is to dispatch a C-130 transport […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dakar | Tuesday 8.30pm. In a desperate bid to prop up the ailing Congolese franc, embattled President Laurent Kabila has banned all foreign currency transactions outside the banking sector. Reports from the capital Kinshasa said Kabilla issued a decree over the weekend which says all transactions on DRC territory mustnow be conducted in […]

THE Namibian defence ministry has lifted the media blackout on the country’s involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Namibian newspaper reported on Tuesday. The decision to lift the press restrictions was taken after discussions between Defence Minister Erikki Nghimtina and the editor of The Namibian on Monday. The government imposed […]