FORMER National Party cabinet minister Abe Williams has been denied leave to appeal against his convictions on corruption and theft charges involving more than R500000. He was present during when his application was argued in the Cape High Court on Tuesday, but took ill during the lunch hour and was not in court for the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg. MOTOR vehicle sales showed sustained growth during the first six months of 2000 to end the half year 19% up on the same period last year, with a total of 165 678 sales recorded by Naamsa. In June, sales were up a substantial 25,7% over the same month in 1999. The passenger […]
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A NEW night time curfew began on Tuesday night in Ivory Coast after soldiers took to the streets for the first time since the December coup. Military ruler General Robert Guei imposed the 7pm. to 6am curfew after soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and other towns in the country. Firing into the air […]
FIVE elderly women were killed and nine other people were injured in a fire at a retirement home in Port Elizabeth. The victims were all women aged between 88 and 98, police said. It was initially unclear if they burned to death or died from smoke inhalation. The injured were taken to hospital and treated […]
BELGIAN Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will visit South Africa on Thursday and Friday for talks with President Thabo Mbeki on the situation in central Africa and the Great Lakes region. Verhofstadt would also call on former president Nelson Mandela to discuss the peace efforts in the Great Lakes region. He will be accompanied by Belgium’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 1.30pm THE 24000 or so members of the National Union of Mineworkers, at Amplats, the world’s largest platinum producer will be called on to begin striking next Thursday. NUM’s decision to seek a mandate has come after it failed to resolve issues with Amplats. Issues centered on the Basic Conditions […]
Former president Nelson Mandela, mediator in the peace process for Burundi, said on Tuesday he was "confident we will have a breakthrough" when talks resume this month in Arusha, Tanzania.
THE Gauteng health department says the situation at most provincial hospitals is back to normal, with many performing well. Spokeswoman Jo-Anne Collinge says a meeting between the regional leaders of NEHAWU and officials of the health department attempted to normalise the situation at the Helen Joseph Hospital, following weks of tension between hospital management and […]
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