Yearly Archives: 2000

A SENEGALESE judge began hearing harrowing testimony of torture and killings against exiled former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre in a landmark human rights case in Africa. Lawyers said four Chadians who say they were tortured by Habre’s henchmen during his 1982-90 rule filed into the chambers of Judge Boucounca Diallo of the Regional Court in […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 4.00pm. HITCHES in South Africa’s free trade deal with the European Union over the use of the terms grappa and ouzo are unacceptable, Britain’s visiting minister for Africa Peter Hain has told The Sunday Independent. “I share South Africa’s intense frustration with the way in which all our interests are […]

ANGLOVAAL Mining (Avmin) has signalled its intention to dispose of its stake in the Saturn diamond partnership to De Beers in a deal that could net it close to R40-billion. The Saturn Partnership is a 50% stakeholder in the pretax profit of Venetia Diamond mine, the richest diamond mine in SA. De Beers receives the […]

ANGLOGOLD, the world’s biggest gold producer, said on Tuesday the company’s shares have been included in the All Ordinaries index of the Australian Stock Exchange. AngloGold said in a statement the stock represented 0,11% percent of the ASX All Ordinaries index and 9,6% of the ASX Gold index. Last month the South African gold miner […]

FORD Motor Company has doubled its investment in vehicle manufacturer SA Motor Corporation to 90% by acquiring a further 45% share from Anglo American Corporation of SA. Ford, which already holds 45% of Samcor’s shares, is set to purchase Anglo’s 45% — 35% immediately and the remaining 10% within the next two years. Ford will […]

A UNIT of Anglo American Plc confirmed on Thursday that its purchase of the main assets of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) had been delayed until February from a previously agreed date of January 31. The statement said that ZCCM and ZCI had made satisfactory progress towards the completion of the sale of the Nchanga […]

AT least 11 people were killed and 18 seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed in Angola’s northwest Cuanza-Norte province. Armed assailants ambushed the vehicle, which was transporting goods, near Maria Teresa, about 100km southeast of the capital Luanda, an aid worker said. The identity of the attackers is not clear.

THE financial markets watchdog had opened 10 new investigations in the past three months into suspicious share dealings on the JSE, according to the Insider Trading Directorate. But it has not brought any fresh legal action against individuals for the exploitation of privileged information to profit from share trading, according to a statement from its […]

ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Saturday 6.00pm. THE Supersport Series final at the Wanderers is intriguingly poised at the end of the second day. Gauteng are 221-3 in reply to Border’s total of 346, trailing by 125 runs with seven wickets in hand. The key wicket of Daryll Cullinan is still intact, but the second new […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 10.00pm. ZIMBABWE paceman Henry Olonga sent England to a hefty 104-run one-day defeat on Friday. Olonga ripped through the top five in the England batting order and finished with a personal best six for 19 — the finest figures by a Zimbabwean in the limited overs format. England fell for […]