Yearly Archives: 2001

Pretoria | Monday THE South African Reserve Bank said on Sunday that it was ready to take ”firm steps” against currency trading which was inconsistent with existing rules and regulations. Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said in a statement the September terror attacks on the USA and the ensuing international tension and conflict had had […]

THE Development Bank of SA (DBSA) will receive more than R130-million from the German Development Bank to finance, among others, municipal infrastructure projects, the DBSA said on Thursday. The signing ceremony of a DM28,5-million (about R124,8-million) loan and a DM1,5-million (about R6,5-million) grant will take place in Johannesburg on Monday. ”The loan funds will be […]

Delmas | Monday A 66-YEAR old Delmas grandfather and his 33-year old daughter will go on trial in the Nigel Regional Court on Monday on charges of incest. Robert Fedder, his 61-year old wife Elsina, son Jan and daughter Breggie Kamffer were arrested on a farm near Delmas in Mpumalanga in July last year on […]

Pretoria | Monday THE Department of Trade and Industry has decided to institute disciplinary action against a senior official who received a R55 000 discount on a luxury vehicle from a company with an interest in the government’s controversial arms deal. Two weeks ago the department announced that Vannan Pillay had not contravened public service […]

UP to 15 000 Zimbabweans working on farms in South Africa will be deported on Monday by immigration officials, supported by the defence force and police, a home affairs official said on Wednesday. The majority working on farms on the border with Zimbabwe are here illegally, and those with permits, particularly for unskilled jobs, will […]

Cape Town | Saturday THE leader of South Africa’s political opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has demanded the resignation of the mayor of Cape Town in the worst crisis to hit the shaky 15-month merger with the apartheid-era National Party. DA leader Tony Leon asked Mayor Peter Marais, who used to be member of the NP […]

THE Nigerian government said on Wednesday that it was considering closing down its diplomatic missions in seven countries either because they are unnecessary or because of problems funding them. The plan follows a recommendation of a committee set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo that some of the missions considered either unnecessary or too expensive to […]

NAWAAL DEANE, Johannesburg | Thursday THE Minister of Housing, Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, launched a R3-million defamation action against the Mail & Guardianin the Johannesburg High Court on Thursday in response to how she fared in the paper’s 1998 Cabinet “report card”. The report card, which gave Mthembi-Mahanyele an F, referred to how the controversial Motheo housing […]

Paris | Tuesday HERE is a summary of the latest developments as US forces again strike targets in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on US cities. – US warplanes and cruise missiles targetted strategic installations in Afghanistan for a second night of reprisals. Five land-based B-1 and B-2 stealth bombers, as well […]