Yearly Archives: 2001

AN unidentified man burnt to death early on Tuesday morning and 15 people were left homeless when shacks in Claremont caught fire, Johannesburg Emergency Services said. Representative Hennie Botha said a man also sustained superficial burns to his back, shoulder and hand and was admitted to the Helen Joseph Hospital. He said residents of the […]

NEDCOR will announce ”a substantial investment” in unlisted IQ Business group it has been reported. Business Report said Nedcor would outline its continued investment in Dimension Data at a news briefing and quoted IQ Chief Executive Johan Roets as saying Nedcor would take a more than 20% stake in IQ for more than R100m. Roets […]

SHARES of Billiton Plc, listed in Johannesburg, lost almost 6% just before the weekend, extending its fall as traders locked in profits after recent gains and mulled its Canadian deal. Traders said much of Billiton’s fall was a result of sector- switching and profit-taking following good gains on the bourse’s resources index. ”Billiton is down […]

BILL BLUMENFELD, Cape Town | Tuesday INDIGENOUS languages such as Xhosa, Afrikaans and Khoi are continuing to grow in stature in the Western Cape, according to the Western Cape Language Committee. However, concern has been expressed by the Xhosa Action Group over the lack of Xhosa signage in the Western Cape; the shortage of translation […]

London | Tuesday A BRITISH firm is bidding to sell an expensive military air traffic control system to Tanzania, prompting a row at the centre of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The 28-million pound ($40-million) deal with one of Africa’s poorest countries was reported to have divided the Cabinet between […]

A FOUR-year-old girl was raped at Mandileni village in Mount Frere in Umtata on Sunday night, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said it was not clear how the incident occurred or whether the victim was alone at the time. ”All I can say at this stage is that the child was […]

TOTAL trading income of retailers in motor vehicles and accessories for the first six months of 2000 increased by 23.8% compared with the first six months of 1999, Statistics South Africa announced. ”This increase of 23.8% in the total motor trading income during this period, was mainly due to increases in the income from sales […]

JAMES HALL, Mbabane | Tuesday THE consumption of marijuana is such a well-entrenched part of Swazi culture that the small log enclosure where the headman of a traditional homestead escapes the burdens of life to enjoy a pipe has been lovingly recreated at Mantenga Cultural Village. ”My job is to sit here and smoke my […]

THE British firm International London Limited (ILL) has paid 10% of the $1,3-billion it bid for a majority stake in the Nigeria’s telecoms firm Nitel, officials said on Wednesday. “We received confirmation this morning from the New York branch of Standard Chartered Bank that ILL paid 10% of the bid yesterday (Tuesday),” said Bureau of […]

Harare | Tuesday ZIMBABWE’S year-on-year inflation jumped to 103,8% in November, almost six percentage points above the 97,9% recorded in October, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said on Friday. The latest figure means prices in Zimbabwe have more than doubled between November 2000 and November 2001, and confirmed economists’ fears that inflation would reach 100% […]