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/ 14 November 2001
RICHARD THOMPSON, Johannesburg | Wednesday THE South African gold mining industry announced on Wednesday a new best practice guideline for managing cyanide, drawn up in consultation with government, labour, non-governmental organisations and cyanide suppliers. Addressing a press conference in Johannesburg, Bernard Swanepoel –chairman of the gold producers committee of the Chamber of Mines — said […]
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/ 14 November 2001
Cape Town | Wednesday DESPITE initial estimates of R1,5-billion, the cost of deploying South African troops in Burundi should not cost more than R535-million, even if the operation lasts a year. This is according to Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota, who says he is confident South Africa will be reimbursed for all expenses incurred during the […]
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/ 14 November 2001
LAUREN GELFAN, Washington | Monday FEDERAL investigators were on Sunday tracking an 18th infection by anthrax, while public health officials girded for a possible bioterrorist attack using the extremely-contagious smallpox virus. A New Jersey woman was undergoing treatment for skin anthrax after handling mail sorted at the Hamilton Township mail processing facility, which delivered anthrax-laced […]
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/ 14 November 2001
ONE man was killed and another arrested on Tuesday morning after a Fidelity Guard vehicle was robbed on the Dundee road in Nqutu, northern KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Buhle Ngidi said the security vehicle was forced off the road and a large sum of money stolen. Four armed men then got into a Toyota Cressida […]
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/ 14 November 2001
Johannesburg | Monday AN eAfrica commission would ensure that every high school graduate on the continent left school ”e-literate”, Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Sunday. She was speaking at the formal opening ceremony of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Telecom Africa 2001 conference in Johannesburg. ”Education is important in crossing the digital divide. The […]
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/ 14 November 2001
Nigel | Wednesday JUDGEMENT in the case of alleged incest between a 66-year old Delmas grandfather and his 33-year old daughter was expected in the Nigel Regional Court on Wednesday. Robert Fedder was charged in August with incest after forensic tests showed that he could have been the father of the eldest son of his […]
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/ 14 November 2001
Doha | Tuesday WTO ministers meeting here reached a preliminary deal on access to generic medicines in developing countries, according to a copy of a draft text received on Tuesday. The text states that a World Trade Organisation agreement on protecting patented pharmaceuticals ”does not and should not” prevent countries taking measures to protect public […]
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/ 14 November 2001
Harare | Wednesday STEPPING up the pace of their land ”reform” process, the Zimbabwean government has ordered 1 000 white commercial farmers off their land. Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was quoted as saying that a further 3 500 white farmers who had received preliminary warnings their land would be seized would soon receive seizure notices. […]
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/ 14 November 2001
JOHANNESBURG police were still questioning a 24-year-old man and his mother on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and murder of Nasiphi Mokenene (3) in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, police said. The man handed himself over to the Alexandra police station on Monday after Nasiphi was found butchered over the weekend. The man has not […]
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/ 13 November 2001
His deft directorial touch brought us <i>Gremlins</i>, <i>Home Alone</i> and <i>Mrs Doubtfire</i>, so he was a natural to bring J.K. Rowling’s young wizard Harry Potter to magical life, writes Burhan Wazir.