NAMIBIA’S agriculture ministry has lifted a ban on the import of live pigs and pork products from South Africa. The ban was imposed on September 18 in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The only restrictions that will remain in place are for cloven-hoofed animals and products from KwaZulu-Natal, and these will be lifted […]
MALAWI has officially switched on its new but controversial 64 megawatts hydro-power project, bringing the country’s total power output to 234 megawatts. The much-delayed $130m dollar Kapichira hydro-project was declared open by President Bakili Muluzi at the weekend. Work had been halted in 1992 after donors withdrew all aid to Malawi to put pressure on […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday DISGRACED Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC) mayor William Bantom, who was ousted from his post last month for allegedly watching pornography on the Internet, found a legal loophole to pay himself a “golden handshake” during his final days in office, the Cape Argus newspaper has reported. The CMC remains tightlipped […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday THE Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has refused to comment on a book in which the body’s deputy chairperson, Alex Boraine, published the commission’s proposed findings on former president FW de Klerk. The TRC said in a statement the fact that Boraine had chosen to publish the findings against De […]
THE Anglo American Platinum Corporation has launched a new corporate identity which will see the familiar abbreviation of Amplats fall away. The company is now called Anglo Platinum (AngloPlat), says the company’s Steve Calladine. Its old pentagonal logo has been replaced with a new three-layer triangular logo, described as bold and distinctive, which Calladine says […]
THE DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo has authorised two radio stations and one television network to resume broadcasts after banning them two weeks ago for breaking media laws. Radio Elikya, Radio Kintwadi and Television Antenne A had ”regularised their files” and resumed operations with immediate effect. Another seven stations remain banned for alleged irregularities ranging […]
A POWERFUL earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale has rocked south-western Tanzania, but there have been no reports of casualties. Police said there were three tremors in the space of 10 minutes which opened up cracks in some buildings. ”The first one was very, very big. My bed was shaking. I got out of […]
IVORY Coast’s military ruler General Robert Guei has rejected suggestions that soldiers who attacked his home in an apparent assassination attempt last month had been tortured or killed. Guei also denounced what he called plots to win power in the West African country by creating disorder. Guei, who plans to contest an October 22 presidential […]
MPUMALANGA’S eagerness to beat its classroom backlog has backfired, with scores of its new classrooms crumbling less than three years after they were built. At least one R500 _000 school near Nelspruit is so damaged it has been abandoned altogether and is now being used by gangs of truant youths for smoking and sex parties. […]
SOUTH Africa’s combined gold and foreign exchange reserves rose to R54.7bn in September from August’s R52.1bn, according to Reserve Bank figures. Analysts had predicted combined reserves of R53.5bn, with a range of between R51.5-55.1bn. The bank’s net open foreign exchange position – a measure of its uncovered exposure to its forward foreign exchange commitments – […]