THE leader of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) indicated Sunday that he would move to expel former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam if the MDC wins parliamentary elections due next month. “There is no room here in Zimbabwe for Mengistu,” Morgan Tsvangirai said. Colonel Mengistu, ousted nine years ago, has been living in an […]
Nando’s has reported a 21,26% rise in headline earnings per share to 8,1 cents for the year ended February 29 from 6,68 cents the year before, reports said. Revenues have increased by 13,46% to R321,5 million from R283,3 million the year before. Operating profit before interest and depreciation increased by 46,65% to R41,3-million from R28,2-million […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 4.30pm. MOST counters ended firmly in positive territory on Monday, the overall finishing 1,01% or 73 points up. With markets in the United Kingdom and United States closed, dealers said futures buying helped the local bourse fair better. The financial index closed 2% or 180 points good, while the industrial […]
THE trial starts on Monday of three suspects accused of abducting, raping and finally murdering a Brenda Fairhead and her 11-year-old daughter, Kia, near Port Alfred. The Cape Town women disappeared in January this year after an angling outing at the Fish River mouth. Three weeks have been set aside for the High Court trial, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 11.30am. A GOLDEN Arrow bus driver was shot dead and six commuters were wounded on Monday in Delf, one of Cape Town’s townships. The police’s Superintendent Wicus Holzhausen said the bus driver died after gunmen, believed to be from a minibus taxi organisation locked in a turf war with […]
DISCARDED Springbok wing Stefan Terblanche scored two of the Barbarians five tries as they shaded victory against Ireland by 31-30 with some champagne rugby. It was a bruising encounter to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Irish Rugby Football Union at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Sunday. But injuries in the game could cost Ireland […]
AIRPORT A BOMB attack was launched on Monday at the airport in the Eritrean capital just north of a terminal at around 11.45am. A building was in flames and smoke could be seen in the distance. The attack apparently took place as a Red Cross plane carrying relief aid was unloading. The plane was seen […]
PHILIPPINE government negotiators held formal talks with Muslim separatists holding 21 mostly foreign hostages on Saturday, including two South Africans, and urged the depressed and ailing captives to hold on. More than a month after the holidaymakers were snatched from a Malaysian diving resort, the team met the rebels in mountainous jungle in the south […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.15am. THE Reserve Bank is warning that interest rates may have to rise, saying that if a recent surge in inflation continues it will be forced to alter monetary policy. Reserve Bank governor Tito Mbowni said the bank is ”very concerned” about a sharp increase during April in both producer […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 9.30am. AUTHORITIES have begun investigating a visit to South Africa by the wife of captured Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh. The Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification from the United Nations on whether Fatou Sankoh, who entered South Africa on a US passport, was affected by UN travel restrictions on […]