OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Thursday 2.15pm ENGLAND cricket chief Lord MacLaurin believes the outcome of the Pakistani match-fixing inquiry reveals just the ”tip of the iceberg”. Former captain Salim Malik and former Test bowler Ata-ur-Rehman were banned for life on Wednesday by the Pakistan Cricket Board, acting after the release of a long-awaited judicial report […]
ELLIS MNYANDU & JEREMY LOVELL, Bulawayo | Thursday 4.50pm. ZIMBABWE’s opposition succeeded on Thursday in a last ditch attempt to win more time to nominate candidates for parliamentary elections scheduled for June 24-25. The Movement for Democratic Change has taken its case to court, arguing that a postponement is vital if it is to field […]
NICOLE MORDANT, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.20pm. THE country’s competition watchdog has opposed Nedcor’s hostile bid for rival Stanbic in its report to the central bank, an senior competition source said on Thursday. ”The commission has reasoned against the transaction on grounds that it could impede competition in the banking industry… One area of concern is […]
KIERAN MURRAY, Addis Ababa | Thursday 4.30pm. ETHIOPIA declared a decisive victory in its border war against Eritrea on Thursday after Eritrea’s government agreed to withdraw from the territories it occupied at the start of fighting two years ago. Ethiopia’s government said its army has routed enemy positions on the central front of the war […]
ORGANISATION of African Unity chief Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Algerian president, arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday and went into talks on the Horn of Africa conflict with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Bouteflika’s special envoy Ahmed Ouyahia said the OAU chairman wanted to accelerate the pan-African body’s efforts to end the war between Ethiopia and […]
NATIONAL Parks chief executive Mavuso Msimang said on Wednesday that 13 sites in the country’s national parks are to be commercialised over the next few months. Nine of these are rest camps in the Kruger National Park. Others are in the Addo Elephant National Park, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and at Golden Gate. Msimang said […]
ANGOLAN rebel group Unita said on Tuesday that it has freed five Russian pilots captured in Angola. In a statement released in Lisbon, Unita said the pilots were freed on February 5 in response to appeals from family members and diplomats. Unita said the pilots had been handed over on May 22 to authorities in […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 2.00pm. FRESH claims have been made that weapons – but no “atom” bomb – as well as an Amscor “agent” were aboard the ill-fated Helderberg. Two Johannesburg newspapers carried further “revelations” about the mysterious downing of the SAA flight in November 1987 that killed all 159 on board. Well-known businessman […]
REBELS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said on Tuesday they would withdraw their troops this week from the disputed diamond city of Kisangani along with Ugandan and Rwandan forces. But Kin-Kiey Mulumba, spokesman for the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), said rebels would reserve the right to defend the town from any attack […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 1.50pm. THE National Union of Mineworkers faces financial ruin if Eskom is successful in suing it for some R6,1-million for damage to property caused by its members during strike action. In a similar case Telkom is claiming R285000 from the Communication Workers’ Union, The Star reports. According to the paper […]