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 […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Wednesday 10.20am ASHLEY Mallett, a former Australian Test off-spinner who acted as an advisor for South Africa on its 1997-98 tour of Australia has raised even more suspiscion about Hansie Cronje and match fixing. Mallett, a spin-bowling advisor during the Proteas tour, has told South African cricket authorities of his […]
LUCIA MUTIKANI, Pretoria | Wednesday 1.00pm. PRODUCER prices rose at their highest rate in nearly five years in April, figures released on Wednesday show, due in large part to rising domestic prices. Statistics South Africa said recent petrol price hikes have largely been behind the increase. Producer costs rose 10,1% year-on-year, after an 8,6% increase […]
FORMER Ghanaian football captain Abedi Pele and fellow ex-international Tony Yeboah have rejected an invitation to re-join the national team. The Ghana Football Association invited the two to strenghten the Black Stars in their preparation for the 2002 World Cup qualifying series which will begin in June. In separate radio interviews in Accra on Monday, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuessday 1.00pm. THE President of the South African Hockey Association, Claire Digby, has left for Rio de Janeiro to assist the embattled South African men’s hockey team to find a berth at the Sydney Olympics. The team’s plight will be heard on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee meets to […]
A TEAM of Egyptian archaeologists working in the Valley of the Mummies on the outskirts of Cairo, has discovered 100 more gold-encased bodies. Team leader Zahi Hawass said the mummies have been found intact in seven newly uncovered tombs at the ancient necropolis where 200 mummies were found last year and which is expected to […]
LUKE BAKER, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.30pm. DIMENSION Data, the country’s leading IT group, is expected to win government approval for a primary London listing “imminently”, its chairman said on Tuesday.
STOCKS of export tobacco from Zimbabwe are at their lowest level in five years, a tobacco industry official said on Tuesday. But Zimbabwe Tobacco Association marketing director Pat Davis said the sector — the country’s top foreign exchange earner — could withstand the knocks caused by current political strife provided there was a return to […]
ALAN FINLAY & Reuters, Johannesburg | Monday 4.00pm. THE JSE slipped lower on Monday on the back of weaker Asian markets, worse-than-expected first quarter gross domestic product data, and Friday’s dip in US markets. The all-share finished 0,60% or 43 points lower. Industrials closed down 1,28% or 104 points and financials ended 0,74% or 65 […]