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 […]
South African top seed Amanda Coetzer beat Spain’s Cristina Torrens-Valero 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Sunday to win the 140,000-dollar WTA tennis event in Antwerp. Coetzer, the world number 11, beat an opponent way below her in the rankings at 80th in a match interrupted by rain. On clay made slower by the moisture, the first set […]
THE Zimbabwean government said on Monday that it expectes Zimbabwe to produce nearly 2,2-million mt of maize in the current farming year, up from the 1,5-million mt produced in 1999. However, a spokeswoman for the Commercial Grain Producers Association in Harare said that “at best” only 1,7-million mt of maize will be produced. She said […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kuala Lumpur | Tuesday 12.20pm. JAPAN has announced plans to send Asian experts to Africa to upgrade skills and help lift it out of poverty. Amongst the plans is a major IT skills injection into the continent. Yasuaki Nogawa, deputy director general of Japan’s Middle East and Africa bureau, said the country will […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 11.50am. TWO of the greatest rivals in South African soccer Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs have been united under the same sponsorship banner. Cellular network provider Vodacom has announced a “multi-million rand” three-year sponsorship the two clubs who hold two of the top-three spots on the Premier Soccer League […]
SUSAN NJANJI, Harare | Tuesday 2.00pm. A SENIOR member of Zimbabwe’s ruling party has admitted it could be trounced by the new opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in next month’s elections. At the same time the government of President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday gazetted legislation empowering the government to acquire 841 white-owned farms for […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Tuesday 5.40pm. A KEY Mpumalanga local government department official allegedly admitted she is an illegal immigrant from Swaziland before escaping from police custody on Monday night. Police prohibited immigrant unit commander, Captain David Chilembe, confirmed on Tuesday that police are searching for the young woman after she gave her police guard […]