ESKOM, the state owned electricity supplier, plans to invest more than R7 billion in projects in other African countries over the next five years. More than R4.2 billion of this would be in new projects, R1,8 billion in equity investments and R1 billion in the rehabilitation of existing projects, Public Enterprises Minister Jeff Radebe said […]
ERIK DE CASTRO, Jolo | Tuesday 2.30pm. DECLARING they wanted peace, about 100 armed Islamic rebels descended from their mountain hideout in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to negotiate on the fate of 21 mostly foreign hostages. The unexpected meeting between the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas and Moslem provincial governor Abdusakur Tan in a local town […]
THE main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday denied reports from a Rome-based missionary news agency that its forces took part in an alleged massacre of around 300 civilians. Misna, the news agency, “has always falsely accused the Congolese Rally for Democracy. There was no massacre,” the movement’s military leader and […]
GHANA’s Environmental Protection Agency has given 20 industrial firms 30 days to reduce pollution levels or face prosecution. The firms include food, textile and oil companies. The EPA has asked the firms to submit plans on reducing their industrial effluent because it says their waste generation and discharge is beyond the approved threshold.
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Tuesday 5.30pm. BRITAIN will release stocks of light weapons and ammunition to Sierra Leone’s army in response to a request by its government. British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told parliament on Tuesday that British officers will also lead an international team of military advisers to provide long-term training for President Ahmad […]
ALLAN SECCOMBE, Johannesburg | Tuesday 3.40pm. PUBLIC sector workers and the government on Tuesday began talks on a new wage deal which economists say could increase inflationary pressures if the unions’ demands are met. The government has offered a five percent increase, but the unions want between nine and 16%. The talks between the government […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Addis Ababa | Tuesday 2.00pm. ETHIOPIAN and Eritrean forces pounded each other on the key central front of their border war even as diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting gathered pace. Both sides said fighting erupted early on Tuesday in the morning on the central Zalambessa front, where thousands of troops are lined […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 4.00pm. ANDRE Vos will stay on as Springbok captain as long as his form and fitness hold, says convenor of selectors Francois Davids. The Cats and Golden Lions number eight was named to lead the 28-man Springbok squad in a Test and two against England next month, after World […]
AMAZULU have been dropped from the PSL into the coastal first division next season after they were beaten 2-1 by Ajax Cape Town on Sunday. To make matters worse, the KawZulu-Natal team was reduced to nine men, with the sending of of first Elasto Lungu (second warning for dangerous play) and then Jerry Skosana (red-carded […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Monday 10.30am. AS President Thabo Mbeki arrives in the United States for a combined state visit and a trade and investment roadshow, data released in the US has raised concerns that US firms may be loosing market share in South Africa. The Business Day reports that South Africa ran a record […]