TEN people died and 22 others were seriously wounded when an anti-tank landmine exploded under their vehicle on a road in central Angola, state television reported on Thursday. The mine exploded on Wednesday under a lorry carrying passengers and merchandise along the road between Catabola and Camacupa, 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Luanda. Most […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.45am. THE South African Rugby Football Union is expected to unveil a plan to increase black representation in Super 12 rugby by contracting the country’s top 120 players. A document called ”Vision 2003” is being prepared that will formalise quotas of five non-white players in each of South Africa’s four […]

THE Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board on Wednesday awarded a casino licence to the sole applicant for a licence in the Overberg region, the Caledon Casino Bid Company. The board emphasised that despite the fact that only Caledon had applied for the only casino operator licence in the Overberg region, it had been found […]

DIAMOND Trading Company (DTC), the company responsible for sales within the De Beers Central Selling Organisation, said on Wednesday it will rebalance its price book. This will mean an overall increase in rough diamond prices across all categories sold by the DTC. DTC said a strong demand and some reduction in supply of the lower […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Accra | Wednesday 1.50pm ASHANTI Goldfields of Ghana has reached an agreement with shareholders and the Ghanaian government, clearing the way for the sale of 50% of Geita Tanzanian mining company, the company said on Wednesday. Ashanti, facing severe financial problems, has estimated that the mine, expected to be fully operational later this […]

A POLICEMAN appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with charges of attempted murder, corruption and theft. Reports on Tuesday indicated that Sergeant Neil David Baard, 35, is being investigated for possible involvement in the bombing of the St Elmo’s restaurant at Camps Bay in November last year. The investigating […]

ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has accused South Africa of “meddling” in the internal affairs of Angola, the official Angola news agency ‘Angop’ reported on Tuesday. Speaking after a one-day meeting with his ally, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Dos Santos said: “It seems to me that it would be sensible for South African […]

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi launched the Malawi Revenue Authority on Tuesday. The revenue collection body has been formed from the ashes of the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Income, which hitherto collected government revenue. With the current annual income generation of nine billion kwacha (about $205-million), he said the country needs […]

LESOTHO’S King Letsie III marries a commoner on Friday in a ceremony expected to draw fellow African royals, heads of state and tens of thousands of blanket-clad subjects from throughout his country. The 35-year-old king has said that Karabo Motsoeneng, 23, who has been living and studying in South Africa for several years, will be […]

SPRINGBOK loose-forward Corne Krige will take his place in the back-row when the Stormers take on Western province in a pre-season match at Bellville-Tech on Wednesday. Stormers coach Alan Solomons seems to have settled on a side with which to kick off the Cape side’s Super-12, with only hooker Johan van Wyk an uncertainty. The […]