PARLIAMENT’S labour committee has agreed that transitional provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act should be amended to allow a more gradual cutting of working hours from the current 60 a week to the 45 in the security industry as stipulated by the Act. SABC radio news reported the security industry is to be […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Ouagadougou | Wednesday 12.15pm. BURKINA Faso fired their Belgian coach Rene Taelman on Tuesday after the national soccer team’s poor showing in this month’s African Nations Cup. Burkina Faso Football Federation spokesman Abdoulkarim Traore told state television that Taelman failed to fulfil his contractual obligation with the “unacceptable result” of the team, who […]

THE South African cross-country team which will compete in the AAAC Southern Region Cross-Country Championships in Zimbabwe was announced on Wednesday. The national team set to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Portugal will be selected at the Zimbabwean competition. The team: Men: Whaddon Niewoudt, Richard Mavuso, Solomon Khambule, Hendrick Ramaala, Shadrack Hoff, George […]

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 […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Bulawayo | Wednesday 6.00pm. GRAEME Hick, playing for England in the country of his birth, led the touring side to a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe with an unbeaten 87 in the first one-day international on Wednesday. Hick and all-rounder Mark Ealham saw England home with an unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 90. England […]