ZIMBABWE’s government on Thursday awarded its civil servants pay rises of up to 90% pay in a bid to avert a strike. Acting Public Service and Labour minister, John Nkomo made the announcement after emergency talks with leaders of the 155000 government workers who threatened to strike if demands for a 150% pay hike were […]

SOUTH African Wayne Ferreira claimed the eighth and last place in next month’s Kooyong Classic, the leadup event to the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne. Ferreira, ranked 53 in the world, joins world number one Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Mark Philippoussis, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Thomas Enqvist, Nicolas Kiefer and Richard Krajicek in the round robin tournament. […]

WINNIE Madikizela-Mandela has received a bravery award at a private ceremony in East London on Thursday. Madikizela-Mandela was awarded the Hintsa Bravery Award by Xhosa King Xolilizwe Sigcawu for the role she played in the fight against apartheid. Sigcawu described her as one of the ANC leaders who kept the fire burning inside the country […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 1.00pm. THE largest part Dusi river has been declared safe by Dusi Canoe Marathon organisers after heavy rains lashed KwaZulu-Natal. The river has been deemed safe for paddlers who want to fit in some late training ahead of the three-day event next month, but paddlers are advised to avoid […]

THE foreign ministry on Friday praised outgoing Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who resigned on Friday, for leaving a legacy of democracy. “Yeltsin leaves a legacy of democratic governance which is indicative of the progress that humanity is making,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. “President [Thabo] Mbeki has fond memories of his visit to […]

A MAN was arrested and charged on Thursday for allegedly kicking Johannesburg accountant Johannes Snyders to death for urinating on a car in Sea Point, Cape Town, earlier this month. Vincent Michael Bracale, a 48-year-old security company manager, handed himself over to police on Thursday and later told the Cape Town Magistrate’s court that he […]

FEMALE mountaineer Deshun Deysel (28) is to become the first black South African woman to lead an expedition to the peak of an African mountain, organisers said on Tuesday. Three Peaks 2000 said in a statement on Tuesday that the six-member team is expected to reach the summit of Mount Kenya early on Friday morning […]

FOREIGN investment in Mozambique in 1998 totalled $770-million, with most of the money going to the industrial, agro-industrial and tourism sectors, state radio said on Wednesday. The Investment Promotion Centre received 300 project applications, of which 190 have been implemented. South Africa and Portugal lead foreign investment in Mozambique, Radio Mozambique said. HIGH AND DRY […]

THURSDAY, the last day of 1998, is the cut-off date for land restitution claims. The Commission on Restitution of Land Claims reports a sudden flurry of claims, and says the office is fielding over a thousand phone calls a day. About 40 000 claims are expected, which will take five years to process.

THE Land Affairs Ministry this week strongly denied claims by former MD Helena Dolny that the department is conducting an “ethnic cleansing” against the “white left” in its ranks. Dolny, who last week resigned from the Land Bank following an investigation of alleged mismanagement at the bank, made the allegations in an interview with e.tv […]