US ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke is heading for Africa on a tour to review the US and UN roles in a continent riven by civil strife and stalked by Aids. Holbrooke is due to arrive in the vast West African country of Mali before moving on to Angola on Thursday, Namibia on […]

CABINET on Wednesday extended the term of office of the current SABC board by up to three months. President Thabo Mbeki has not yet had time to consider the list of proposed names for the new board, Minister in the Office of the President, Essop Pahad told reporters in Pretoria. Mbeki, who was expected to […]

MARCEL Golding, acting CEO of Midi Television, parent company of e-tv, stepped down from the board of Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) last week, e-tv spokesperson Kanthan Pillay said on Monday. Pillay said Golding was asked to resign at a board meeting early last week. He said he could not give details on the matter.

MPUMALANGA’S capital, Nelspruit, has frozen all new development projects until rates defaulters pay it the R41-million owned for basic services such as water and electricity. Nelspruit city treasurer Nantes Kruger said the council will also cut electricity to anyone owing it money before Christmas and will hand over all outstanding accounts to attorneys for prosecution. […]

SOUTH African oil and gas firm Energy Africa said on Wednesday it is well positioned to ride out volatility in oil prices in the medium term by exploiting its growing exploration portfolio across Africa. The group earlier reported turnover for the 13 months to September 30 of R430,9-million compared to R340,2-million in the 12 months […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Wednesday 8.15pm. ZIMBABWE’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday marked World Aids Day by defending the country’s proposed Aids levy, which has provoked a public outcry since it was announced in October. The country said it would introduce a new tax in January to be levied at three percent of individual income […]

CENTRAL Africa’s Congo River, fed by unusually heavy rains, has burst its banks, flooding the Demcoratic Republic of the Congo’s capital of Kinshasa and making 10000 people homeless, government officials said. Health Minister Mashako Mamba told a news conference that 15 of Kinshasa’s 24 districts have been hit by the floods, which started on Monday. […]

MOZAMBICANS look set to re-elect President Joaquim Chissano at weekend elections, but he could lose the parliamentary majority that has helped him jump start the economy after a 16-year civil war. Although opinion polls are hard to come by, local political analysts see the 60-year old Chissano as a clear favourite to win the presidency, […]

MOTOR vehicle exports helped push total exports in October to a record high of R14,946-billion, according to an analyst quoted in The Star on Wednesday. Trade figures released by the South African Revenue Service Tuesday showed exports in October were 8,3% higher than in September. The advance was due mainly to a R688,6-billion in the […]

African leaders on Wednesday appointed former South African President Nelson Mandela as the new mediator for Burundi’s fragile peace process.