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/ 30 November 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm. GOVERNMENT said on Tuesday it plans to float majority state-owned Telkom in 2001 and is proceeding with plans to sell off a stake to a black-owned partner and company employees. The cabinet sub-committee on the restructuring of state assets said in a statement it has approved the start of […]
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/ 30 November 1999
Although local is lekker (and cheaper), almost local can be just as lekker. Swaziland might be just a trip across the border, but it’s a whole new world. There is something in the clear mountain air of Swaziland that makes you forget South Africa is only a heartbeat away.
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/ 30 November 1999
THE mayor of Northam in the Northern Province has died of severe burn wounds after an angry woman torched his vehicle at the weekend, Julius Ramoabi sustained third degree burns on Saturday night after an unnamed woman doused his bakkie with petrol and lit it during an argument. Bushveld police spokesman Captain Blackie Swart said […]
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/ 30 November 1999
BRONWEN ROBERTS, Pretoria | Tuesday 9.25am THE DEFENCE force acquired a machine that could permanently alter human aggression levels by tampering with the brain, the Pretoria High Court heard on Monday. The claim was made at the murder, drug and fraud trial of scientist Wouter Basson — who headed the past regime’s biochemical warfare programme […]
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/ 30 November 1999
SASOL, the oil from coal pioneer, said it will improve its bottom line by R300-million for every sustained increase of $1 above the $16 level in the steadily rising derived crude oil price, according to the Business Report. The paper reports the derived crude oil price is now at $19 a barrel. If the derived […]
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/ 30 November 1999
Grade 12 learners around the country wrote English Home Language Paper 2 today. <i>The Teacher</i> spoke to Lorraine Swift at Despatch High School in the Easetern Cape to get her opinion on the examination paper.
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/ 30 November 1999
ROOKIE professional Jean Hugo won his first tournament on Southern African soil when he claimed a two-shot victory in the Vodacom Tour’s Zimbabwe Open at the Chapman Golf Club on Sunday. The win was Hugo’s first in only five tournaments as a professional, and guarantees him an exemption on the Vodacom Tour until 2002. A […]
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/ 30 November 1999
WORLD number one gold producer AngloGold Ltd said on Monday that it bought a substantial portion of the Bank of England’s third bullion auction and used the purchase to unwind part of its hedge. “We did bid at the auction and bought 300000 ounces. We have a large hedge and it suited our purposes to […]
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/ 30 November 1999
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 6.00pm. SOUTH Africa recorded a R911-million trade surplus in October compared to a R1,37-billion surplus in September, the country’s customs and exise department said on Tuesday. Analysts forecast a deficit of R700-million. The cumulative surplus for the first 10 months of the year amounted to R13,09-billion compared with R966-million surplus […]
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/ 30 November 1999
THE BOB WOOLMER COLUMN: AS South Africa and England face up to each other I bet there are some people who are asking the question, what is it really like to play Test cricket and why is there such a big difference between Test matches and the game at other levels?, writes the former national […]