ANYONE caught slashing and burning or making fire belts in Mpumalanga this winter can be jailed for two years, warned the Mpumalanga Department of Water Affairs and Forestry on Monday. Department Spokesperson Dumisani Makhubela sid on Monday that since June 1, no one has been allowed allowed to slash and burn or make fire belts […]
SARAH BULLEN, Cape Town | Monday 3.45pm Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe on Monday dismissed reports of large scale layoffs at rail parastatal Spoornet as premature and speculative. Radebe said that Spoornet has not yet been formally identified as a candidate for restructuring under the National Framework Agreement — an agreement governing the privatisation of parastatals. […]
PHILLIP NKOSI, Nelspruit | Monday 4.20pm. THE head of Mpumalanga’s Education Department, Faith Sithole, has been suspended in connection with the province’s matric results scandal. This follows calls by the South African Democratic Teachers Union to suspend her after the province’s matric results were fraudulently inflated to 72% last year. Acting MEC for Education, Fish […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Gabarone | Monday 12.30am. TRADE officals from the 14 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet in Gabarone Monday to thrash out a regional free trade plan in advance of a trade ministers’ meeting on Wednesday. SADC chief economist Chingo Mwila said Monday’s meeting in the Botswana capital will focus […]
ZAMBIAN President Frederick Chiluba, who chairs the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday criticised the United Nations for allocating less money to African refugees in comparison to what it gives to their European counterparts. It was grossly unfair that the UN allocated as much as one US dollar and 50 cents […]
JUSTIN ARENSTEIN, Nelspruit | Sunday 7.00pm PUBLIC Protector Selby Baqwa’s investigation into Mpumalanga Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu is in danger of being scuppered by the refusal of the SABC to release its audio and television tapes of Mahlangu’s notorious defence of liars. Baqwa formally requested copies of the unedited tapes from SABC chairman, Reverend Hawu Mbatha […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Brisbane | Monday 10.00am. FULLBACK Matthew Burke on Monday was named in the Australian rugby union team to play South Africa in Brisbane next weekend. Burke, who is on the comeback trail after shoulder surgery at the end of last season, showed he was fast returning to his best by scoring 23 points […]
ZAMBIAN police on Thursday arrested an unnamed white South African, two Zimbabweans, a Burundese and a Zambian in possession of millions in counterfeit notes. The five suspects were arrested following a tip-off at the Eden Motel in Mumbwa 152km west of Lusaka. Police confiscated a bottle of chemicals known as SSD Automatic solution which is […]
LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Lusaka | Sunday 11.30am. SIX nations involved in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a ceasefire pact in Lusaka on Saturday, but not rebels trying to topple President Laurent Kabila. Zambian President Frederick Chiluba said the rebels will sign later, after he has decided on the validity of conflicting leadership […]
ZIMBABWE’S Supreme Court on Friday ordered an end to solitary confinement for three US citizens held in a maximum security prison on gun charges, with other improvements in their conditions. The three detained Americans earlier this week complained of inhuman treatment at Chikurubi prison on the outskirts of the capital. John Lamonte Dixon, Gary George […]