THE KwaZulu-Natal MEC of Local Government, Police and Traditional Affairs, Nyanga Ngubane, appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on Friday on charges relating to the Arms and Ammunition Act. Ngubane’s co-accused is his son S’gwili Cyril Ngubane, 35. IFP organiser and councillor Gamuntu Sithole,53, also appeared on charges of possession of the barrel of […]
TWO Johannesburg policemen were arrested this week for allegedly helping four illegal immigrants from Mozambique to escape from a train transporting them back to their country. Investigating officer Sergeant Ian Polley of the internal tracing unit on Friday said the policemen would be charged with corruption, aiding and abetting, and assisting unlawful escapes from custody. […]
THE Angolan government’s recent decision to scrap the dual currency exchange rate system has not had a major impact on the lives of ordinary people, analysts in Luanda said on Wednesday. Analysts said the move may stabilise the economy in the long run, but commodity prices remain extremely high. Over the past decade the government […]
The African National Congress on Saturday night bade farewell to its retired leader and former South African president Nelson Mandela.
MOZAMBIQUE’S public rail and port company, CFM, is soliciting neighbouring countries for the US$300-million it needs to upgrade the Sena Line, linking the country’s second port of Beira to Malawi. The 600km railway through Mozambique’s central Sofala province was heavily mined and sabotaged during the country’s 16-year civil war which ended in 1992. CFM board […]
LAWRENCE BARTLETT, Lusaka | Monday 9.00pm. EFFORTS to end Africa’s international conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo faltered on Monday as a draft ceasefire agreement was rejected by some of the warring parties, conference sources said. A long-awaited meeting of foreign and defence ministers in the Zambian capital Lusaka broke up within two hours, […]
MALAWI’S opposition on Friday faced a new setback in its challenge to President Bakili Muluzi’s reelection victory when a court deferred a hearing on the affair to next month. The opposition is seeking the annulment of the results of presidential elections on June 15, charging that they were rigged. The delay was necessitated when Muluzi’s […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Glasgow | Sunday 8.00pm. CASSIUS Baloyi successfully defended his World Boxing Union Featherweight world title in Glasgow on Saturday night in an impressive fashion. Challenger Brian Carr failed to come out for the tenth round after receiving extensive punishment in rounds eight and nine. “This is a warm-up for Hamed.” said Baloyi before […]
BETWEEN 120 and 130 civilians held in internment camps in Kinshasa since last year are due to arrive in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Sunday evening, a Rwandan government spokesman said. Most are Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens of Rwandan origin, but some are Rwandan nationals, Nicholas Shaalita, spokesman for Rwandan Vice President and […]
THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange is preparing for a complete make-over into a full electronic market starting in mid-2000, consigning paper-based equities into the dustbin of history, officials said on Tuesday. The JSE said that its Share Transactions Totally Electronic (Strate) project should improve efficiency on the local market and reduce shareholder exposure to fraudulent equity […]