STATE arms manufacturer Denel walked away with a R146-million contract with Marconi Marine Land and Naval Systems to supply modular charges for the British Army’s AS90 howitzer. Company officials said the contract was the largest for Somchem, the Denel subsidiary taking up the contract. The first charges will be delivered this year. The British Army […]
AT least three people were killed when Ethiopian soldiers attacked and captured the Somali town of Garbaharey in the Gedo region of southern Somalia on Monday, according to local sources. An official in Somalia’s capital said that the attack was carried out by a mechanised column of some 500 Ethiopian troops, according to residents contacted […]
THE Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced higher bills of 100, 200 and 500 for the naira as part of measures to restructure the currency, the bank said in a report on Tuesday. The CBN said President Olusegun Obasanjo has approved the new bills, which are expected to be in circulation between now and middle […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 1.00pm. ANGRY Eerste River residents on Monday night demolished a derelict house believed to be used as a Naughty Boys gang stronghold after a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped and stabbed there at the weekend. Valencia Farmer died in Tygerberg Hospital on Monday after uttering the names of two of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Vosloorus | Sunday 8.00pm. ATLETICO Madrid midfielder Quinton Fortune converted a penalty to give South Africa a 1-0 victory over Togo on Sunday and a place in the second phase of the Olympic Games qualifiers. South Africa advanced 3-2 on aggregate following a 2-2 draw in Lome two weeks ago and will play […]
BELGIUM put in place a hastily arranged plan of action on Monday after Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group (GIA) threatened to unleash a “bloodbath” unless the authorities release several of its leaders. The units taking part in the anti-terrorist cell include a top police unit called Interforce, set up after terrorist attacks in the 1980s by […]
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 South African Under-21 rugby team will face Western Province Under-21 at Bellville Rugby Club on Saturday as part of their preparations for the SANZAR/UAR Under-21 Tournament in Argentina in July. The match kicks off at 4pm. The 28-strong Under-21 squad has just completed an intense week-long training camp in Cape Town. The camp included […]
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 […]