WATER supplies were restored on Tuesday to most parts of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, where hospitals, hotels, schools and factories have had to close during a three-day operation to replace the pumping system. The installation of the new pumping equipment was to have been completed in a day on Saturday, but continued through Monday. The […]
Mondeor residents have arrested three suspects in connection with last Thursday’s killing of a school teacher, police said on Monday. Two men and a woman were apprehended by members of the public over the weekend and taken to the Mondeor police station for questioning, according to police spokesperson Inspector Mary Martins-Engelbrecht. Nandi Mhlongo, (31), was […]
SENIOR Western Cape intelligence officer Senior Superintendent Jeremy Veary has started grievance procedures against National Police Commissioner George Fivaz in the battle for the job of provincial intelligence boss. The position went to Senior Superintendent Attie Trollip, who from May 1 was promoted to director in line with the appointment, despite Veary being named as […]
TWO people were killed and two injured when suspected UNITA rebels ambushed their vehicles as they were carrying out a polio vaccination campaign 80 kms southeast of Luanda. The UNITA rebels apparently made off with various supplies and vaccines. The two injured people were hospitalised in Luanda. Meanwhile, at least three people, two of them […]
IN an innings alternating style with savagery, Australian opener Mark Waugh struck 104 from 120 balls with 13 boundaries as his team beat Zimbabwe by 44 runs. The elegant right-hander, who signalled a return to his best with 83 against India on Friday, mixed finesse with power as he enthralled a packed Lord’s. Waugh became […]
SOUTH AFRICAN arms manufacturer Denel on Tuesday denied claims by the anti-arms lobby group, the Ceasefire Campaign, that it is selling artillery shells worth R300-million to India. Denel spokesman Sizakele Kooma said the company has no intention of selling artillery ammunition to India and had not received any request from that country for such a […]
DE BEERS Consolidated Mines, the world’s largest diamond producer, said on Thursday it has struck a two-year pay deal with the National Union of Mineworkers covering 5100 workers. The company said in a statement that it had agreed to increases of 8% per year on basic salaries, an additional 1% a year for service increments […]
THE touring South African netball squad have kicked off their New Zaland tour with a 49-40 victory over the Wellington Club 49-40 in their first match in the Fisher & Paykel international series. The series is being contested by SA, New Zealand and Australia.The Proteas’ next match is against Western Flyers in Palmerston on Saturday.
NIGERIA’S new President Olusegun Obasanjo has retired 93 military officers who have held political appointments in the last 14 years to achieve a “clean break” with the junta-dominated past. The officers, ranking from lieutentant colonel to major general in the military, police and customs, who held political appointments between 1985 and 1999 have been retired […]
BOTSWANA’S all-items consumer price index rose 0,3% in May from April, bringing the year-on-year increase to 6,5%, the Central Statistics Office said on Thursday. The cost of living was 119,6 points, against April’s 119,2 and 112,2 a year ago. The increase was attributed to small increases in most sub-groups, with alcohol and tobacco the largest […]