THE Boere Weerstandsbeweging on Monday warned Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen that a Boer council could order his elimination if he refused to disband his party. BWB secretary general Dries Kriel said Viljoen could be outlawed or declared an “enemy of the Boer volk” by the council. The BWB, supporters of the reinstatement of […]
THE White House said on Monday it will nominate Delano Lewis, a former National Public Radio director, to be the United States’ ambassador to South Africa. Lewis served as assistant director of operations for the Peace Corps in Nigeria in the 1960s and then as Uganda’s Peace Corps director. Later, he became director of Peace […]
MONDAY, 3.00PM: A CONSORTIUM reportedly backed by financier George Soros has, since May, been planning a takeover bid for Lonrho Africa, the recently spun-off trading arm of British conglomerate Lonrho, the Sunday Telegraph said. The consortium is expected to wait for Thursday, when Lonrho Africa is expected to post poor interim results which could depress […]
THE total of 1069 liquidations recorded for the three months up to April 1999 showed a 32,5% increase compared to the 807 in the same period last year. Statistics South Africa head Mark Orkin said on Monday the figure could largely be attributed to an increase in voluntary liquidations by 44%. Voluntary company liquidations increased […]
TWO former Self Defence Unit member, accused of murdering nine residents of Katlehong on the East Rand six years ago, were convicted in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. Siviwe Ngama and Michael Armoed were on Monday each found guilty of kidnapping members of the African National Congress Youth League and taking them to shacks […]
A MAJOR offshore pipeline project across four west African countries has received the go-ahead, a source associated with the project said on Tuesday. The cost of the project, which is expected to carry natural gas from Nigeria to Benin, Togo and Ghana, is estimated at $430 million. The 1,030km pipeline will be financed by a […]
THE New National Party’s federal executive started a ‘strategy’ meeting at an undisclosed venue outside Cape Town at 10am on Monday. NNP spokeswoman Juli Kilian said it is a routine planning meeting which had been scheduled some time ago, with the party’s election performance and its future role on the agenda.
THE South Western Districts Eagles thrashed Italy 47-10 on Tuesday in a warm-up to the first Test against the Springboks this weekend. The George team scored six converted tries – including a hat trick by centre Tiaan Joubert and a penalty try – to one. The second string visitor’s side was comprehensively outplayed, managing to […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: WITH entries into the Comrades Marathon taking a dip for the first tome since 1994, officials have decided to allow athletes a full year to qualify for the Natal ultramarathon in an attempt to grow the race. Runners will now be able to qualify for the 1999 event in any race after June […]
THE Oil Company of Malawi (Oilcom) said on Monday that the decision by national carrier Air Malawi to suspend refuelling its aircraft in Malawi will mean millions in losses for the local petroleum company. Air Malawi on Friday announced that aviation fuel in Malawi is too expensive, and it will refuel its Lilongwe-London flight, run […]