THE Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) has predicted a growth rate of only 2,5% for 1999/2000, the Swazi Observer reported on Wednesday. The CBS director of research, Cleopas Dlamini, was quoted as saying that growth was down by 0,5% from last year when Swaziland registered a growth rate of about 3%. Dlamini said that one […]
THE South African Reserve Bank announced on Friday that it is Y2K compliant, allaying fears that the country’s premier financial institution could fall foul of the millenium bug. It also said it was confident the overall banking sector is prepared for the change-over into the 21st century. But should there be a rush for cash, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Monday 11.15am. AUSTRALIA’S deliberate slow play during their cricket World Cup victory over the West Indies was greeted with disdain in the English press on Monday. Steve Waugh’s decision to bat as slowly as possible to try and help the West Indies qualify for the second round instead of New Zealand […]
CASH-strapped and war-torn Angola on Monday asked South Africa for supplies of food and medicine amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis caused by the resumption of civil war in December. In a list of items sent to South Africa’s trade department and published in newspapers, Luanda-based merchants requested exports of hospital equipment, medicine and food as […]
THE New National Party’s candidate for the Gauteng premiership, Johan Killian, has been ordered by the Electoral Court in Pretoria to apologise to the African National Congress for alleging that it has planned electoral fraud for June 2. Killian had alleged at an electoral rally in Boksburg, and to the media, that the ANC plans […]
ALL Black fly-half Andrew Mehrtens could miss three of New Zealand’s World Cup warm-up games after aggravating a groin injury in Sunday’s Super 12 final. “He had the injury before the game, he will see a surgeon in Auckland in the next 48 hours, and then we’ll make a decision on what should be done […]
THE African National Congress on Friday urged student supporters who disrupted an election address by the leader of a rival party to apologise in a bid to calm pre-election tension in South Africa. An address at the University of the Western Cape by Bantu Holomisa, leader of the United Democratic Movement was disrupted on Thursday […]
THE cricket World Cup’s official song will be released here on Monday – 24 hours after hosts England were knocked out and 18 days after the launch of the tournament. The lyrics of the song, “Life is a carnival”, caused some wry amusement in the media. Its opening line, “Heroes come and heroes go”, according […]
THE European Union has decided to offer Mozambique $75-million to help repair the roads and develop in central and northern parts of the country, an EU official said. Jaxier Puyol, EU representative to Mozambique, said on Saturdays during his tour to Zambezia, a province in central Mozambique, about $30-million of the aid will be used […]
THE Labour Court on Friday ordered Woolworths to pay a woman R200000 after it refused to offer her permanent employment because she was pregnant. The court found that Woolworths had unfairly discriminated against Beverely Whitehead as an applicant in a job offering remuneration of R300000 a year. Woolworths claimed in court that the reason for […]