OWN CORRESPONDENT and DENNIS BARNETT, Johannesburg | Monday 8.30am ELECTIONEERING ahead of Wednesday’s general election wound up on the weekend in a frenzy of party rallies across the country as a two-day moratorium on electioneering kicks in on Monday. In Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, two African National Congress supporters were wounded when shots were fired […]
WORLD Cup holders Sri Lanka managed to beat cricket minnows Kenya in both sides’ final qualifying match in Group A of the World Cup in England on Sunday. The match had little significance, as both teams have already been eliminated from the Super Six second round. At 275/8 in their opening innings, Sri Lanka had […]
BEREAVED Eastern Cape Premier Makhenkesi Stofile broke off his election campaigning to travel to Cape Town on Sunday following the death of his son, Sikhulule (21) in a car crash on Saturday. Stofile was due to attend an African National Congress rally at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, but left for the Cape where […]
A PROMINENT local leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal was shot dead when a lone gunman sprayed his vehicle with gunfire, police reported on Thursday. Elliot Shangase (57) was a traditional chief and a local leader of the IFP in the province, site of sporadic feuding between the IFP and the African National […]
EGYPTIAN archeologists have discovered a 3000-year-old temple honoring the Pharaonic-era sun God Horus, in the first such find in the northern Sinai, the antiquities authorities said on Monday. Black granite and sandstone statuettes of gods and people were found inside the temple which dates from the New Kingdom (1567-1065 BC), the Supreme Council of Antiquities […]
A 50-year-old Parow man has been arrested for allegedly making telephonic death threats to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. His office said on Friday that the arrest should send a clear message to those considering any such actions, that they will have to face the legal consequences of their acts. Mbeki was threatened in five calls […]
A CONCESSION contract, worth an estimated R2,5-billion, for the N3 road from Heidelberg to Cedara near Pietermaritzburg was signed on Thursday between the South African National Roads Agency and N3 Toll Concession Limited. The 30-year concession involves the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of 420km of the main Durban/Johannesburg route. Transport Minister Mac Maharaj […]
BOTSWANA’S economy grew 16,7% in 1997/1998 to stand at 20,4-billion pula ($4,28-billion), the Bank of Botswana estimated on Thursday. The previous year, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country grew by 23,2% in current market prices. Last year all sectors of the economy grew in value except agriculture, which declined for a sixth year […]
JOHAN BOTHA edged out Hezekiel Speng in the indoor 800m on Sunday night, in a much-awaited showdown in South African athletics. In the International Amateur Athletics Association Grand Prix II, Botha ran a 1:44,85, just slipping past Sepeng at 1:45,35. The two are training partners.
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Monday 6.00pm. SOUTH African markets were mixed to firmer on Monday, as election doldrums kept players away from the equity markets. Dealers adopted a “wait and see” attitude before the upcoming poll, and it showed in volumes a price movents in the late afternoon. At 3.30pm, the all share was up […]