IN a first move against much criticised spending by the past military regime, Nigeria’s new president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday suspended contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Sworn in on Saturday following February elections, the retired general ordered the creation of a panel to review all contracts, appointments, awards and licences made since January […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 9.00pm. POLICE on Monday arrested a leader of vigilante group Pagad, which they have linked to a spate of bombings in and around Cape Town. Salie Abadar, leader of the armed guard of People against Gangsterism and Drugs, is being held on charges of the illegal possession of a […]
ARMED conflicts across Africa are undermining the continent’s efforts to improve environmental management, a senior United Nations official said in Harare on Monday. But Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose army is involved in a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, charged that the blame lay with rich nations. “Social tension in Africa […]
DE BEERS announced on Thursday that more than 60 of its employees have volunteered to work at the Independent Electoral Commission’s results centre on June 2 and 3. Most of the volunteers are from De Beers’s information technology department. The staff came forward after the IEC approached the diamond mining company for assistance earlier this […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela was snubbed on Friday by traditional chiefs he had invited to a meeting in this rural KwaZulu-Natal stronghold of the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party. Only two of the 11 chiefs of the Ohkahlamba tribal authority, both members of Mandela’s African National Congress, arrived for the meeting — part of the ANC bid […]
CATHY O’DOWD on Saturday made history when she became the first women to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both the northern and southern slopes. Deputy President Thabo Mbeki sent his congratulations to O’Dowd through a message on her satellite phone after she reached the summit early on Saturday. It is not know whether […]
TWO of South Africa’s bowlers got off to a rough start in the 1999 Men’s African States bowls championships at Marks Park on Sunday. The pair of Gerry Baker and Rudi Jacobs lost 34-16 to Swaziland before recovering their composure and beating Zambia 18-15.
THE Department of Safety and Security appears to be defying a High Court order to reinstate more than 2000 mostly former homeland police officers who were demoted after the Judge White Commission was established in 1997. The Judge White Commission was appointed by President Nelson Mandela in 1997 to look into irregular appointments made in […]
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 […]
PACE bowler Geoff Allott became the cricket World Cup’s leading wicket-taker in Edinburgh on Monday as New Zealand dismissed Scotland for 121 to give themselves a chance of reaching the second round. New Zealand need to overhaul the total inside 20 overs – a rate of 6,10 per over – to overtake group B rivals […]