BUCHIZYA MSETEKA, Pretoria | Thursday 12.30pm. XENOPHOBIA is on the rise in post-apartheid South Africa, with a growing number of brutal attacks and killings of foreigners, the United Nations refugee agency said on Wednesday. ”In the past two years, more than 30 innocent refugees and asylum seekers have been brutally killed, simply because they were […]
ALISTER BULL, Johannesburg | Thursday 12.15pm. SOUTH Africa on Wednesday revealed its notorious murder rate was on the increase after four years of decline, backing popular impressions that crime is out of control. The Ministry for Safety and Security issued figures for the three months to February, 1999, which showed murder up to 15,9 per […]
THE Lagos Stock Exchange has begun computerised trading on an automated trading system, ending 37 years of floor trading, officials at the exchange said on Wednesday. The introduction of computerised trading Tuesday is expected to boost trading volume on the market, which has grown sharply in recent years.
ABDELAZIZ Bouteflika was sworn in as Algeria’s new president on Tuesday. Bouteflika (62) won a presidential election on April 15 in which he stood as a sole candidate — and the one favored by the military establishment — following the withdrawal of six others on allegations of fraud. The circumstances of Bouteflika’s election drew expressions […]
NIGERIA will begin exploiting its vast deposits of bitumen, an essential material for road construction, next month, an official said on Tuesday. Most Nigerian roads are in deplorable condition due to lack of bitumen, while the oil-rich west African country has an estimated 42 billion barrels worth of bitumen deposits in the southwest of the […]
KAGISO Media has bought the Rand Easter Show, Saitex and Auto Africa, according to a group announcement made on Monday. A new subsidiary called Kagiso Exhibitions will become the holder of these companies. The National Exhibition Centre (Nasrec) cost R44,25-million and the issue of shares worth R2,3-million. Most of the purchase price was attributed to […]
President Nelson Mandela arrived in Moscow.
THE net profit of the motor trade sector last year was 20,6% lower than the previous year, Statistics South Africa announced on Monday. Dividends paid in the sector were down 75,1% while interest paid increased by 8,5% over the same period. Capital spending on new assets in 1998 was 16,8% lower than in the previous […]
SHARKS lock Mark Andrews has angered Cape Town saying the Auckland Blues can beat the Stormers, and been labeled a “turncoat” by the media. “The Blues are more physical than the Stormers, who have the skills but not he same intensity,” Andrews told a New Zealand newspaper. The Stormers, one of the form side of […]
A MAJOR meeting of countries who are signatories to the Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines is scheduled for Maputo next month. Attendees will further pledge commitment to the Mine Ban Treaty and to assess its implementation. The Treaty agreed to in Ottawa, Canada, in 1997 was negotiated over a record one year period. It has been […]