SWAZILAND, with a population of less than one million, now has the third highest rate of HIV infection in the world. (South Africa has the highest.) More than 300000 Swazis are already living with HIV. It is estimated that between 2000 and 2015 between 30 – 40000 people will die of Aids each year. The […]
THE Reserve Bank said on Tuesday that it will lower its punitive marginal lending facility rate to 15 percentage points above the daily repo rate from a 20 percentage point spread previously. Reserve Bank officials were not immediately available for comment on the move, but the reduction in the rate follows a rapid improvement in […]
ANGOLA, Mozambique and Namibia have sacked their national coaches following disappointing African Nations Cup qualifying results. Brazilian Djalma Cavalcante replaces Yugoslav Vesselin Jelusic after Angola crashed 2-0 at home to Mauritius and Mozambique fired Joao Albasine following a 6-1 humiliation by Cameroon in Maputo. Namibia dumped Seth Boois when they lost 3-0 in Cote d’Ivoire […]
President Nelson Mandela will pay a state visit to China from May 5 to 7 at the invitation of President Jiang Zemin.
THE Volkstaat Council on Wednesday handed its final report on Afrikaner self-determination to President Nelson Mandela. The 20-member council was established under the 1993 constitution as a mechanism “to enable proponents of the idea of a Volkstaat to constitutionally pursue the establishment of such a Volkstaat”. The council shut its Pretoria offices and effectively disbanded […]
ELEPHANTS in the Kruger National Park have been spared the bullet for this year, but their reprieve may be short-lived. “We will not be culling this year,” said Dr Leo Braack, general manager for the park’s conservation development department on Wednesday. “But if we are to cull, we will likely do so next year,” he […]
A PRIDE of lions has emerged victorious from a ferocious two-week battle with a pack of hyenas in the Ethiopian desert. The two groups of animals had been locked in almost daily combat as they struggled for supremacy but the lions finally prevailed, the state news agency reported on Monday. “The king of the jungle […]
MPUMALANGA’S safety and security MEC Jacques Modipane has finally coughed up a portion of the R3000 he owes for ten months of outstanding child maintenance. The payment for his two-year-old illegitimate child came too late, however, to prevent the Mbibane magistrate’s court from issuing a second warrant for his arrest on contempt of court charges […]
ALL national parks across South Africa will use the millennium weekend at the end of the year to double their rates as part of a major fund-raising drive. Richard Willys, the director of commercial development and tourism at the South African National Parks, said on Tuesday that tariffs would be doubled between December 30 and […]
Frank Pooe and Abner Chipu finished third and fourth in the Boston marathon on Monday — in their first marathon outside of South Africa. The event was won by Joseph Chebet in 2hrs9mins52secs, the ninth straight time the race has been won by a Kenyan. In the women’s race, Fatuma Roba of Ethiopa became the […]