NO significant progress has been made in establishing a rail link between Namibia and Angola, despite a feasibility study recommendation that there is enough traffic to justify the link. TransNamib Transport spokesman Usi Hoebeb said on Friday that the project will be delayed for some time. Namibia has first to find partners from the international […]
TRAGEDY was averted during the Three Tenors concert on Sunday night when 3000 fans were moved out of two stands which were at the point of collapsing. An estimated 35 000 people, including President Nelson Mandela, heard Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo deliver a fine performance in the gardens of the Union Buildings, […]
PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Stella Sigcau has called for a review of the tender process at ports and harbours parastatal Portnet, following claims of unfair procedures and corruption at its black empowerment office. Following discussions last week with Transnet MD Saki Macozoma, Sigcau said it has been decided to examine tender procedures at Portnet. A ministry […]
NEGOTIATIONS aimed at reuniting the Comoro islands got off to a chilly start on Monday as leaders of secessionist Anjouan boycotted an opening address by Interim President Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde. The conference is being held near Madagascan capital Antananarivo. There, several Anjouanians are stressing that their island’s “sovereignty” is not negotiable. Tadjidine took over […]
ALL school computers in South Africa could get free software if the government accepts a formal offer from Corel Corporation to provide the material. Company CEO Michael Cowpland has offered to provide Corel WordPerfect, for the Linux operating system, for each school computer, free of charge. He said that although the offer is free, it […]
THE Egyptian parliament has unanimously scrapped a century-old law that exempted a rapist from punishment if he married his victim, a parliamentary source said on Tuesday. Parliament adopted the change on Monday evening. The move came amid a media campaign that followed outrage from women’s groups over the freeing in December of three rape suspects […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Monday 6.00pm POLICE have launched an investigation into the traffic of human body parts for witchcraft after a series of five murders in Mpumalanga, police said on Monday. Four decapitated adult corpses and a child’s head have been discovered since September in the Delmas region, an agricultural town about 100km east […]
MOZAMBIQUE’S northern-most provinces of Niassa and Cabo Delgado will get power from the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi in the near future, the daily paper Noticias reports. Work to extend the Cahora Bassa grid to the areas will be funded by Norway and Sweden who are currently negotiating with the Mozambican government on the […]
STRIKING transport workers are planning to march to the Johannesburg offices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Monday afternoon, half an hour before a scheduled meeting between four major transport unions and the South African Bus Employers Association. “We want to put pressure on the employers to settle the strike today,” Transport […]
INTEGRATED metals and minerals group Iscor hit a year peak on the Johannesburg stock market on Thursday as foreigners continued to snap up the stock in anticipation of an upturn in the commodity cycle. By Thursday afternoon Iscor stock was up 15 cents at 180 cents on robust volumes of 5,1-million shares. Stockbroking firm Deutsche […]