MOZAMBICAN President Joaquim Chissano arrived in the Portuguese capital on Tuesday at the start of a six-day state visit aimed at strengthening economic ties between Lisbon and its former colony. Chissano is scheduled to hold talks with his Portuguese counterpart, Jorge Sampaio, who met his guest on his arrival, and Prime Minister Antonio Guterres.He is […]
FOUR members of the vigilante group Mapogo were arrested by Mpumalanga police at the weekend after they allegedly threw a number of people into a crocodile-infested dam to extract confessions. Another two members were arrested in another incident for allegedly kidnapping a man.
THE Swaziland Electricity Board plans to cut ties with Eskom once the 400kv power line to Mozambique is complete. A Swaziland Environmental Authority action plan reveals that SEB is making arrangements to purchase electric power from Mozambique because hydro-power prices are lower than Eskom. ”At the moment there is really nothing we can do until […]
OVER 100 pupils from the Dumezweni Senior Secondary School near Umtata, Transkei have been arrested, after beating their principal nearly to death. Zuko Vundle was confronted by pupils over the issue of teacher redeployment, before they took to stoning him and beating him with sticks. They then held him hostage, along with other teachers, before […]
FORMER Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda is expected in the country early this week for seminar on democracy in South African organised by the Independent Electoral Commission. Kaunda will present a paper at the seminar to be held at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria on April 21 to 23, said IEC spokesperson […]
FUEL prices are likely to rise by as much as 20c a litre early next month following recent rises in world oil prices. Figures from the Central Energy Fund show a price underrecovery of some 17c per litre. If oil prices remain at their current levels, the petrol price will have to be raised by […]
THE head of the crime prevention unit at Gilead in Northern Province, Inspector MA Maifo, has been arrested for possessing R30000 in counterfeit notes. Maifo was arrested in a sting operation at Nedbank’s Potgietersrus branch on Friday, police spokeswoman Ronel Otto said on Monday. He appeared in the Potgietersrus Magistrate’s Court the same day and […]
AN SA Airways Boeing 737 carrying 103 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Port Elizabeth airport on Monday morning because of a technical problem with the control panel in the cockpit. The 103 passengers, on a flight from Cape Town to Durban, were flown to Durban on another aircraft.
THE director general of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), Gro Harlem Brundtland, arrived in Maputo on Monday for a two-day working visit to Mozambique. Official sources said Brundtland had come to the southern African nation to evaluate the implementation of various health programmes backed by her organisation. During her stay, she will visit a […]
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 […]