THE Heath Unit has issued a statement intended to clarify media reports that the Auditor-General will be “probing” the unit. Unit spokesman Guy Rich says the A-G will simply be auditing the unit’s records in a bid to resolve the dispute between the unit and the Department of Finance over the unit’s achivements in recoveries, […]
THE New National Party in Mpumalanga expects more white people to defect from its ranks after its chairman defected, the party’s provincial leader, David Malatsi, said on Tuesday. NNP chairman and leader of the opposition in the provincial legislature, Dr Lucas Nel, crossed the floor to Louis Luyt’s Federal Alliance on Tuesday, along with his […]
SOUTH Africa retained the African junior tennis championship title for the sixth consecutive year on Sunday after the finals of the 22nd MTN African Junior Championships at Groenkloof in Pretoria. South Africa added one more singles title to their impressive total of six titles already won when Capetonian Aniela Mojzis, seeded two, upset top seed […]
ETHIOPIANS are making yet another effort to repatriate national treasures looted as war booty by victorious Europeans. The effort this time is directed at “priceless” religious manuscripts and artifacts including a 17th-century icon depicting Jesus with the crown of thorns, looted by the British more than 130 years ago. An association for the Return of […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.00am. NATAL coach Graham Ford finally confirmed on Tuesday that he will not be entering the race to become the new SA national cricket coach. Ford’s decision means that there is now a two-horse race for the national coach’s post – between Northerns coach Peter Kirsten, a former SA captain […]
AN economic watch group says the delay in tabling Namibia’s 1999-2000 budget could be an indication that policymakers found it difficult to reconcile conflicting demands and fund allocation issues. The Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (Nepru) said in a statement yesterday that this is most apparent in the announcement of a ‘Peace Project’ for ex-combatants. […]
NIGER’s new ruler, Major Daouda Mallam Wanke, has reappointed Prime Minister Ibrahim Mayaki and taken other steps to return the country to civilian rule, national radio announced on Tuesday. Wanke (49) who took over after President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was assassinated last Friday, “reappointed, for the transitional period, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mayaki,” it said. The […]
KAIZER Chiefs took a double whammy on Monday when coach Paul Dolezar announced that strikers Doctor Khumalo and Marc Batchelor will not play in Wednesday’s table-topping Castle Premiership clash against Manning Rangers, and Saturday’s match against SuperSport United. Both games will be played at Johannesburg stadium. The star players were ruled out after both received […]
THE third general assembly of the African Population Commission is to be held in Abuja, the Nigerian capital from 10-14 May. It is to discuss population issues as they affect the continent, said to have one of the fastest growth rates worldwide, and how to achieve sustainable development. The assembly is also expected to consider […]
ZIMBABWE’s powerful labour movement on Monday threatened mass action against employers who have failed to award staff a 20% wage increase to cushion them against rising living costs. Morgan Tsvangirai, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, told a news conference that some three-quarters of Zimbabwean companies awarded their employees the 20% adjustment […]