SIX members of Telkom’s treasury department were told to clear their desks on Monday fter they tried to set themselves up as a private tresury dealing company, with Telkom as a client. The sudden resignation of the six — including treasury head Willie Landman, two senior corporate officials and three senior dealers — has rocked […]
FOUR people were injured, one of them seriously, when a bomb went off overnight in the Ugandan capital Kampala, police said on Sunday. “Three (people) had minor injuries but one of the victims was seriously injured. She had shrapnel wounds in her head and eye,” police spokesman Bob Ngobi said. The explosion occurred late on […]
REBELS fighting President Laurent Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have claimed a further strategic gain in taking Lubefu in the central Kasai Oriental province. “Our forces have taken the town of Lubefu and Lodja airport (300 kilometres (180 miles) north of (the provincial capital) Mbuji Maya,” the rebels’ military chief Jean-Pierre Ondekane […]
THE two Libyan suspects of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing are satisfied with the conditions of their detention in the Netherlands where they are awaiting trial, Libyan state television reported on Saturday. Al-Amine Khalifa Fhimah (43) and Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi (47) “called their parents by phone to assure them that all humanitarian requirements were […]
NIGERIAN ended a four month strike over pay and conditions after receiving promises of a review, press reports said on Monday. The public sector doctors began their strike on December 14 after they were excluded from a new public sector wage package announced by military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar in September. At a meeting Saturday, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 5.00pm. AMAZULU and Vaal Professionals drew their Castle Premier League match 1-1 at Kings Park in Durban on Sunday. There was no score at half-time, but the visiting side protested when Papi Mbele managed to scramble the ball over the AmaZulu goalline in the 18th minute from a cross by […]
A DECISION on whether South African citizens who live abroad will be able to vote in the upcoming June 2 elections is expected on Monday, amid clamour from expatriates and opposition political parties. The IEC has been inundated with requests from overseas, as well as buffeted by suits and demands from the National Party and […]
THE Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council said on Thursday it is to continue with its implementation of the Igoli 2002 restructuring programme — despite demands by the South African Municipal Workers’ Union for an immediate halt to the plan. Samwu said the plan has been hatched without any consultation with the city’s poor, and violates a […]
THE decision to bring in Auditor General Henri Kleuver to settle the dispute between Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Judge Willem Heath over the effeciveness of his special investigative unit was welcomed by Heath on Thursday. “The auditor-general is independent, and once he has checked our files, there will be clarity,” said the anti-corruption unit’s […]
NIGERIA’S president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Beijing for a two-day unofficial visit at the invitation of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, state media reported on Sunday. Obasanjo was greeted at the airport by Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Donghe, Xinhua news agency reported. The president-elect is also expected to visit Japan on April 14 and 15.He […]