THE US government has denied freezing all aid to Zimbabwe as reported in the Financial Gazette on Thursday. The paper claimed the country’s rights record caused a freeze in all aid. The United States embassy in Harare has denied the report. The embassy said if any decision to suspend US aid to Zimbabwe had been […]

BUCHIZYA MTSETEKA, Johannesburg | Thursday 11.15am ANGOLA’s civil war, one of Africa’s longest running conflicts, is entering a more dangerous phase after reports that Unita rebels have acquired air power, analysts said on Wednesday. The Johannesburg-based Institute for Security Studies and diplomats say that Unita forces led by Jonas Savimbi have purchased attack helicopters and […]

ZAMBIAN police on Tuesday charged yet another journalist from the independent Post Newspapers for espionage in connection with an article about Zambian military capabilities. Dickson Jere said he was summoned to the police headquarters in the Zambian capital where he was interrogated by two officers before being charged with espionage. Earlier this month police charged […]

AN ANTHRAX epidemic that struck Zimbabwe’s cattle in the early 1980s and also afflicted nearly 10000 people could be linked to South Africa’s chemical and biological warfare programme, reports Beeld. Dr Welbourne Madzima, deputy director of Zimbabwe’s veterinary services, said on Tuesday that his department will contact National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ncugka to […]

SOUTH Africa’s top tennis juniors will be able to test their skills against Africa’s best at the ITF/MTN African Junior Championships which will take place at the Groenkloof courts in Pretoria from April 4-11. Some 181 players from 41 African countries will participate in this event which is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation. For […]

KALAHARI Holdings, the firm controlling holdings of Namibia’s ruling South-West Africa People’s Organisation is indebted to the tune of R32-million, The Namibian reported on Tuesday. President Sam Nujoma told party leaders last weekend that Kalahari was near collapse and proposed a number of rescue measures. Plans to save the troubled firm include selling De Rust, […]

THE death toll from African horse sickness in the Western Cape has risen to 14 and another 12 suspected cases have been reported, an expert said on Tuesday. Professor Alan Guthrie from the Equine Research Centre at Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute near Pretoria confirmed the death toll but said the outbreak was still restricted to the […]

CABINET ministers and their deputies jointly gave R51481 from their salaries to the Job Creation Trust on Wednesday. Presenting Congress of South African Trade Unions president John Gomomo with the donation at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki said: “I am very pleased to hand over this cheque of a lot of […]

FOREIGN Minister Alfred Nzo on Tuesday announced the appointment of Ambassador Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo as the permanent representative to the South African Mission at the United Nations in New York, with effect from April 5 1999. Kumalo (52), has been the director of the United States desk since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in […]

THE state and prosecutors’ unions struck a deal on Wednesday that will see prosecutors receive another 9% pay increase, in addition to the 6% paid to them in December. “I hope [the rise] will boost the morale of prosecutors and that we see an immediate change in service delivery,” said National Director of Public Prosecutions […]