TROUBLED Air Namibia has finalised an agreement with South African Airways to lease a Boeing 747-SP to replace the Boeing 767-300 used on its intercontinental routes. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako Airport tomorrow. Since its inception until March last year, Air Namibia had leased a similar aircraft, the popular ‘Etosha’, […]
THE Kenyan government has ordered an immediate halt to the sale of fish and fish products from Lake Victoria due to poisoning, Medical Services director Julius Meme announced on Tuesday. Meme also warned the Kenyan public that fish sold from neighbouring countries sharing the lake is also not safe for consumption, until further notice. The […]
THE Independent Electoral Commission said on Tuesday it has rejected from the provisional voters roll 296266 people that registered for the general election. Those rejected include 31327 people who are dead according to the population register, 39498 people with invalid identity documents, and 109441 people who are not South African citizens. IEC chief electoral officer […]
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has acknowledged that the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo cannot be won and must be solved through peaceful dialogue. Speaking at a state banquet for Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi in Windhoek, Nujoma said the Congolese people deserved a fair chance for peace and development. He said foreign forces in […]
OLD Mutual Unit Trusts temporarlity suspended its R2,9-million Global Equity Fund on Wednesday, and will not accept new investments. MD Pieter van Niekerk told a press conference in Johannesburg that the move follows a decision by the Reserve Bank to limit offshore investment to 15% of financial institutions’ South African-based assets, rather than total assets […]
THE Dragons of the Democratic Republic of Congo took their second round African Cup Winners’ Cup match against Petro Atletico from Angola 4-1 in Kinshasa. The Dragons won 4-3 on aggregate after losing 2-0 in Luanda.
FIVE opposition parties are to meet the Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss what they are claiming is an abuse of taxpayers money by the African National Congress in a publicity campaign. New National Party, the Democratic Party, the Freedom Front, the African Christian Democratic Party and the Pan Africanist Congress have claimed that a recent […]
BOTSWANA has been given the go-ahead by the Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) to sell 20 tons of stockpiled ivory but has clamped down on the release of any details of the sale. Wildlife officials said the ivory will be auctioned to Japanese buyers. “We have decided not to disclose any details […]
BAFANA Bafana will be short two high-profile players for the upcoming Gabon match in Libreville next Saturday as striker Phil Masinga and goalkeeper Hans Vonk will be out of commission due to important European league matches. South African Football Association officials and coach Trott Moloto agreed the team has sufficient depth to let Masinga and […]
A FIRST-HALF goal from Hazem Emam gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Belgium in a friendly international in Liege on Tuesday. Emam struck after 14 minutes to hand the Belgians their fourth straight defeat although they had the lion’s share of chances. The Belgians’ poor form — they have not scored in their past four […]