THE African National Congress is “within reach” of obtaining a two-thirds majority in the June 2 genneral election, according to results of a Markdata poll published in Afrikaans daily Beeld on Tuesday. The poll shows the ANC’s strong position, despite the party and its alliance partner, the SA Communist Party, having acquired few new supporters […]
SOUTH Africa has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said South Africa deposited its instrument of ratification of the treaty with the United Nations secretary general on Tuesday. This follows the country’s signature of the treaty on September 24 1996, and approval by Parliament of […]
THE managing editor of Inkatha Freedom Party-owned Durban daily Ilanga has been fired following a disciplinary hearing. Amos Maphumulo’s dismissal follows an editorial last week in which he accused whites and Indians of oppressing blacks and wished for the birth of a new Idi Amin in South Africa. The editorial was criticised from across the […]
MALAWI’S gross domestic product for the financial year ending July 1999 is expected to grow by 6%, up from 3,2% recorded in fiscal 1998. The National Statistics Office said the projected high growth stems from the rise in agricultural production, which will increase by 11,4%. This is expected to have a knock-on effect on other […]
A THREE-day search in the Western Cape to find a little girl who was abducted from her parent’s Kuils River flat at the weekend gained momentum on Tuesday when police called in the army for assistance. Four-year-old Renata Ismail disappeared from her mother’s bed while relatives were watching television in the lounge on Saturday night. […]
MICHAEL METELITS, Johannesburg | Monday 5.15pm. EQUITIES finished the day mixed as wider South African markets looked for direction on Monday. Bonds and the rand stayed within a tight trading range and the major JSE indices did not move very far. The all share index lost 22 points to finish at 6439 while the industrial […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 10.15am. ANGLO American will bid to consolidate its corporate position by buying out minority shareholders in gold holding company Amgold and Anamint, which holds about 26% of De Beers. Anglo already owns 51,5% of Amgold, and 52% of Anamint. Anglo will offer 140 Anglo shares for every 100 Amgold shares, […]
NATIONAL Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka announced on Tuesday that his office will appeal against the suspended sentence handed down last week to convicted baby killer Nicholas Steyn. Steyn was sentenced to five years’ jail suspended for three years after being found guilty of culpable homicide and assault for an incident in April 1998 […]
THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union said on Monday that it will call a nationwide strike on April 28 in solidarity with tertiary education workers. Explaining the decision to strike, Nehawu spokesperson Makoko Lekola claimed tertiary education management used tactics at a recent Nedlac meeting to delay transformation in the sector. The union […]
FOREIGN investors collectively own 60% of former steel parastatal Iscor, chairman Hans Smith announced on Monday. Active trading in the firms shares drove the price up from 100c per share to around 150c. Take-over speculation has been rampant but Smith indicated no formal approaches. The change in ownership has been rapid since, at privatisation in […]