BEN LIMO led a Kenyan team to victory in the men’s short-course race over 4,2km on Saturday on the first day of the two-day World Championships in Belfast. The Kenyans, as usual, went straight to the front in a well-rehearsed team tactic. The race developed into a duel between Limo and teammate Paul Kosgei, the […]
THERE was no evident signs of forceful penetration on the woman who has alledged that South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini raped her, the East London Regional Court heard on Friday. District surgeon Dr Errol Green told the court that he found no medical evidence of rape and, as ejaculation did not take place in the […]
THE world’s largest gold producer, AngloGold, has predicted that 1999 will be a difficult year for the gold industry. Writing in the company’s 1998 annual review released on Monday, chairman Nicky Oppenheimer and chief executive officer Bobby Godsell cited gold prices as one of the hurdles facing the industry. However, Oppenheimer and Godsell forecast a […]
MOUNT Cameroon, a volcano about 70km from Cameroon’s economic capital, Douala, erupted and began spewing lava late on Sunday, people living close to the mountain said. Initial reports said there have been no casualties so far and the lava flows do not directly threaten any inhabitants. However some radio and television installations have been damaged. […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kigali | Monday 1.30pm RWANDA’S people gathered on Monday in schools, stadiums and other public places to take part in the first elections since the 1994 genocide, a poll seen by authorities as a key step towards democracy. Between Monday and Wednesday, voters are due to elect 116000 officials in Rwanda’s 154 communes, […]
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela unveiled a plaque and addressed school pupils in Azaadville, near Krugersdorp, on Monday morning after their school was officially renamed Ahmed Timol Secondary School. Timol, a Roodepoort teacher and African National Congress member, died in 1971 after being beaten and thrown by security police from the 10th floor of Johannesburg’s John Vorster […]
NAMIBIA’S Minister of Mines and Energy cannot guarantee the mineral rights of the liquidated Tsumeb Corporation Limited to any specific party at this stage, Permanent Secretary Siseho Simasiku said at the weekend. In a statement clarifying the position on TCL’s mineral rights, Simasiku said the law entitles Minister Andimba Toivo ya Toivo to cancel the […]
TWO more children are being treated for cholera in Durban, SABC radio news reports. The latest infections bring to four the number of children in the city with the disease. The four are all members of the same family, and are all in a stable condition in the King VII Edward Hospital . City health […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 12.15pm. THE state’s debt burden has almost doubled over the past five years, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel told Parliament on Monday. Two of the main reasons are the rand’s devaluation and high interest rates, according to Sake-Beeld. Replying to a question in the national council of provinces, Manuel said […]
WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA is suing her her ex-husband President Nelson Mandela in a dispute over ownership of a house they shared in Soweto in the 1960s, the president’s lawyer Ismail Ayob confirmed on Monday. Business Day cited on Monday court papers in which Madikizela-Mandela claims she is the rightful owner of the house in Vilakazi Street, […]