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. […]
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 […]
TECHNIKON SA has signed up to rent space in the deserted Carlton Centre in downtown Johannesburg. The school will take over an entire floor, improving the outlook for the centre with its learner support operation. The centre is a leading indicator for the Johannesburg Central Business District, and the five-year lease negotiated with Amlease will […]
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 […]
THE Cape High Court will decide on Monday whether Old Mutual will be allowed to convert to a listed company. More than 2000 pages of documents were submitted in the application. If permission to demutualise is granted the firm will list on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. The firm’s international operations and plans for […]
The Constitutional Court reserved judgment on Monday on the Democratic Party’s challenge to the government’s ruling that only voters with barcoded identity books are eligible to vote in the June election. Peter Horwitz, attorney for the DP, said the party closed its argument on Monday at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. There was no indication […]