MOROCCO and the United Nations have signed a military agreement to identify and destroy mines and unexploded bombs still buried in the Western Sahara, UN officials based in Al Ayun said Tuesday. The agreement does not apply to minefields bordering the fortifications built by Morocco in the barren eastern part of the territory.Minurso, the UN […]
ALGERIA is to cut its oil production by 57000 barrels a day from April 1, the state-owned oil group Sonatrach said on Wednesday. “This measure…follows the decision taken by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)to reduce the production levels of its members,” Sonatrach said.
THE South African Police Service will acquire an automated fingerprint information system within 12 to 15 months, Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi said in Parliament on Wednesday. During debate on his budget vote, Mufamadi said many of the current backlogs and blockages in the criminal justice system can attributed to the lack of an […]
NIGERIA’s outgoing military government has named a new set of 41 envoys to head the country’s foreign missions abroad. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the move, ahead of the May 29 date for military hand-over to elected civilians, is “an integral part of the transition programme meant to lift Nigeria out of […]
GAMING giant Tsogo Sun began construction on its first permanent Mpumalanga casino this week despite High Court litigation aimed at overturning its casino licence in Nelspruit. The move follows Moven Pic’s takeover of the rival Karos Hotel Group in October 1998. Karos lodged one of two separate High Court challenges against Tsogo in 1997 after […]
SIX countries — Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia — on Wednesday formally empowered an international Task Force to fight wildlife crime in Africa. Referred to by many as “African Interpol” for wildlife and the first of its kind in the world, the Task Force will have its headquarters at the […]
TAXI drivers at Apel village, 80km from Pietersburg, have prevented teachers from going to school in their own cars for three days. Regional Police Commissioner Erwin Dorfling said 17 primary schools and eight high schools have been paralysed since Monday. One teacher, who insisted on remaining anonymous because of threats from taxi drivers, said they […]
MPUMALANGA housing deputy director-general Steve Ngwenya has resigned to take up a post with the Independent Electoral Commission, MEC Craig Padayachee said on Tuesday. Addressing the provincial portfolio committee on housing and local government, Padayachee said Ngwenya will join the IEC as Mpumalanga’s electoral officer. Housing department spokesman Leon Mbangwa also resigned from the department […]
THE British government, working with Penal Reform International, has started giving food to thousands of starving prisoners in Malawi’s 23 jails, a British embassy official said on Wednesday. Marylyn Bennet said Britain is helping with plans to establish prison farms to ensure a sustainable food supply in jails. Serious food shortages have been blamed on […]
ACT BRUMBIES coach Eddie Jones has included forward Troy Jaques at blindside flanker for this Friday night’s Super 12 clash against the Stormers. Jones says Jaques will help build his team’s forward momentum. The coach has also bracketed centres James Holbeck and Rod Kafer. “Both of them will play, but as to who will start…I […]