SEVERAL thousand Old Mutual policyholders are due to meet on Thursday to vote on the assurance giant’s proposed plans to demutualise. The vote, to take place in Pinelands, Cape Town, is largely expected go through with well over the required 75% approval. The demutualisation — which will see it moving from a policyholder to shareholder-owned […]
NAMIBIAN President Sam Nujoma flew into Gaborone, Botswana on Wednesday at the start of a two-day state visit to discuss bilateral issues with his neighbouring leader, President Festus Mogae. Nujoma was met by Mogae under a 21-gun salute, before the presidents retired to the state house ahead of private talks Wednesday afternoon. High on their […]
FIREFIGHTERS in the Boland in the Western Cape are battling to control a bush fire on the outskirts of Franschhoek. Winelands District Council fire chief Danie Wilds said the flames are being fanned out of control by a south-easter wind and warned farmers near Franschhoek to prepare to evacuate their homes should the flames reach […]
CORRECTIONAL Services have reversed an earlier decision to allow convicted assassin Janusz Walus to marry gospel singer Berril Roy in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison. Walus is serving time for the murder of Communist Party leader Chris Hani in 1993, plotted with fellow prisoner and former Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis. Prison authorities say that the […]
AFTER starting with more than 35000 staff five years ago, the Mpumalanga education department has managed to trim its staff by more than 2600. Tabling his departmental budget speech for the 1999/2000 financial year, education MEC David Mabuza on Tuesday said the 35474 posts he started with in the department have since dropped to 32804. […]
THE Zambian government flew journalists on Tuesday to the western town of Zambezi on the border with Angola to show that Zambia is not involved in arms deals with Unita rebels. Journalists inspected an airstrip in the area. The move follows repeated Angolan government accusations that the airstrip was being used by some top Zambian […]
THE United Cricket Board of South Africa cleared recently retired off-spinner Pat Symcox late on Tuesday of misbehaving on an aeroplane flight last month. A board disciplinary committee heard from Symcox and South African Airways staff but was “unable to establish exactly what transpired, and accordingly, Pat Symcox is exonerated”, it said. Cabin crew had […]
AFRICAN trade with the United States last year counted for less than 1% of US merchandise exports worldwide — an increase of less than 0,1% from 1997. Only 1,4% of US imports — including crude oil — came from the continent, down from 1,9% in 1997. , However, the US sourced 26% of its crude […]
BOWLS South Africa, which governs the sport, has announced an investigation into an on-pitch remark that sparked a walkout of Jewish bowlers from a Central Gauteng Bowling Association (CGBA) meeting on Monday night. The CGBA reduced a two-year suspension of Neil Carroll to a six-month ban suspended for a slur against a team mate. The […]
THE National Sports Council said on Wednesday it will support the United Cricket Board’s “Pledge to the Nation” document to help make the national team more representative. In a statement in Johannesburg, the NSC said it had discussed the document at a weekend meeting. “The UCB’s programmes have succeeded in creating a critical mass of […]