AN EASTERN Cape woman said to be 114 years old died after she was raped by 29-year-old man, police said Wednesday. Dina Boesaka was raped her in her home in Kwanonzamo township near Humansdorp by a man apparently known to her. She died later in hospital. “Family members say Mrs. Boesaka was 114 years old […]
SELBY MAKGOTHO, Pietersburg | Wednesday 9.30pm. THE culture of fear shrouding Aids and HIV sufferers needs to be broken for South Africa to be effective in its fight against the pandemic, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki warned at the launch of a national Aids train in the Northern Province on Thursday. Pointing out that HIV-positive people […]
CABINET decided on Wednesday that the government should appeal against a Cape High Court judgment that a non-South African citizen who is the partner of a South African citizen of the same sex should be entitled to permanent residence. Government communications and information service head Joel Netshitenzhe said the government believes this amounts to discrimination […]
THE African Development Bank has approved a loan and grant package for Lesotho worth $6,6-million aimed at rejuvenating the country’s agricultural sector. The financial assistance comes from ADB’s special African Development Fund, set up to provide funding to poorer countries. The agricultural programme is expected to diversify crop production, increase productivity, boost farming revenues and […]
RETAIL trade sales figures for December and for the fourth quarter of 1998 show that real retail trade sales have kept up the declining trend that set in at the beginning of 1998. According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics South Africa, real retail trade sales (at constant 1995 prices) for 1998 decreased by […]
WALLABY fullback Matthew Burke ruled himself out of rugby on Wednesday for another six weeks. This leaves New South Wales without two senior Test backs for possibly the rest of the Super 12 tournament. Burke had shoulder reconstruction surgery after he was injured while scoring a try in Australia’s Bledisloe Cup Test win over New […]
GERMANY has approved the sale of three submarines to South Africa, the daily Frankfurter Rundschau reported on Wednesday. The paper said the government’s security council, chaired by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, has given the green light for the contract, which has been approved by the foreign and defence ministries. Because the contract is for the sale […]
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has banned top referee Petrus Mathabela from officiating any matches it runs. PSL boss Joe Ndhlela said the Board of Governors agreed to implement the recommendations of the Motimele Commission, which investigated bribery and match-fixing in the last PSL season. Mathabela fell afoul of the decision at the PSl which […]
THE Skills Development Levy Bill — which proposes a compulsory levy on employers to fund programmes to boost workers’ skills — was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. Introduction of the levy will be staggered, with employers paying 0,5% of their monthly payrolls to the fund from April 1, 2000. By April 2001 this will kick […]
THE number of Namibian refugees from the Caprivi region who have poured into Botswana seeking asylum now stands at 2501. Principal officer in the Office of the President in Botswana, Ross Sanoto, said that although the Refugee Advisory Council has determined the refugee status of more than 2000 Namibians, it has not yet forwarded its […]